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• Transmission Mission: How FERC can improve efficiency and community engagement to deploy clean energy infrastructure

  Meeting U.S. climate, energy, and electrification goals through 2050 could require tripling the capacity of today’s long-distance electricity transmission network. This level of deployment means that wires must be planned, permitted, approved, and constructed at historically unprecedented rates to bring clean electricity to homes and businesses nationwide. But today, we…

  Implementation, Infrastructure July 25, 2023

• Clean Air Task Force Comments on Proposed Conservation and Landscape Health Rule

  Clean Air Task Force comments to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on the proposed Conservation and Landscape Health rule.

  Comments July 5, 2023

• Clean Air Task Force Comments on EPA’s Proposed Residual Risk and Technology Review for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

  The coalition of groups urged the agency to strengthen the standards to reduce emissions of hazardous air pollutants from coal-fired power plants.

  Comments June 23, 2023

• Petition for Rulemaking to Revise the New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

  Clean Air Task Force joined other NGOs urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to begin its required review of municipal solid waste performance standards and emission guidelines under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act.

  Comments June 22, 2023

• Clean Air Task Force Comments on the Bureau of Land Management’s Proposed Rule on Wasteful Flaring and Venting of Gas

  Clean Air Task Force joined a number of conservation and community groups urging the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to take much stronger action to curb wasteful venting and flaring of publicly and Tribally owned gas.

  Comments June 15, 2023

• U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard: Challenges and opportunities on the path to decarbonizing the transportation sector

  Biofuels could play a key role in decarbonizing segments of the transportation sector, but it’s essential that we design our bioenergy policies in ways that ensure their overall climate benefit.

  Implementation, Transportation June 13, 2023

• Congress passes debt limit bill, includes provisions that will stall climate and clean energy deployment

  The Senate passed H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which includes changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

  News & Media, Policy June 2, 2023

• Turning commitment to action: Implementing the Inflation Reduction Act

  Passing these landmark tax credits is only the first step toward deploying technologies on the ground that will help the U.S. reach its climate goals.

  Implementation, Policy May 30, 2023