LOUISIANA STIFLES COMMUNITY AIR MONITORING WITH THREAT OF MILLION-DOLLAR FINES, FEDERAL LAWSUIT SAYS
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✍️ A group of Louisiana environmental organizations has sued the state over a law that restricts their ability to share information about air quality, citing concerns about free speech and public health.
👉 The law restricts community groups from sharing information about air quality unless they use EPA-approved equipment, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. 👉 Community groups can face penalties of up to $1 million for intentional violations of the law. 👉 Industry groups are excluded from the law's requirements. 👉 The law presumes that air monitoring information lacks accuracy if disseminated by community air monitoring groups, but not by industry participants or the state.
-- #Cynthia'Cindy'Robertson #DavidBookbinder #CaitlionHunter #LizMurrill #NewOrleans #Sulphur #Louisiana #environment
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