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Court Rules EPA Failed to Properly Consider, Update Water Pollution Standards For Oil Refineries, Plastics Plants https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/…

Court Rules EPA Failed to Properly Consider, Update Water Pollution Standards For Oil Refineries, Plastics Plants
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the Environmental Protection Agency acted unlawfully in declining to update water pollution control standards for seven major industries. The industries include petroleum refineries, inorganic and organic chemical manufacturers, and factories that manufacture plastics, fertilizer, pesticides and nonferrous metals. The court agreed with conservation groups that the Clean Water Act requires the EPA to consider technological advancements in cont…

"Many have histories of leaks, accidents that threatened public"
Trump excludes 12 Louisiana chemical facilities from new EPA pollution rule • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2025/07/24/trump-hon-rule/

"Pesticides, antibiotics, animal medicines: the chemical cocktail seeping into our rivers"
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A deep-learning model for predicting daily PM2.5 concentration in response to emission reduction
Shigan Liu, Guannan Geng, Yanfei Xiang, Hejun Hu, Xiaodong Liu, Xiaomeng Huang, Qiang Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18018

A deep-learning model for predicting daily PM2.5 concentration in response to emission reduction
Air pollution remains a leading global health threat, with fine particulate matter (PM2.5) contributing to millions of premature deaths annually. Chemical transport models (CTMs) are essential tools for evaluating how emission controls improve air quality and save lives, but they are computationally intensive. Reduced form models accelerate simulations but sacrifice spatial-temporal granularity, accuracy, and flexibility. Here we present CleanAir, a deep-learning-based model developed as an eff…