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CATF Statement on Legal Actions Defending the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
This morning, over 20 environmental, public health, and civil rights organizations have taken two legal actions to protect the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (“MATS”). The MATS rule, which was issued in 2012, is fully complied with at this point and has resulted in a 96 percent reduction in these…
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CATF Statement in Support of Black Lives Matter
CATF condemns police violence against people of color, particularly Black people, which is having profoundly tragic consequences. CATF supports the work of Black Lives Matter and the many other voices seeking to combat systemic racism in our society. We are committed to listening, learning, and then contributing to change.
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CATF Statement on EPA Proposal on Costs and Benefits of Clean Air Act Regulations
Hayden Hashimoto, Legal Fellow for Clean Air Task Force, issued the following statement on a new anti-regulatory proposal from EPA: “Today, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing yet another step to promote polluters’ interests—proposing a rule that would distort longstanding metrics for evaluating the costs and benefits of Clean Air…
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CATF Statement on Release of IRS Guidance for 45Q Tax Credits for Carbon Capture Projects
Kurt Waltzer, Managing Director, Clean Air Task Force, has issued the following statement: “CATF welcomes the long-awaited IRS guidance on 45Q tax credits. With it, CCS developers can move ahead on projects with certainty as to how the credits will be administered. As the IPCC has noted, large scale deployment…
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Lee Beck joins CATF as CCUS Policy Innovation Director
Lee Beck is joining CATF starting on June 1st as our CCUS Policy Innovation Director. As part of our Carbon Capture team, Lee will primarily work on our engagement on federal CCUS policy. Lee comes to CATF from the Global CCS Institute where she served as a Senior Advisor, Advocacy…
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Two New Senior Staff Members Join CATF
CATF is excited to announce the addition of two new senior staff members, Andrew Place and Lindsey Baxter Griffith.
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Public Health and Environmental Coalition Argues D.C. Circuit Should Vacate Unlawful Rollback of Clean Power Plan
(Washington, D.C. – April 17, 2020) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit should vacate EPA’s “unlawful replacement” for the Clean Power Plan and remand the issue to the agency so it can swiftly establish meaningful protections against carbon pollution from existing power plants, according to public health…
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CATF Statement on Final Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
In possibly the most cynical move to date by the Trump Administration in its efforts to revive the flagging coal industry, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler today signed a final rule reversing a twenty-year old finding that it is “appropriate” under the Clean Air Act to regulate mercury and other airborne…
