We have seen a long and gradual process of balancing our economic and environmental goals, exemplified by the Clean Air Act.

when targeting "air pollution" with the 1970 Clean Air Act, questions that arose during a landmark 2022 Supreme Court ruling limiting the power of federal agencies to enforce the law. "We found a ...

"Since 1970 we have seen a steady trajectory of ... greenhouse gases and grow the American clean energy economy. The Clean Air Act proves the naysayers wrong – we can protect our health and ...

The Clean Air Act has protected the air we breathe for four decades. By curbing air pollution, it's directly responsible for saving many thousands of human lives and improving public health. The Act ...

regulators used data gathered since the Clean Air Act of 1963 to write the Clean Air Act of 1970. Lawmakers suddenly had the power to set and, significantly, enforce emissions regulations which ...

We have cleaned up the air and reduced air pollutant emissions in the United States by 74% since passage of the Clean Air Act in 1970 (1). In the process, we have prevented 2,300,000 premature deaths, ...

The Clean Air Act, signed into law in 1970, authorizes and directs the EPA to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards to protect public health and welfare, to regulate hazardous air ...

WASHINGTON— The Supreme Court today limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate power plant emissions under the Clean Air Act. The decision in West Virginia v. EPA is a blow to ...