America’s Air Monitors Are Disappearing, Along with the Power to Expose Polluters

America’s air monitors are disappearing, along with the power to expose polluters

Since 2024, lawmakers in Louisiana, Ohio and Kentucky have passed strikingly similar bills — backed by chemical or manufacturing trade groups — that curb the use of community-collected data in enforcement actions.

America’s air monitors are disappearing. So is your power to expose polluters.

Across several states, a quiet chemical industry campaign is making it harder to hold polluters accountable.