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Potential Human Health Impacts Associated with Retirement of Nuclear Power Plants in Illinois
On August 26, 2020, Exelon announced its intention to retire two of its nuclear power plants in Illinois (Byron and Dresden Generating Stations). In October 2019 Clean Air Task Force (CATF) released an analysis of the significant health impacts that would result from the loss of four nuclear plants. At…
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The SCALE Act Fact Sheet
The Storing CO₂ and Lowering Emissions (SCALE) Act includes key policy pillars designed to overcome the barriers and drive CO₂ infrastructure deployment.
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NGO Sign-On Letter – International Action on Super Pollutants
A coalition of leading international environmental organizations, spearheaded by Clean Air Task Force, have sent a joint letter to top White House officials asking them to aggressively address the climate-damaging effects of super pollutants prior to President Biden’s Global Climate Summit, scheduled for Earth Day on April 22.
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Reducing Methane from Oil and Gas: A Path to a 65% Reduction in Sector Emissions
UPDATED DEC. 2020 Given the urgency of the climate crisis, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should very rapidly put in place methane emissions standards at new and existing oil and natural gas sites, nationwide. In this memo, we describe how ambitious regulations can readily reduce methane emissions in 2025 from…
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Testimony before the EPA Science Advisory Board on the EPA Guidelines for Preparing Economic Analyses
CATF Attorney Hayden Hashimoto testified at a virtual public meeting of the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) providing support and suggestions regarding the SAB’s report on EPA’s Guidelines for Preparing Economic Analyses. Read the full testimony below.
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State and utility climate change targets shift to carbon reductions, technology diversity
There has been a marked shift in state and utility company energy and climate policies towards ambitious carbon targets and an embrace of diverse technologies to achieve them through “Clean Electricity Standards” (or CES’s). This fact sheet documents this trend, and provides a detailed guide to what states and utilities…
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Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources “Hearing on Offshore Energy Technologies”
CATF Senior Counsel, Jonathan Lewis, gave testimony during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources on Offshore Energy Technologies. Watch Jonathan Lewis’s opening statement and read the full testimony below.
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Statement of Alan Masinter, CATF, Public Hearing on Proposal to Retain the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Good afternoon. My name is Alan Masinter and I am an attorney with the Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit organization devoted to the protection of the air and climate. The Clean Air Act requires a primary, health-based standard at a level “requisite to protect the public health” with “an…