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The EPA opens the door to suing warehouse owners over air pollution

The EPA approved a rule that holds warehouses accountable for truck pollution.

“This regulation marks an acknowledgement of the years of suffering borne by hundreds of thousands of people in our region, and a shift to having the logistics industry be responsible for the vast harms they create and leave behind.” The Indirect Source Rule in Southern California was first adopted by the local air district in 2021 and will apply to warehouses with more than 100,000 square feet of indoor floor space in a single structure by next year. “ At least one in four New Yorkers live within half a mile of a mega e-commerce warehouse that generates hundreds or thousands of daily truck trips ... we are inspired by California’s success in reducing harmful tailpipe emissions,” a statewide coalition of advocacy groups called ElectrifyNY said in an emailed statement.

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