(Washington, D.C. – June 3, 2022) Black Americans 65 and older are three times more likely to die from exposure to fine particle air pollution than white Americans over 65, ...
Big Gaps in Air Monitoring Air quality in the U.S. has improved tremendously over the last 50 years thanks to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970, but not all ...
Statement from EDF legal fellow Andy Su: “Deploying zero-emitting heavy-duty vehicles is critical to reach our health and climate goals. We urge EPA to move forward swiftly with standards that ...
Statement from Peter Zalzal: “Heavy-duty vehicles like freight trucks, delivery vans, transit buses and school buses are a significant source of both climate pollution and deadly diesel pollution. Today’s EPA ...
Statement from Alice Henderson, Senior Attorney and Director of Transportation and Clean Air Policy: “These clean car standards will deliver enormous climate and public health benefits, saving consumers money while ...
Statement from EDF President Fred Krupp: “Coal companies and their allies asked the Supreme Court today to prevent the EPA from limiting the huge amount of climate pollution emitted by ...
Statement by EDF Analyst Taylor Bacon: “CASAC’s draft letter provides additional, strong support for EPA’s decision to revisit our national health-based standards for particulate pollution. Strengthening our particulate pollution standards ...
Statement by EDF Lead Counsel Michael Panfil: “Today, EPA released its proposed finding that is it ‘appropriate and necessary’ under the Clean Air Act to limit mercury and other toxic ...
Statement by Heather McTeer Toney: “The Environmental Protection Agency today took a significant step on the march toward justice for communities that it for too long had failed to fully ...
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