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Record Breaking 3M for clean air

Together with our allies, we’ve delivered more than 3 million comments and joined hundreds of citizens at hearings  to support the EPA's proposed carbon pollution standards for new power plants. Environment America’s Anna Aurilio delivers comments to EPA Assistant Administrator of Air and Radiation Gina McCarthy.  

News Release | Environment America

Arizona State Budget Cuts Will Likely Force State Park Closures

As Gov. Jan Brewer signed off on the final budget late Wednesday, state parks throughout Arizona will likely face more closures in the coming months.

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News Release | Environment America

New Report: Smog-Forming Pollution a Major Threat to Americans’ Health, Environment

Power Plants across the United States emit nearly 2 million tons of smog-forming pollution every year, with power plants in the top 11 most polluting states, including Texas, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio, responsible for 50 percent of the total emissions of the pollutant, according to a new Environment America report, Dirty Energy’s Assault on Our Health: Ozone Pollution. 

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News Release | Environment America

Petition Defending the Clean Air Act Signed by Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Delivered Electronically to the White House

265,914 Americans concerned about the public health impacts of the assaults on the Clean Air Act in Congress have signed a petition to President Barack Obama thanking him for his continued public statements opposing anti-environmental provisions and asking him to continue to stand up to the big polluters and special interests and veto any legislation that includes riders or other language that would roll back clean air protections.

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Report | Environment America

Dirty Energy's Assault on our Health: Ozone

Fine particle pollution from U.S. power plants cuts short the lives of nearly 24,000 people each year and causes hundreds of thousands of asthma attacks, cardiac episodes, and respiratory problems.

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News Release | Environment America

Statement on Hearing of Chairman Hastings’ Gift to the Oil Industry

Today the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources had a legislative hearing on three bills encouraging the reckless expansion of offshore drilling, and the House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy and Environment heard testimony on safety concerns and spill response technologies.

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