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Runaway TRAIN: Attack on clean air
September 22, 2011
New
attacks on clean air threaten to dismantle the clean air laws that have
protected our families and communities for decades.
Congress
is considering the so-called "TRAIN Act," a bill that would create an unnecessary, redundant review process designed to delay important public health
protections under the Clean Air Act.
The
bill would also delay two vital
rules indefinitely:
- The proposed mercury and air toxics rule,
designed to protect the public from hazardous air pollutants emitted by
coal-fired power plants; and
-
The "cross-state" air pollution rule,
an already-finalized rule that would make it easier for states downwind of
pollution sources to achieve healthful air for their residents.
The
TRAIN Act, if it becomes law, would condemn
an estimated 34,000 Americans to preventable premature deaths, each year.
Help
stop this runaway TRAIN Act in its tracks.
Email your U.S. congressional representative right away.
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Resources
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Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit
The Toolkit is a combination of easy-to-use reference guides for health providers and user-friendly health education materials on preventing exposures to toxic chemicals and other substances that affect infant and child health. Read more »
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Coal Ash: The Toxic Threat to Our Health and Environment
Coal ash, one of the dirtiest secrets in American energy production, burst into the U.S. consciousness three days before Christmas, 2008 when an earthen wall holding back a huge coal ash disposal pond failed at the coal-fired power plant in Kingston, Tennessee. Read more »
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Prenatal Exposures
How is the developing fetus vulnerable to toxic chemical exposures, and how can our regulatory system more effectively protect our health in the prenatal period? From PSR's Environmental Health Policy Institute. Read more »