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Sen. Tom Carper on EPA’s Proposed Air Quality Standards: “The Time to Act on Protecting Our Children’s Health is Overdue.”

Our guest blogger is Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air.  He co-chaired a hearing on “Air Quality and Children’s Health” on June 8, 2011.  This is a Mom’s Clean Air Force cross-post. Summer is here, and that means kids outside swimming, playing baseball, and eating bar-b-que on the patio. [...]
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Moms Taking Their Clean Air Message To The EPA

US Politics / Liberal : Think Progress (12 months ago)

by Molly Rauch, via Moms Clean Air Force Yesterday I pulled a red wagon through the streets of Washington, DC, my hometown. Inside the wagon were more than 8,000 comments from Moms Clean Air Force members supporting a proposed rule ... Read Post

More Protective Soot Standard Will Save Lives, Protect Fragile Environments

US Politics / Liberal : The Wonk Room (11 months ago)

by Sam Edmondson, Jeff Billington, and Mary Havel WASHINGTON – June 15 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finally proposed updated clean air standards that will prevent thousands of premature deaths and take steps towa... Read Post

Sen. Carper And Alexander: Clean Air Is Not A Partisan Issue

US Politics / Liberal : Think Progress (last year)

Both Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Tom Carper (D-DE) agreed that while the Clean Air Act has achieved significant accomplishments – returning $30 in benefits for every $1 that has been spent — clean air faces challenges ahead. At... Read Post


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