Defending the Clean Air Act
Fighting for Healthy Air
The American Lung Association is working to protect the public health from air pollution. We are defending the Clean Air Act to ensure that all Americans can have air that is safe and healthy to breathe. The Clean Air Act has provided the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the authority and the responsibility to protect and clean up the nation’s air since 1970. Thanks to that law and later amendments that strengthened it, people throughout the nation breathe cleaner, healthier air.
But, the work is not done; millions of Americans continue to breathe unhealthy air. Polluters and some members of Congress want to interfere with EPA’s ability to protect public health. Most Americans believe that the Clean Air Act needs protecting. We are fighting hard to prevent anyone from weakening or undermining the law or the protective standards the law provides. We are fighting to ensure EPA has the legal authority and necessary funding to continue to protect public health.
Please join us in this fight for air. Click here for an interactive overview of the fight.
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- Protect the Clean Air Act
- President Obama Fails to Protect Americans from Smog
- Senate to vote on critical clean air protection
Letters
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Top Stories
- Historic Victory for Healthier Air (12/22/2011)
- Traffic pollution may be linked to diabetes risk Reuters (12/19/2011)
- Healthy Air Call-in Day: Join the Fight for Clean Air on Sept. 20 (9/20/2011)
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American Lung Association public policy positions on healthy air.
