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CATF comments on EPA’s Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science, Proposed Rule
Clean Air Task Force (CATF) respectfully submits these comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) proposal concerning the Agency’s use of scientific studies in environmental and public health decision making, captioned above (the Proposal). The use of the best science by the Agency, including the significant public…
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Country Living, Dirty Air: Oil and Gas Pollution in Rural America
Thanks to the shale boom, oil and gas development has expanded rapidly in many regions of the United States.
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Why Subpart RR?: The Role of Subpart RR of EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule in Validating Secure Geologic Storage
The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Subpart RR and why it is essential to complement the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act’s Underground Injection Control Program to ensure secure geologic carbon dioxide storage and robust accounting.
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Tribal Communities at Risk: The Disproportionate Impacts of Oil and Gas Air Pollution on Tribal Air Quality
Native American communities often face disproportionate health impacts from air pollution from the oil and gas industry.
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CATF Letter in Support of USE IT Senate Bill
The Clean Air Task Force writes a letter in support of the Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act – introduced by Chairman Barrasso and cosponsored by Senators Whitehouse, Capito and Heitkamp.
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The Role of 45Q Carbon Capture Incentives in Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions
The 115th Congress is considering tax incentives that would reduce CO2 emissions by tens of millions of tonnes annually, in the form of the FUTURE Act (S 1353) and the Carbon Capture Act (HR 3761). The language in these bills would extend and expand Section 45Q of the U.S. tax…
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A Decade of Futility: The Renewable Fuel Standard, 2007-2017
Ten years ago, on December 19, 2007, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) into law and thus expanding the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The RFS was not only sold as a policy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase energy security, but also…
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Fumes Across the Fence-Line: The Health Impacts of Air Pollution from Oil & Gas Facilities on African American Communities
The oil and gas industry dumps 9 million tons of methane and toxic pollutants like benzene into our air each year. Methane is a greenhouse gas 87 times more potent than carbon dioxide at driving climate change and the oil and gas industry is now the largest source of methane…
