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Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Published Today

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It’s official! The historic Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants were published in the Federal Register. That means the official, final rule is now available to the public for the first time. It also means we’ve taken another crucial step towards putting these lifesaving standards into effect. Mercury is a dangerous neurotoxin that [...]

It’s Just Business (but FirstEnergy Blames Its Decisions on Clean Air Rules)

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Twice in the last two weeks, FirstEnergy has announced it will shut down old coal-fired power plants – then tried to blame those business decisions on the clean air rules that protect us all from toxic pollution. First, at the end of January, First Energy announced it would retire six coal-fired power plants in Ohio, [...]

Our Newest Clean Air Ally – Actress Julianne Moore

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Those of us following the debate over clean air regulations are used to hearing frequent comments from key players – power plant executives, politicians, environmentalists, doctors. But every once in a while, we get a truly original point of view.  Like today – in this animated video from actress Julianne Moore. Moore taped the video [...]

Revenge of the Climate Scientists: 38 Experts Set the WSJ Straight

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Two days ago, I wrote about a flawed global warming analysis in the Wall Street Journal. The paper published an opinion piece, No Need to Panic About Global Warming, written by a small group of scientists and engineers who are global warming skeptics. Today, the other side was heard from. The Wall Street Journal published [...]

A Flawed Global Warming Analysis in the Wall Street Journal

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Last week, The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by a few scientists and engineers who believe man-made climate change will have less impact on the environment than the vast majority of the scientific community has concluded it will. Debate is normal and necessary in science — it occurred even on such questions as [...]

State of the Union Address: A Nation "Built to Last" on Clean Energy

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President Obama delivered his State of the Union Address last night, and energy issues played a starring role in the speech.  Here are some of the comments that caught my attention:  The President drew some firm lines in the sand. The address was a strong defense of the importance of clean energy to America’s long-term economic prosperity. The [...]

New Website Lets You Find the Largest Sources of Climate Pollution in Your Area

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I’m very excited about a brand new website that will let me – and all Americans – learn about sources of climate pollution in my community and across America. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled the website today. The consumer-friendly web platform has new greenhouse gas emissions data that will help Americans work together [...]

New Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Will Protect Children and Save Lives

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This is one of the best weeks I’ve had in a long time. Right on the heels of today’s landmark court decision upholding European laws to reduce airplane pollution, we got another historic moment for the environment and public health. Today, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson unveiled the new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, which will [...]

America’s Leading Mercury Scientists Call for Strong Air Pollution Standards

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce its long-awaited Mercury and Air Toxics Standards any day now. The new standards would place the first-ever national limits on mercury and other toxic air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants, and the issue is already being examined from every possible angle – politics, economics, [...]

New Report on Climate Change Says Wilder Weather is Headed Our Way

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A new report by some the world’s top researchers confirms that climate change will make the extreme weather we’ve seen recently even worse in the future. The report was released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It synthesizes two years work from 100 experts who analyze data from all over the world. [...]