Court Orders EPA to Sign Soot Rule Proposal in One Week

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2012.  Yesterday a federal judge gave the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency one week to sign a proposed rule updating standards for fine particulate matter air pollution, commonly known as soot. This kind of pollution is linked to tens of thousands of early deaths every year, and causes much of the haze that clouds the nation’s skies. Earthjustice sought the court…