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Pressure grows to update Cleveland's air pollution standards Cleveland's health department proposed new rules governing air quality last year, but council has not held a hearing on the legislation.

The Cleveland Air Quality Coalition convened last week to call on the @cityofcleveland.bsky.social and @clecitycouncil.bsky.social to protect residents' health by updating the air quality ordinance for the first time since 1977.
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Outdated air quality codes negatively affect Clevelanders’ health Failing to update air-quality standards in the city of Cleveland would leave African American communities vulnerable and thus shorten lives, writes Yvonka M. Hall, of Cleveland, CEO of the Northeast O...

Important letter from Yvonka Hall with Northeast Ohio Community Resilience Centre urging @clecitycouncil.bsky.social to update the @cityofcleveland.bsky.social's air quality codes to protect Clevelanders' health.

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Environmental advocates sue Ohio for the rights to enforce clean air rules Environmental advocates are challenging the legality of the state’s decision to roll back tools Ohioans have used for decades to fight air pollution.

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ODNR using old rules on new injection wells tied to state senator – Athens County Independent Tighter rules for new fracking injection wells weren’t applied to multiple applications from a company formerly headed by an Ohio senator who chairs the Energy Committee.

Marietta injection wells approved under old, laxer rules despite 6 wells shut down for oil and gas migration that threatened local water supplies. @athensindy.bsky.social: bit.ly/4mBDhHY

Lawmakers know this, yet continue to fail Ohio.

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Check out the Cleveland Air Quality Coalition to help improve our air and strengthen protections for Cleveland! www.cleairquality.org

This Supreme Court order puts people at grave risk, allowing federal agents in Southern California to target individuals because of their race, how they speak, the jobs they work, or just being at a bus stop or the car wash when ICE agents decide to raid a place.

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Marietta city council president and Sen. Brian Chavez clash over oil-and-gas wastewater brine danger concerns to local drinking water.

Conflict-of-interest charges leveled, too. @signalohio.bsky.social: bit.ly/3HArJWU

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@sustainableytown.bsky.social held a townhall last night continuing their fight against a proposed pyrolysis plant in downtown Youngstown. Learn more here: www.wkbn.com/news/local-n...

How climate change could force FIFA to rethink the World Cup calendar Soccer faces growing challenges from extreme heat, as seen during the FIFA Club World Cup in the U.S. this summer.

How climate change could force FIFA to rethink the World Cup calendar

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State budget kills a 50-year-old clean air law in Ohio  - Signal Ohio Ohio’s new budget kills a decades-old rule that gives neighbors of industrial scale air polluters powers to sue over threats to public safety.

The Ohio legislature continues dismantling enviro health protections for communities. To the contrary of Sen Rulli's comment, a healthy economy and workforce can and must work together with enviro protections. There is no economy or workforce without healthy people. signalohio.org/state-budget...

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Cleveland-Cliffs wants changes to city’s proposed air pollution regulations Cleveland's Department of Public Health says it's currently in talks with the Cleveland-Cliffs about the air pollution regulations.

“But one local advocacy group – the Cleveland Air Quality Coalition—asked the admin to make the rules stricter. A major request… is to add language that will trigger [… denial of] requests for… permits in certain areas… already heavily burdened with pollution.”
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Feds chop enforcement staff and halt rules meant to curb black lung in coal miners | CNN In early April, President Donald Trump gathered dozens of hard-hat-clad coal miners around him in the White House East Room. He joked about arm-wrestling them and announced he was signing executive or...

Feds chop enforcement staff and halt rules meant to curb black lung in coal miners | CNN

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Senate overrules parliamentarian and votes to undo California EV rule The Senate parliamentarian advised lawmakers that they couldn't use the Congressional Review Act to revoke California's right to set vehicle standards. But they did it anyway. Expect a legal fight.

The Senate parliamentarian advised lawmakers that they couldn't use the Congressional Review Act to revoke California's right to set vehicle standards. But they did it anyway. Expect a legal fight.

Federal scientists will stop updating the NOAA list of billion-dollar weather disasters. The list, which had grown rapidly in recent years, reflected both worsening extreme weather and expanding development nationwide.

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Yesterday, the Dept. of the Interior (DOI) announced it will implement emergency permitting procedures to fast-track the approval of fossil fuel, mining, and other projects. Using President Trump’s National Energy Emergency declaration, DOI will shorten processes that take 1-2 years to a few weeks.

The Cleveland Air Quality Coalition is keeping close tabs on this to provide input & has plenty of information for anyone interested in getting involved and learning more about why this update is so important. Please feel free to reach out to learn more! #Cleveland #airquality

@cityofcleveland.bsky.social Council is considering updating the air code for the 1st time in 50 years. Importantly, a strong cumulative impacts ordinance will improve our most impacted communities. Learn more here! 👇https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2025/04/23/air-pollution-code-overhaul-ohio

New Report: Cleveland Ranked 9th Most Polluted Area in the U.S. American Lung Association’s 26th Annual “State of the Air” report highlights air quality in Cleveland and across the nation

Cleveland was again ranked one of the worst cities in the nation for year-round particle pollution by @lungusa.bsky.social's 2025 “State of the Air” report.
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Join us today to hear from Abre' Conner, NAACP's Director of the Center for Environmental & Climate Justice, on building relationships that ensure community-centered environmental and climate justice strategies!
4:30pm @ Case Western's School of Law -- CLE credit available!
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Protecting American Energy From State Overreach By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

NEW: Trump's latest executive order declares state climate change policies "illegal and unconstitutional."

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Can free enterprise solve climate change? with Bob Inglis | School of Law | Case Western Reserve University Climate change is a threat to America’s environment, national security, economy, agriculture and people. The world must come together quickly to ena...

Join the Burke Center for Environmental Law tomorrow to hear Bob Inglis, founder of RepublicEN, share his thoughts on #climatechange. case.edu/law/our-scho...

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