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The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis released its long-anticipated Action Plan last week, providing a pathway and policy recommendations for reducing emissions to net-zero by mid-century and prevent the worst effects of climate change. With the inclusion of carbon capture technologies as able “to drastically reduce pollution from multiple industry subsectors by capturing emissions associated with both energy use and chemical processes” the report echoes recent conclusions […]

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 capture projects in the pipeline, […]

Climate change has been a looming threat for decades. Continued delays to take action that would reduce emissions here in the United States, the world’s largest historical emitter, mean that today even more aggressive and more comprehensive action is needed. Yesterday, the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis provided a roadmap for Congress to […]

Tuesday, June 30 – Today, the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis released a landmark report on the need for aggressive action by Congress to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. After providing detailed input and consultation for the report, Clean Air Task Force welcomes the release. “Decarbonizing the US economy by midcentury will require technology-inclusive […]

With ozone smog on the rise, in part due to oil and gas development, new tool allows users to monitor air quality in their communities and take action.

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 health-harming toxic air pollutants emitted […]

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.

Nuclear fusion is what powers the stars and creates many of the elements that make up our universe.  A fusion reaction occurs when two elements overcome fundamental forces of nature to join together under high temperatures and pressures.  In the process, energy is released, which can be calculated through Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2.  Fusion energy […]