2011 Press Releases
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Illinois Residents with Asthma Threatened by Potential Federal Budget Cuts
May 3, 2011 -
American Lung Association Expresses Concern over Proposed Federal Funding Cuts to National Asthma Control Program
May 2, 2011 - With May 3 as World Asthma Day, and May as Asthma Awareness Month, the American Lung Association and 15 public health and other organizations expressed their strong support for the National Asthma Control Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a letter being sent to Congress tomorrow. -
American Lung Association Releases Lists of the Nation’s Most Polluted Cities in Annual State of the Air Report
April 27, 2011 -
American Lung Association Reflects on Progress of Smokefree Air Laws at the State Level
April 21, 2011 -
Congress Must Not Impede EPA’s Ability to Protect Public Health
April 15, 2011 -
American Lung Association Celebrates Landmark Victory for Clean Air Act, Public Health
April 15, 2011 - The American Lung Association is heartened by the settlement made yesterday between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at 11 of TVA’s coal-fired plants in Alabama. -
Register Now for “State of the Air” Embargoed Virtual Press Conference
April 11, 2011 -
American Lung Association, American Public Health Association - Congress Should Not Pit Public Health versus Government Shut Down
April 7, 2011 - The American Lung Association and the American Public Health Association are organizing an urgent media telebriefing to discuss recent budget negotiations suggesting that the stalemate in Congress is one of choosing either public health or government shutdown. -
American Lung Association Dismayed by House Passage of Legislation Putting the Health of Americans At Risk
April 7, 2011 -
American Lung Association Applauds Senate for Supporting the Health of Americans
April 6, 2011 - Charles D. Connor, President and CEO of the American Lung Association released the following statement today in reaction to the votes in the Senate that upheld the Clean Air Act's ability to protect Americans from breathing toxic, harmful and life-threatening air pollution.
