SELC in Brief — Clean Air Month edition
EPA rollbacks push the South toward dirtier air and higher health risks May is Clean Air Month. With a warming climate and the Trump administration rolling back critical regulations, air quality is getting worse for millions of Americans — especially for children and communities of color who bear the greatest impacts of pollution. Read the story for the state of clean air in the South, plus learn how SELC is tackling dirty air from confronting the ethylene oxide emergency to addressing soot pollution standards. Read More Pursuing plastic polluters Charleston’s waterways are littered with “nurdles,” tiny plastic pellets that spill from shipping and manufacturing sites into our marshes, beaches, and rivers. Our legal work is revealing the scale of this pollution and why stopping it at the source is essential. Inside the greater Memphis area's fight against xAI A comprehensive timeline sheds light on our years-long push for accountability, transparency, and clean air from this...