Mark MacLeod: Climate 411

In the first opportunity for the public to comment on EPA’s proposed Tier 3 standards, the message was clear – people want cleaner air. Tier 3 is the term the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is using for its proposed national vehicle emissions and fuel standards. They are designed to reduce the soot, smog and […]

By now, you’ve probably seen lots of news headlines talking about the proposed updated Tier 3 standards. Tier 3 is the shorthand term for national vehicle emissions and fuel standards that will help us make big strides towards cleaner, healthier air. They are designed to reduce the soot, smog and other types of dangerous pollution […]

Twice in the last two weeks, FirstEnergy has announced it will shut down old coal-fired power plants – then tried to blame those business decisions on the clean air rules that protect us all from toxic pollution. First, at the end of January, First Energy announced it would retire six coal-fired power plants in Ohio, […]

We already know that EPA’s proposed rule to reduce power plant pollution in the eastern U.S. is good for public health. An analysis prepared for Environmental Defense Fund (using EPA methodologies) shows that the sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions from eastern power plants are associated with as many as 60,000 deaths, 3.1 million lost […]

This post is by Mark MacLeod, Director of Special Projects, Climate and Air Program, Environmental Defense. Climate Vote 2007 This post is part of a series on the work of the Environmental Defense Action Fund to enact an effective climate law. You can help by writing to Congress. Last night the Senate Environment and Public […]

This post is by Mark MacLeod, Director of Special Projects, Climate and Air Program, Environmental Defense. Operation Climate Vote Part of a series on the work of the Environmental Defense Action Fund to enact an effective climate law. You can help by writing to Congress. Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007 (CSA) is the most […]

This post is by Mark MacLeod, Director of Special Projects, Climate and Air Program, Environmental Defense. Climate Vote 2007 Part of a series on the work of the Environmental Defense Action Fund to enact an effective climate law. You can help by writing to Congress. For those who don’t live and breathe the legislative process, […]

This post is by Mark MacLeod, Director of Special Projects, Climate and Air Program. Climate Vote 2007 Part of a series on the work of the Environmental Defense Action Fund to enact an effective climate law. You can help by writing to Congress. Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) has long supported national cap and trade legislation […]

This post is by Mark MacLeod, Director of Special Projects, Climate and Air Program. Climate Vote 2007 Part of a series on the work of the Environmental Defense Action Fund to enact an effective climate law. You can help by writing to Congress. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has already voted for a national […]

The author of today’s post, Mark MacLeod, is Director of Special Projects for the national climate campaign at Environmental Defense. This has been Climate Week in New York and D.C., starting with the U.N. conference on Monday, then the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting Wednesday through Friday, and finally the White House Major Economies Meeting […]