Environmental Protection Network Commends EPA on Chemical Plant Emission Rule
EPN Submits Nominees for FY2025 Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Membership
Environmental Protection Network Welcomes EPA Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks & Buses
Environmental Protection Network Applauds the EPA Final Rule to Reduce Pollution from Cars and SUVs
EPN’s Statement on EPA’s PM NAAQS Annual Standard
EPN Comments on EPA’s Revisions to the Air Emissions Reporting Requirements
EPN Participates in South Coast AQMD’s 9th Annual Environmental Justice Conference
EPN Comments on EPA’s New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Power Plants
EPN Comments on Proposed Amendments to HON and the Polymers and Resins NESHAP
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Air Quality
IDEM Says It Can’t Make Air Pollution Permits Stricter. Experts Say That’s Only Partially True
Mike Koerber, former Deputy Director, EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, and Eric Schaeffer, former director of EPA’s Office of Civil Enforcement, were quoted in NPR affiliate WBOI about possible ways the Indiana Department of Environmental Management can tighten industrial facilities’ air permits.
‘Explosive Growth’ in Petrochemical Production Poses Risks to Human Health
Tracey Woodruff, former EPA senior scientist and policy advisor in the Office of Policy, was quoted in The Guardian about the links of petrochemical production to diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, neurodevelopmental issues, and certain cancers, and suggests more chemical testing, exposure tracking, and single-chemical and single-use plastics bans.
Misleading Ads On EPA Car Emissions Rule Ignore The Real Benefits
Margo Oge, former Director of Office of Transportation and Air Quality, wrote an op-ed in Forbes about misleading ads being run in swing states for EPA’s proposed car emission standards.
US EPA Strengthens PM2·5 Air Pollution Limits
John Bachmann, former Formerly Associate Director for Science/Policy and New Programs EPA/OAR/OAQPS, was quoted in The Lancet about EPA strengthening fine particulate matter standards from 12 to 9 μg/m3 and the positive health and economic benefits that will accompany the new limit.