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Air Toxics: Challenging Weak Standards

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Policy Reference:

EPA’s Proposal to Waive Clean Air Protections for Millions of Americans: The Politics of Coarse Particle Pollution

Press Release:

Groups Sue EPA For Not Protecting Citizens From Oil, Gas Drilling (01/15/09)

As EPA Nominee Faces Hearing, Environmental Groups Point the Way to Clean Air Reforms (01/14/09)

EPA Loophole Allows Unchecked Cancer-Causing Pollution (07/02/07)

Additional Resources:

Brick Kiln Locations

Reports:

Government Accountability Office Clean Air report on EPA Air Toxics Program

GAO Report: Observations on EPA's Cost-Benefit Analysis of its Mercury Control Options

Harvard Report: Controlling Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants

Additional Analyses of Mercury Emissions Needed

Victories:

Court Nixes EPA Incinerator Exemption

Protecting People from Brick Kiln Emissions

Air Standards for Trash Incinerators Ruled Inadequate

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Earthjustice attorney Jim Pew on smelter emissions

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