The Environmental Protection Agency will revoke California’s exception to the Clean Air Act that had allowed it to set higher clean air standards than the rest of the nation. This means auto manufacturers will be allowed to follow lower fuel efficiency standards and do not need to sell as many electric vehicles. We talk to […]
Author Archives: Paul Cort
Paul Cort is a staff attorney in the California Regional Office and leads Earthjustice’s Right to Zero Campaign, which seeks to address air pollution in California by transitioning the state’s energy and transportation systems off of fossil fuel combustion. He is the chair of Earthjustice’s Air Practice Group and an adjunct professor at the U.C. Hastings School of Law. Prior to joining Earthjustice in 2005, Mr. Cort was an air attorney with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Cort is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
