U.S. Supreme Court Hears Venue Arguments In Cross-State Ozone Pollution Cases

( March 26, 2025, 9:24 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — During oral arguments in two consolidated cases heard March 25 by the U.S. Supreme Court, an attorney representing Oklahoma and Utah contended that according to a specific part of the Clean Air Act (CAA), challenges to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s disapproval of state implementation plans for new air quality standards are “locally or regionally applicable,” but the EPA argued that the statute says otherwise....