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Law's Randi Leppla warns of worsening air quality and health without air nuisance rule

Media | December 04, 2025 | Story by: Editorial Staff

Ohio scrapped a key tool to fight air pollution. Advocates want it back.

Ohio Capital Journal: Randi Leppla, director of the Environmental Law Clinic at the School of Law, warned that without an air nuisance rule, Ohioans lose a crucial way to hold polluters accountable, raising “very serious” concerns about worsening air quality and health. Advocates are now suing after lawmakers quietly eliminated the rule, long used to challenge pollution from power plants and industrial sites.