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EPA's Historic Proposal to Limit Carbon Pollution from Power Plants
By Fred KruppToday we are making history. Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the first-ever nationwide emission standards to limit dangerous carbon pollution from new coal-...
View ArticleCross-State Goes to Court: Oral Arguments Start Tomorrow in Lawsuits about...
By David LiflandAnother big day in court looms for EPA’s clean air protections. This time it’s the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule that’s under fire. Tomorrow, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District...
View ArticleCourt Hears Oral Argument on Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
By David LiflandToday, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. heard oral arguments on legal challenges to EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. As I wrote yesterday, the Cross-State Air...
View ArticleAn Inside Look at EPA’s Carbon Pollution Hearings
By Mandy WarnerIt was an exciting day for clean energy at the downtown Washington, D.C. headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). That’s where EPA held one of its two public hearings...
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An Inside Look at EPA’s Carbon Pollution Hearing — the Chicago Report
By Robert CollierIf you already read my colleague Mandy Warner’s blog, you know that I had the great honor of representing EDF in Chicago last Thursday at one of the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
View ArticleWhy It Matters: the Senate Vote on a Toxic Resolution
By Mandy WarnerWhen the Senate voted down S.J Res. 37 by a margin of 53 to 46 yesterday, we at EDF cheered. The measure would have nixed the new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards that were just...
View ArticleOne Step Closer to Breathing Easier: We Reach a Key Deadline for Reducing Soot
By Mandy WarnerMany of us have just returned from our last summer road trips over the Labor Day weekend, and now we're settling back into work. So here’s some good news for the unofficial start of...
View ArticleCourt Briefs Filed Today in Appeal of Life-Saving Mercury and Air Toxics...
By Pamela CamposToday, attorneys for large power and coal companies will file briefs in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. challenging EPA’s new life-saving Mercury and Air Toxics Standards...
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The Costs Of Particulate Matter To American Health
By Sharyn SteinThis blog post was written by Dr. Bonnie New, former Director of Health Professionals for Clean Air. Physicians treating patients with respiratory symptoms look for underlying causes or...
View ArticleEPA Updates Standards to Reduce Levels of Deadly Soot Pollution in Our Air
By Mandy WarnerAmerica took a big step toward cleaner, healthier air today. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited updated standards for fine particulate matter. EDF...
View ArticleEDF, Allies Ask Court to Defend Historic Mercury Pollution Rules
By Pamela CamposThe court battle over our historic and life-saving Mercury and Air Toxics Standards has now taken another step forward. A coalition of 21 states, three cities, 19 medical,...
View ArticleTier 3: What It Means and Why It Matters
By Mark MacLeodBy now, you’ve probably seen lots of news headlines talking about the proposed updated Tier 3 standards. Tier 3 is the shorthand term for national vehicle emissions and fuel standards...
View ArticleIn Philadelphia, a Strong Show of Support for Cleaner Cars and Cleaner Air
By Mark MacLeodIn the first opportunity for the public to comment on EPA’s proposed Tier 3 standards, the message was clear – people want cleaner air. Tier 3 is the term the U.S. Environmental...
View ArticleStronger Ozone Standards Will Secure Healthier, Longer Lives for Millions of...
By Elena Craft, PhD(Originally posted yesterday on EDF Voices) For some time, public health and medical experts have been clear that the Environmental Protection Agency’s air quality standard for...
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The Cost to Meet Clean Air and Environmental Standards Comes Down (Again)
By Mandy WarnerIt is almost getting old for us to write about this … but it needs to be repeated. As power plant pollution control projects continue, we are seeing – yet again — that the cost of...
View ArticleSupreme Court to review decision critical to cleaning up America's air
By Graham McCahan(This post first appeared earlier today on EDF Voices) On June 24, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to review the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in a case called EME Homer...
View ArticleClimate Change Imperils Human Health
By Mandy WarnerHealth organizations have made it clear that climate change is a health issue. American Lung Association has said: [S]cientists warn that the buildup of greenhouse gases and the climate...
View ArticleProtecting the Planet: A Report from the International Conference on Mercury...
By Kritee(EDF’s Mandy Warner co-wrote this post) This week, experts in science, policy, and industry are meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland at the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant...
View ArticleD.C. Circuit Court Rejects More Protective Ozone Standards
By Elena Craft, PhD(This post originally appeared on our Texas Clean Air Matters blog) I’ve written extensively about the potentially grave health effects of ground-level ozone (smog) and the need for...
View ArticleGlobal climate change can make fish consumption more dangerous
By KriteeHundreds of thousands of babies are born in the U.S each year with enough mercury in their blood to impair healthy brain development. As they grow, these children’s capacity to see, hear,...
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