Air Quality

Since the Clean Air Act passed in 1970, EPA has focused on reducing the impacts that both indoor and outdoor air pollution have on individuals’ health; however, the Trump Administration has proposed numerous regulatory rollbacks that would negate much of that work. EPN has provided comments, fact sheets and testimony to provide a detailed understanding of EPA’s critical role in ensuring citizens breathe clean air.

EPN Submits Comments on DOT Proposal for Significant Changes to NEPA Regulations

EPN Comments on EPA’s Proposed GHG Emission Standards for Airplanes and Airplane Engines

EPN Members Present Individual Testimony on National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone

Reducing Air Emissions from Stationary Sources

Reducing Air Emissions from Mobile Sources

EPN Comments on EPA’s Proposal for Benefits and Costs Analyses under the Clean Air Act

EPN Collaborates on Comments for EPA’s Proposal to Retain the Primary and Secondary Particulate Matter Standards

EPN Presents Testimony on EPA’s Proposal to Retain the Primary and Secondary Particulate Matter Standards

EPN Issues Press Release on Mercury and Air Toxics Rule

EPN Issues Press Release as Trump Administration Finalizes Rule to Roll Back Clean Car Standards

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Preventing Widespread Violations that Threaten Climate Goals

April 13, 2021 / by

Cynthia Giles /

Harvard Law School Environmental & Energy Law Program

Cynthia Giles, EPN member and former Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, published this report on compliance problems in electricity production, transportation, and oil and gas production, the top carbon emitters that threaten climate goals. This is part four in her Next Generation Compliance series.

Air, Enforcement

McCarthy Aims to Sell Biden Plan to Justice Advocates

April 8, 2021 / by

Kelsey Brugger /

E&E News

Mustafa Santiago Ali, EPN member and former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted in this article describing a virtual panel on climate justice that Mustafa participated in with White House Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy.

Air, Environmental Justice

Appeals Court Agrees to Pause Lawsuit Over Trump-Era Emissions Rule

April 5, 2021 / by

Zack Budryk /

The Hill

Jeff Alson, EPN member and former Senior Engineer and Policy Adviser, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article discussing a petition to overturn the Trump-era Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient vehicles rule and a probe investigating whether career EPA staff were excluded from development of the rule.

Air, Vehicle GHG Standards

Metal Shredding Company Move Sparks Protests

March 26, 2021 / by

Linda Lutton /

WBEZ-NPR

EPN member Mustafa Santiago Ali, former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was interviewed in this radio segment about cumulative impacts.