Latest Clean Air Act Stories

WASHINGTON, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association's "State of the Air 2013" report released today finds significant progress in the reduction of year-round particle pollution (soot) across the nation, but many cities that ranked among the most polluted had more unhealthy days of high ozone (smog) and short-term particle pollution than in the 2012 report. Despite that uptick, "State of the Air 2013" shows that the air quality nationwide continues the...

Health Department's plan will not meet targets for historically polluted area PITTSBURGH, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Several local organizations collaborated yesterday to submit joint comments on the Allegheny County Health Department's (ACHD) plan to improve air quality in and around the Liberty-Clairton corridor, arguing the current plan falls short of what the region needs. The organizations found that flaws and assumptions in the plan cast doubt on whether it...

Comment Period on Proposed Changes Open until March 19 HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection announced today it has finalized revisions to a general permit for natural gas-fired engines and equipment at compressor stations, which help move gas from well sites into transmission pipelines. The revised general permit includes significantly lower allowable emission limits than the previous general permit, called GP-5. DEP...

Voters support EPA setting stricter air pollution standards to protect public health WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An overwhelming majority of voters supports the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) setting stricter standards on gasoline and tighter emissions standards for cars, SUVs and trucks according to the American Lung Association's latest survey. This bipartisan telephone survey of 800 registered voters, conducted during January 13-16, 2013,...

Owner-operators and small-fleet trucking business owners to challenge constitutionality of diesel engine regulations UPLAND, Calif., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Construction Trucking Association (CCTA) has filed a Notice of Appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in its nearly two-year-long legal case against the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) heavy-duty, on-road truck and bus regulation (CDTOA v. CARB, Case No....

“Air Pollution Control for Coal-Fired Power Plants” new market research report added to ReportsnReports.com store. Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) January 06, 2013 During recent years, increasing emphasis has been placed on the development of air pollution control technologies that will allow the continued use of coal as an energy source while meeting the stringent requirements of the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990 and subsequent legislation and regulations. The report “Air Pollution...

American Lung Association's "Healthy Air Agenda" Calls on the Obama Administration to Protect the Air We Breathe WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association's new report "Protect the Air We Breathe: The Healthy Air Agenda" identifies the progress made in the United States on improving air quality, despite repeated interference from Big Polluters and members of Congress, and highlights the extensive work still necessary to protect the Clean Air...

Mother Who Lost Daughter from Asthma Attack Joins Lung Association Chief Medical Officer in commending Obama Administration's Stronger Particulate Matter Air Quality Standards WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association applauds the Obama Administration's decision to set a much stronger national air quality standard on particulate matter (soot), one of the nation's most lethal air pollutants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council today unveiled a groundbreaking proposal to sharply cut carbon pollution from America's power plants, featuring a unique federal-state partnership and flexibility for plant owners that will hold down costs and improve Americans' health. NRDC's innovative proposal calls for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to use its authority under the Clean Air Act to set standards for...

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation released two papers today that make the case for reform of the Clean Air Act (CAA). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100713/TPPFLOGO) "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is using the Clean Air Act to transform our economy rather than to provide meaningful protection of human health, its reason for existence," said Kathleen Hartnett White, Distinguished Senior Fellow and...