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Court Orders EPA to Implement National Soot Standard

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A U.S. District Court in California ruled that the EPA must implement the 2024 National Ambient Air Quality Standard for particulate matter (soot), with designations of violating areas due by February 6, 2027; EPA's own scientists found the standard would save 4,500 lives annually.

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