( November 17, 2023, 12:43 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — A Washington federal judge on Nov. 17 entered a consent decree proposed by three citizen groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve a dispute over whether the agency violated the Clean Air Act (CAA) by failing to approve or disapprove a state implementation plan (SIP) to remediate air pollution in the Alaska borough of Fairbanks North Star....