(Washington, D.C. – July 13, 2022) U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today reintroduced the Public Health Air Quality Act of 2022, a bill that would ...
(Washington, D.C. – June 22, 2022) Environmental Defense Fund is urging EPA to update and strengthen the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule in order to protect people and communities in downwind ...
(HOUSTON, TX) Environmental Defense Fund today unveiled Air Tracker, a first-of-its-kind web-based tool that allows users to plot the likely path of air pollution. Run on real-time, trusted scientific models and ...
(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, ...
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 ...
(Washington, D.C. – April 1, 2022) The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced today final standards that will improve fuel economy in new cars, improve ...
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 Heather McTeer Toney: “While there is a long way to go to address the systemic injustices associated with infrastructure development in this country, the Environmental Justice Air Quality ...
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