Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy
There are some explicit restrictions that prevent loosening of existing environmental standards for clean air and water.
Tag: Clean Air Act
Lawsuits seeking to address climate change have promise but face uncertain future
Concerned people and groups continue to file climate-related lawsuits across the country and around the world.
EPA must use the best available science − by law − but what does that mean?
The Trump administration is seeking to eliminate the EPA's scientific research arm and roll back clean air and water regulations.
America’s clean air rules boost health and the economy − here’s what EPA’s new deregulation plans ignore
Regulations have cleaned up cars, power plants and factories, leaving cleaner air while economies have grown.
How the EPA administrator protects public health, air, water and the environment
The administrator’s decisions carry great weight for regulated industries and communities affected by pollution.
Climate change is a pollution problem, and countries know how to deal with pollution threats – think DDT and acid rain
History provides lessons in overcoming seemingly insurmountable hazards.
Large retailers don’t have smokestacks, but they generate a lot of pollution − and states are starting to regulate it
Retail companies have largely escaped the kinds of environmental regulations that affect other sectors such as manufacturing.
New EPA regulations target air, water, land and climate pollution from power plants, especially those that burn coal
The new rules require utilities to drastically slash greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants or close them down.
It’s always darkest before the dawn
By John Morales, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists This is a new Silent Spring moment. Rachel Carson’s 1962 seminal book Silent Spring—about the ...
Young Americans are determined to halt the damage caused by the warming climate
By Will Charouhis, Forces of Nature This month we celebrated the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. But it didn’t feel ...
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