Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By Genna Reed, lead science and policy analyst In a memo sent to senior EPA staff yesterday, the Office of Research and Development (currently led by Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta) announced that its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program will resume the risk assessment for the hazardous air … [continued]
Originally published on WRI’s Blog. By Devashree Saha, Tom Cyrs and Alex Rudee The Biden administration has committed to a historically ambitious climate agenda. We can expect a profound shift in U.S. federal climate policy — from one of continued domestic rollbacks and international disengagement, to one of forward progress and cooperation. This is critical, … [continued]
Originally published on the NRDC Expert Blog. By Shelby Parks & Patricio Portillo The trucking industry has an outsized impact on toxic air pollution and carbon emissions. Luckily, states can now adopt two new regulations to address the issue: the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule, which ensures more zero-emission, electric trucks are sold … [continued]
With a new administration taking office and a new decade upon us, it’s a perfect opportunity to recommit to holding the automobile industry accountable under the Clean Air Act.
In defiance of science and the law, EPA attempts to halt 50 years of progress delivered by the Clean Air Act.
On December 7, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued its final rule for soot pollution, leaving the federal limit at its current — inadequate, unsafe — level and putting the health of tens of millions of people at risk.
I just watched most of the US vice presidential debate. There were several gigantic lies that Vice President Mike Pence pushed out, sometimes repeatedly, and I found it extremely frustrating that the moderator didn’t have any system for fact checking straight lies, that Senator Kamala Harris
With “defeat devices” once again in the news, thanks to yet another manufacturer failing to comply with the Clean Air Act, now seems as good a time as any to remind folks how the automotive industry is actively working to undermine the protections of the Clean Air Act and increase the use of defeat devices in passenger cars and trucks.
As enormous fires engulf the West and hurricanes pummel the South, Andrew Wheeler, the former oil and gas lobbyist running Trump’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has taken another step to let climate-polluting industries off scot-free …
Recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent has opened the door for states to enact laws requiring all new cars sold in the state to be electric as of a certain date, according to a law journal article by the nonprofit Coltura published in the University of Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law.
