Biden EPA Sends Early Signal of Tough Pollution Enforcement (1)

Recent moves to intervene in air pollution fights—including a rare order to shutter the oil-spewing Limetree Bay refinery—show the Biden administration is willing to take bold steps to crack down on polluters on the edge of marginalized communities.

The Environmental Protection Agency this month temporarily halted operations at the St. Croix facility in the U.S. Virgin Islands, using an emergency shutdown order under the Clean Air Act that’s only been invoked a handful of times.

Days before EPA’s decision on Limetree, Administrator Michael Regan wrote to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot with a concern about the placement of a metal shredding ...