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Statement on Opening Legal Actions Against EPA Rescission of Two Regulations on Methane Emissions
The National Parks Conservation Association and Earthworks, represented by attorneys from Clean Air Task Force, joined other environmental groups in filing two lawsuits in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia challenging EPA’s unlawful rules that rescind important air pollution standards for the oil and natural gas…
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CATF Founder Armond Cohen to Receive Dickinson College’s Rose-Walters Prize for Environmental Activism
(Carlisle, Pa.) – The Sam Rose ’58 and Julie Walters Prize at Dickinson College for Global Environmental Activism will be presented this year to Armond Cohen, founder and executive director of the Clean Air Task Force (CATF). The $100,000 prize is given annually to an individual or organization that makes…
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CATF Statement on EPA Recission of Federal Methane Pollution Standards
Later today, EPA will announce its plan to rescind critical methane pollution standards for the oil and natural gas industry, a move that will not only hurt our climate, but also puts public health at risk. Beyond rescinding methane standards, the EPA also announced that it will weaken some requirements…
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CATF launches Carbon Capture Projects Interactive Map
CATF launches carbon capture projects interactive map on eve of Senate EPW hearing to examine development and deployment of large-scale carbon dioxide management technologies.
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Federal Court Rejects Trump Administration Cancellation of Methane Pollution Rule
SAN FRANCISCO ― A federal judge late yesterday reinstated the Bureau of Land Management’s 2016 methane waste rule, aimed at protecting people and the climate from methane waste and pollution from oil and gas extraction on public lands. The ruling is the third defeat for the Trump administration’s efforts to…
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CATF Statement on European Commission Hydrogen Strategy
The European Commission yesterday released a Hydrogen Strategy that could render Europe a world leader in decarbonization with hydrogen fuels, including an emphasis on enabling infrastructure and utilization in industrial and transportation markets. The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) applauds that direction and looks forward to joining environmental and industry…
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Congress Passes Major Climate and Infrastructure Package to Support Innovation and Clean Energy Economy
Yesterday, the House passed the first bill to ever put climate change at the center of an infrastructure framework. Clean Air Task Force welcomes numerous provisions that show strong and bipartisan support for clean energy and climate action, including direct pay and extension of commence-construction windows for clean technologies and carbon…
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New Staff Members Join CATF
We are excited to welcome Andrew Place, Lindsey Baxter Griffith, Lee Beck, Alfredo Miranda-González, and Kay McConagha to the Clean Air Task Force Team!
