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Declare Your Right to Breathe
Do you think that all Americans have the right to clean air? Then sign the Right to Breathe Declaration! The Clean Air Act—signed in 1970 by Pres. Nixon and improved upon in 1990 by George H.W. Bush—has benefitted millions of Americans in its 40-year history. Just last year, for example, clean air health protections helped…
Read MoreLand of Retrenchment
There’s a lot of backward movement on the environment in Congress these days.  EPA is under assault for trying to regulate greenhouse gases.  The Interior Department’s efforts to protect some wildlands are also being attacked. But why should Congress have all the fun? Here in the Rocky Mountain West, the 2012 elections also brought some…
Read MoreAttorneys General Defend Our Right to Breathe
Attorneys general from five states—New York, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts and Connecticut—sent a letter today to Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, urging a rejection of Rep. John Carter’s (R-TX) resolution to block health protections against cement plants’ toxic air pollution. Led by Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman of New…
Read MoreWash. Judge Rejects Attack on New Building Energy Code
On Feb. 8, a federal judge in Washington State sided with conservationists, energy efficiency boosters and the state’s building code council, upholding new standards for energy conservation in new home construction. The homebuilders’ association had challenged the new standards, which went into effect this past Jan. 1, claiming they were in conflict with federal law.…
Read MoreDoctors' Orders—America Needs Clean Air
This week, nearly 2,000 health and medical professionals from all 50 states and the District of Columbia told our elected representatives at the White House and in Congress to stand up for clean air. These professionals are intimately familiar with the impacts of air pollution on people—asthma, heart disease, stroke, cancer—especially such vulnerable groups as…
Read MoreAre National Forests and Drinking Water Supplies in Peril?
President Obama’s draft plan for national forests and grasslands is well-intentioned, but lacks real protective measures that will guarantee accountability.
Read MoreFriday Finds: Big Ag’s Sugar Daddy
USDA gives Big Ag some sugar in GE beet decision In a move that directly contradicts the finding of a U.S. federal judge, last week the Department of Agriculture said that farmers could start planting their genetically modified sugar beets, reports the New York Times, despite concerns raised over GE crops by environmental and organic…
Read MoreWill Sunflower Be Cleanest Coal-Fired Power Plant?
Latest news from the energy debate in Kansas.
Read MoreOne County’s Dirty Energy Legacy
It was nearly midnight, but it wasn’t dark. Standing more than a mile away in an illuminated watermelon patch, I could hear its spectacular roar; akin to the release of liquid propane burning off into a hot air balloon. And I could feel it. The searing heat radiated from the blazing column, transforming the landscape…
Read More#Right2Breathe Recap: What Saved 160,000 Lives in 2010?
(Clean air is a life saver, which is why Earthjustice is working to ensure that polluters don’t stand in the way of safeguards against air pollution. Here’s a round up of some recent news in the ongoing campaign to protect our Right to Breathe.) Use the #right2breathe hashtag on Twitter to track campaign updates. EPA chief Lisa Jackson…
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