As public air monitors disappear, federal rollbacks and state laws are making it harder than ever to know what’s in the air
As the US’s network for monitoring air pollution deteriorates, a Floodlight investigation has found that the chemical industry is going state-to-state to restrict one of the few options citizens have left for holding polluters accountable: low-cost air sensors.
Over the past two years, the non-profit investigative newsroom determined, lawmakers in Louisiana, Kentucky and Ohio have passed strikingly similar laws barring regulators from acting on air-quality data that communities collect themselves – unless it comes from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-approved equipment that typically costs tens of thousands of dollars. Similar legislation has repeatedly been introduced in West Virginia.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/10/us-chemical-industry-air-pollution-monitors
Author : Ames Alexander and Brad Racino for Floodlight
Publish date : 2026-09-10 11:00:00
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