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Clean Air Act to Turn 40 – EPA Wants to Hear from You!

 |  Oct 22, 2010

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Clean Air Act Amendments later this year, and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson wants to know … Read more

Power Grab

Cheap Shot: Polluters Cry ‘Power Grab,’ Attack Crucial U.S. Conservation Rules

 |  Oct 13, 2010

The EPA is moving to regulate the carbon pollution that drives global warming. It’s about time, right? Read more

Win-win Action on Vehicles under the Clean Air Act

 |  Oct 8, 2010

Last Friday, EPA and NHTSA released a framework to improve fuel economy and cut global warming pollution from cars and light trucks through 2025. The public has a first opportunity … Read more

Big Oil’s Bond: Senator’s Sneak Attack on Clean Air Act

 |  Oct 4, 2010

Missouri is a leader in clean energy, so why would Sen. Kit Bond lead a late night attack on the Clean Air Act? One look at his last re-election campaign in 2004 makes clear where his allegiances lie. Read more

Big Oil to Mount (Another) Assault on Clean Air Act

 |  Aug 4, 2010

Feeling emboldened with scuttling clean energy and climate legislation for the summer, Big Oil is ready to go on the offensive and gut the Clean Air Act, one of the … Read more

EPA Stands by Climate Action in Face of Polluter Pushback

 |  Jul 29, 2010

The Environmental Protection Agency reaffirmed its commitment to climate action today, denying 10 petitions attacking climate science. The challenges sought to reverse the EPA’s 2009 determination that global warming is … Read more

Showdown Today on Big Oil Bailout in Senate

,  |  Jun 10, 2010

By Washington, DC standards this is high drama.  A close vote is expected that sets the stage for whether the government can move aggressively to rein in global warming pollution. … Read more

Senate’s Thurs “Big Oil Bailout” Vote = 455 Million More Barrels of Oil Addiction

 |  Jun 6, 2010

NWF is fighting hard this week to defeat an anticipated vote June 10th on a resolution in the Senate that would blow a hole in the Clean Air Act and … Read more

Front Group with Fake Members Attacking the Clean Air Act

 |  Feb 26, 2010

By Larry J. Schweiger Check out the intriguing blog posted by my colleague Miles Grant on a front group with fake members backed by polluter money that is attacking the … Read more

Climate Activists Stake Out Polluter Lobbyist Fundraiser

 |  Feb 25, 2010

Check out this video of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), co-author of the Dirty Air Act arriving at a fundraiser organized by polluter lobbyists at a swank DC restaurant. Youth activists were waiting outside with surgical masks & “Dirty Air Act” signs as Murkowski hurried past. Read more