The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reversed plans to delay regulations for steel industry coke plants, the Environmental Integrity Project announced.

“It is good news that the Trump EPA is abandoning its lawful attempt to delay the compliance deadlines for recently updated air pollution control rules for steel industry coke ovens,” Haley Lewis, attorney for the Environmental Integrity Project, said in a news release. “Communities living near these facilities waited many years for these rules to be finalized by EPA in 2024 and putting them into action now is vital for reducing hazardous air pollution and protecting people living near these plants.”

The Environmental Integrity Project and EarthJustice filed a lawsuit against the EPA because of these actions, which Northwest India

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