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.
Read stories about why the fight for air is so vital.
Take Action
Letters
- Letter to the Senate re: opposition to Congressional efforts to rollback Clean Air Act protections
- Letter to the House re: opposition to Congressional efforts to rollback Clean Air Act protections
- Letter from 18 National Health Organizations re: Oppose Sen. Inhofe’s Attack on EPA’s Mercury Standards
Reports/Surveys
Infographics
Interactive Presentations
Top Stories
- Cleaner Gas & Vehicle Standards Benefit Health (4/4/2013)
- New Poll: Public Wants More Protection from Gasoline and Vehicle Emissions (1/30/2013)
- The Healthy Air Agenda (12/27/2012)
Press Releases
Related links
- Factsheet: Cleaner Gasoline and Vehicles
- Factsheet: EPA's Stronger "Soot" Standards Protect Public Health
- Syndicated Guest Blog: Lydia’s Fight for Kids with Asthma
- Climate Change and Ozone
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American Lung Association public policy positions on healthy air.
