Mercury

In December 2018, EPA proposed to roll back the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) applied to coal- and oil-fired power plants by changing the way the federal government calculates the costs and benefits of dangerous air pollutants. EPN has critiqued this proposal, which goes against EPA’s own findings that it would save Americans billions in healthcare costs annually through reduced premature deaths, sick days and hospital visits.

Reducing Air Emissions from Stationary Sources

EPN Issues Press Release on Mercury and Air Toxics Rule

EPN Comments on Revised “Appropriate and Necessary” Finding for MATS

EPN Testimony: Proposed Revised Supplemental Cost Finding for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS)

Pandemic Masks Further US Environmental Deregulation by Trump Administration

May 1, 2020 / by

Carolyn Fortuna /

CleanTechnica

Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, was quoted in this article on the Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Betsy was quoted in a similar article by Planetizen.

Air, Mercury, Science, Vehicle GHG Standards

EPA Weakens Mercury Standards, Which Experts Say Could Put Pollution Controls at Risk

April 28, 2020 / by

London Gibson /

Indianapolis Star

Janet McCabe, EPN member and former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article on the Trump administration’s rollback of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS).

Air, Mercury

EPA’s Recent Rollbacks Raise Public Health Worries for Vulnerable Americans

April 24, 2020 / by

Andy McGlashen /

Audubon

EPN members Judith Enck, EPN member and former EPA Regional Administrator for Region 2,) and Joe Goffman, former Associate Assistant Administrator for Climate and Senior Counsel, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, were quoted in this article on the Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Air, Mercury, Vehicle GHG Standards

If it Ain’t Broke, What are we Fixing, Exactly?

April 23, 2020 / by

Reid Frazier /

Trump on Earth

Joe Goffman, former Associate Assistant Administrator for Climate and Senior Counsel was interviewed on this podcast concerning the rollback of the Mercury and Airt Toxic Standards (MATS).