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Good Rules, Good Jobs: Employment Opportunities from Emissions Standards for Oil and Gas
A report from Clean Air Task Force finds that strong regulations to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector would support up to 220,000 high-quality U.S.-based jobs. The report analyzed the November 2021 EPA methane proposal and found it would create 92,000 direct, indirect, and induced jobs across…
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How our trash contributes to climate change — and what we can do about it
The climate impacts of our trash are becoming harder to ignore.
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Fossil fuel emissions are driving climate change and increasing cancer risk. Here’s what EPA can do now
Pollution from the oil and gas industry is not only driving climate change by emitting methane.
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New report finds heightened cancer risk for 14 million people due to toxic air pollution emitted from U.S. oil and gas sector
A new edition of a Clean Air Task Force report finds that nearly 14 million people in the U.S. are being put at increased risk for cancer as a result of toxic air pollution emitted alongside methane at oil and gas sites.
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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022: What it is, what it means, and how it came to pass
In a groundbreaking moment in U.S. history, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) into law this week.
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The U.S. takes a big step forward in oil and gas methane reductions with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act
Deep inside the over 700 pages of text of the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) is a revolutionary provision to slash the waste of natural gas through methane pollution pricing.
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Clean Air Task Force Comments on the Revision of EU Waste Framework Directive
Clean Air Task Force provided comments to the European Commission on the upcoming revision of the Waste Framework Directive (WFD).
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Senate passage of the Inflation Reduction Act brings U.S. within inches of historic investment in clean energy leadership
The U.S. Senate just voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, clearing a significant hurdle to advancing an historic bill that would unlock more than $369 billion in climate and clean energy investment.
