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Federal Register · December 5, 2025
The title they went with Air Plan Approval; Texas and Oklahoma; Texas Regional Haze Plans for the First and Second Implementation Periods and Five-Year Progress Report; Oklahoma Regional Haze Plan for the First Implementation Period Noisy translates that to

Texas and Oklahoma can keep polluting the air until 2028

What happened
The US environmental regulators have approved Texas and Oklahoma's plans for reducing regional haze, even though they do not meet the original Clean Air Act deadlines. This means these states can continue with their current pollution levels for several more years without facing federal penalties.
Why it matters
The Clean Air Act was supposed to clean up the air in national parks and wilderness areas by 2018. This approval means that Texas and Oklahoma will not have to meet those targets until 2028. It effectively extends the deadline for reducing air pollution from power plants and industrial facilities in these states by a decade.
The signal
Watch for legal challenges from environmental groups, who will likely argue that the EPA is failing to enforce the Clean Air Act.
If you insist
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