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CATF Testimony on Proposal to Eliminate the Direct Regulation of Methane from EPA’s New Source Performance Standards
On October 17, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held its only public hearing on Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s proposal to eliminate the direct regulation of methane from the EPA’s New Source Performance Standards. Sarah Smith, CATF Super Pollutants Program Director, was honored to testify against this proposal alongside more than…
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Testimony of Sarah Ann Smith for EPA Hearing on Proposed Policy Amendments to 2012 and 2016 New Source Performance Standards
Read the testimony of Sarah Ann Smith, MESc, Clean Air Task Force On October 17, 2019 for EPA Hearing on Proposed Policy Amendments to 2012 and 2016 New Source Performance Standards for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry.
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Respiratory Health Association and CATF Study Finds Hundreds of Lives Saved by Continued Operation of Four Nuclear Plants in Illinois
CHICAGO, October 8, 2019 – With ongoing discussions of energy reform in Illinois as well as a ruling looming from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the PJM capacity market, the viability of state-supported nuclear and other zero-emission energy resources could be significantly impacted. As a result, Respiratory Health Association…
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Potential Human Health Impacts Associated with Retirement of Nuclear Power Plants in Illinois
CATF’s analysis finds significant health and associated economic impact from the loss of zero emission nuclear plants in Illinois. This leads to social, personal and economy-wide consequences for the citizens of Illinois and surrounding states that could be avoided if nuclear plants in Illinois continue to operate. Clean Air Task…
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RFS Politics Keep Ping-Ponging and the Environment Keeps Losing
If a contest was held to identify the Trump Administration’s most haywire, least efficient, most higgledy-piggledy exercise in policymaking, its implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard would have to be in the running. Surely other policy initiatives have caused more harm in the past three years, environmental and otherwise—but the…
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What’s the Best Climate Policy?
With Thoughtful Design, Policymakers Have Several Good Options
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Wheeler’s effort to run over science hits bumps in the road
Science Advisory Board members voice concerns and seek answers from EPA as board engages in consultation and full review of EPA’s Censored Science proposal
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Putting Out the Fire: Reducing Flaring in Tight Oil Fields
Tight oil development in North Dakota and part of Texas is now so extensive that the associated light pollution can be seen from space via satellite images.