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Clean Air Task Force Statement on EPA Particulate Matter NAAQS Rule
By rushing to finalize this review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for particulate matter in its waning days, the Trump Administration continues its assault on public health, science, and the work of its own scientists. It is frustrating and disappointing to see this administration prioritize political objectives over…
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Clean Air Task Force statement on EPW Passage of the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020
Clean Air Task Force supports today’s passage of the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020 by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Introduced in November by Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) and Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Mike Crapo (R-ID), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), this bipartisan legislation will revitalize the…
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CATF’s Statement on UK Green Recovery Plan
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE SUPPORTS UK GOVERNMENT’S GREEN RECOVERY PLAN FOR ITS EMPHASIS ON ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN CALLS OUT CARBON CAPTURE AND HYDROGEN AS KEY TECHNOLOGIES IN CLIMATE MITIGATION EFFORTS LONDON, November 18, 2020 — Clean Air Task Force (CATF) finds a great deal of optimism in the UK government’s Green…
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Clean Air Task Force Statement on the European Commission’s Methane Strategy
Today the European Commission released the EU’s “methane strategy” which will serve as the starting point for a process to develop legislation to rein in methane pollution. Cutting methane from the oil and gas sector in Europe and from the gas Europe imports is one of the fastest and most…
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Clean Air Task Force Founder Armond Cohen to Speak at Dickinson College
Cohen, the 2020 recipient of Dickinson’s Rose-Walters Prize for Environmental Activism, will present a virtual talk via livestream on Oct. 12 at 7 p.m.
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CATF Tracks States’ and Utilities’ Carbon Reduction Commitments
States and Utilities Mid-Century Clean Energy Commitments Now Surpass 50% Of U.S. Electricity Sales and CO2 Power Plant Emissions Entergy And Ameren Are Latest Utilities To Commit To Zero-Carbon Operations By 2050; Michigan Governor Issues Zero Carbon Executive Order BOSTON, October 1, 2020 – This past week, two major US…
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CATF Statement on House Passage of the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act
Today, the House passed HR. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act of 2020. Clean Air Task Force experts issued the following statements in response: “Passing this package is one of the most impactful things that the House could have done this year to accelerate progress on energy innovation…
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Letter of Support for the Low Dose Radiation Research Act of 2019
CATF, the American Nuclear Society, and the Oak Ridge Affiliated Universities, submitted a letter supporting the inclusion of the Low Dose Radiation Research Act of 2019, the Lipinski amendment, as part of the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act, H.R. 4447. Read the Letter of Support for the Lipinski Amendment
