The EPA’s proposed Cross State Air Pollution Rule, also known as the Good Neighbor Plan, will reduce harmful air pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities that drifts across state borders and harms residents of downwind states.
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Good Neighbors Don’t Share Dirty Air
“State of the Air” Finds Millions Breathe Unhealthy Air
The 2022 “State of the Air” report from the American Lung Association finds that more 137 million Americans live in places with unhealthy air.
COVID Long-Haulers and Air Pollution
According to a study conducted at Harvard, long-term exposure to air pollution is linked to a higher risk of dying from COVID-19.
Ozone Pollution Threatens Nature As We Know It
Ozone pollution causes smog that makes it unhealthy to breathe the air. It’s also taking a toll on nature, threatening plants, insects, and food harvests.
Map Shows Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) Pollution from Power Plants
A new interactive mapping tool visualizes NOx pollution from power plants and their adverse impacts on environmental justice communities, using data from EPA’s Environmental Justice Screening tool.
Dangerous Heat, Drought, and Wildfires Threaten US Families
Much of the country is in the middle of a mega heat wave that has exploded in the West along with a megadrought that’s been decades in the making. This all stacks up to more and more dangerous air pollution.
Tribal Air Programs for Congress to Address
The Status Tribal Air Report (STAR) combines stories from Tribal air quality professionals operating air monitoring programs on Tribal lands. It includes a budget analysis of how much funding Congress needs to set aside to fully fund Tribal air programs.
Deadly Particle Pollution Is a Racial Justice Issue
A new study found that disparities in particle pollution exposure were present across each and every one of the 14 sources of particle pollution for Black people compared to whites.
40% of Americans Breathe Polluted Air
The American Lung Association State of the Air 2021 report found more than 40 % of Americans live with unhealthy air and more…
Air Pollution and COVID-19 Are a Deadly Combination During Winter Inversion Season
Winter inversions increase air pollution. And air pollution increases the transmissibility, severity, and lethality of COVID-19, especially for children and pregnant women.
Air Pollution is Invisible. Watch It Turn Visible.
Watch how air pollution moves through the air, and into the body. Learn how your family can have cleaner air.
U.S. Air Quality Monitors Routinely Miss Pollution
The most effective way to reduce a family’s exposure to air pollution is knowing if the air is too dangerous to breathe. An investigative report found that air monitors routinely miss pollution, even toxic air from refinery explosions.
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