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Study: Clean Air Act Saved 1.5 Billion Birds

November 24, 2020 sarah Jonas Birds, Clean Air Act, Cornell, Ornithology, Ozone, Pollution

U.S. pollution regulations meant to protect humans from dirty air are also saving birds. So concludes a new continentwide study published today in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Study authors found that improved air quality under a federal program to reduce ozone pollution may have averted the loss of 1.5 billion birds during the past 40 years.

Feature

New Documentary Celebrates Clean Air Act, Highlights Communities Still Waiting for Clean Air

June 11, 2020 sarah Jonas Access, Air Quality, Clean Air Act, Disparities

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Clean Air Act this year, the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF) will host the premiere of a new documentary that highlights the dramatic reductions in air pollution that the United States has achieved since Congress passed the Clean Air Act in 1970, as well as the disparities in access to healthy air that persist in America.

Research Results

Energy Regulation Rollbacks Threaten Progress Against Harmful Ozone

October 25, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Affordable Clean Energy, Air Quality, Air Quality and Health, Attainment, CAFE standards, Carbon Dioxide, carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon dioxide effects, Carbon Emissions, Clean Air Act, Clean Power Plan, Climate Change, Coal fired power plants, Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Executive Order, Forecast, global warming, Global Warming And The Environment, Global Warming Climate Change, Global Warming Concerns, nitrogen oxides, NOX, Noxious, Obama Administration, Ozone, ozone attainment, Ozone Exposure, Ozone Levels, Regulations, Trump Administration

The fight against harmful ozone is under legal threat. Air quality and carbon emissions regulations are currently in limbo in courts and congress, from core legislation from the 1970s to rules from the last U.S. administration. This study models the future losses in the fight to drive down respiratory-damaging, ground-level ozone if the regulations go away.

Expert Pitch

Former EPA Administrator Available to Comment on EPA’s Threats Toward California Over Clean Air Act Compliance

September 24, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Air Quality, California, Clean Air Act, EPA air regulations, Pollution

The Environmental Protection Agency, in a letter from EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler dated Sept. 24, threatened to pull federal highway

Expert Pitch

Former EPA administrator available to comment on expected revocation of California’s authority on car emissions

September 17, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Clean Air Act, Government, Pollution, U.S. Politics

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce Wednesday it is rescinding California’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from

Expert Pitch

Former EPA administrator available to comment on expected revocation of California’s authority on car emissions

September 17, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Clean Air Act, EPA air regulations, Government, Greenhouse Emissions, Pollution, U.S. Politics, Vehicle Efficiency

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce Wednesday it is rescinding California’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from