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Central Valley Air Quality Coalition
Coverage of Central Valley Air Quality Coalition in the Nexus archive.
- Central Valley smog regulator can’t escape environmental justice lawsuit
A federal judge denied the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District's motion to dismiss a lawsuit by five environmental justice groups, ruling citizens can sue under the Clean Air Act if the state fails regulatory duties. The lawsuit alleges the district manipulated an emissions accounting system to allow unmitigated pollution, with a 2020 audit confirming improper offset calculations.