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… showed the area as "one of the most burdened communities in the United States." According to EPA data, Welcome is in the 86th percentile for air pollution-related cancer risk in Louisiana, …

… industry races to expand their fleets of electric vehicles. In a letter delivered Sept. 8 to EPA headquarters and addressed to administrator Michael Regan, the faith contingent called for … for communities and neighborhoods near highways and highly trafficked roads. In December, EPA finalized its most stringent rule to date under the Clean Air Act that sets fuel economy … cars and 48 mpg for light-duty trucks, compared to the current 38 mpg average standard. EPA estimated the new standards by 2026 would reduce emissions from cars and trucks by 28.3%, …

… committed to care for creation promptly responded to the Supreme Court's decision on the EPA's authority regarding fossil fuel emissions. The international Laudato Si' Movement protested …

… protect them from ever increasing incidents of mass shootings. Similarly, in West Virginia v. EPA , the conservative majority on the court chose to ignore reality in order to preserve a … York v. United States , 505 U.S. 144, 187 (1992). But it is not plausible that Congress gave EPA the authority to adopt on its own such a regulatory scheme in Section 111(d). A decision of … now moves to state legislatures, and the media focus will follow. In both the gun control and EPA decisions, the court barred, respectively, the way to legislative and executive action. It is …

… justice was not served in the Supreme Court's ruling this week in West Virginia vs. EPA . In a time where fulfilling what is required of us should demand fighting pollution and … lives at risk but deals a major blow to federal climate action, severely limiting the EPA's authority to regulate carbon pollution under one portion of the Clean Air Act. It did so in …

… events. "We must bring these emissions down. Yet today, the Supreme Court chose to limit EPA's authority to regulate these emissions, rendering less resourced our collective imperative … conservative justices — five of whom are Catholic — all in the majority, the court ruled that EPA acted without explicit authority from Congress when it issued in 2015 the Clean Power Plan, … sought the court's intervention. Environmental groups viewed the effort as an attempt to limit EPA's power in future emissions-reductions rules, including one the Biden administration is …

… that doesn't come out of a tailpipe or a smokestack. Another area that needs improvement: EPA officials regularly pass most of the Act's enforcement to states, and states chronically …

… On April 20, EPA will convene a diverse panel of faith community leaders who have a special interest in climate change based on the teachings of their faith traditions. EPA’s Deputy Administrator, Janet McCabe, will provide opening remarks. … , President, Interfaith Power and Light Through the ENERGY STAR program, EPA has partnered with the faith community on energy and water efficiency for the past 30 years. …

… like the economics of climate change and youth activists, and welcomed speakers such as former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy, who now serves as the White House's point person for domestic …

… widely. Some donations do reach the hands of those who are in desperate need. Furthermore, the EPA reports that 85% of unused textiles are discarded in U.S. landfills yearly. Donating clothes, …

… controlled a $15 million budget, part of which he used to give workshops on climate change by EPA officials and other specialists. "I brought them together in front of oil industry …

… diplomat. That's what he loves, that's what he's done,” said Christine Todd Whitman, a former EPA administrator under Republican President George W. Bush. “And if not president, then that's a …

… David Pellow, who worked with PCR in the 1990s, recalled a meeting with state and federal EPA officials that was not going well. Community members sensed the government officials were … and visit the White House. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush presented Johnson with the EPA's Environment and Conservation Challenge Award, saying leaders like her "realize that the … leaders to witness President Bill Clinton sign Executive Order 12898 , which directed the EPA and federal government to identify at-risk communities and develop an environmental justice …

… the first-ever, White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy, led by McCarthy, who headed the EPA under former President Barack Obama. It also creates a 21-agency national climate task force, …

… the Office of Management and Budget and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. To lead the EPA, Biden nominated Michael Regan, current secretary for North Carolina's Department of … Justice Network, whose executive committee said in a statement that naming the former EPA official "shows that the commitment to environmental justice as a cornerstone of President … of state, will lead international engagement as special envoy on climate, and Gina McCarthy, EPA chief from 2013 to 2017, will head the new White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy as …

… screening of the short film Unbreathable followed by the webinar, Unbreathable No More: The EPA and Clean Air in 2021. … 60-minute webinar will follow directly afterward at 4pm PT/7pm ET.   Unbreathable No More: The EPA and clean air in 2021: After the film, Interfaith Power & Light President Rev. Susan … Church. IPL National Organizing Director, Bill Bradlee, will also speak to IPL priorities for EPA advocacy in the coming year, focusing on clean cars and methane pollution.    Sign up here …

… Oklahoma governor asked EPA to strip tribes of environmental authority … Now, a global journalism collaboration, came this piece: Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) has asked the EPA to give his state jurisdiction over environmental regulations on Native American …

… served as counsel for that office during the Obama administration and has also worked in the EPA. Most recently, Mallory has been director of regulatory policy at the non-profit Southern … and Gina McCarthy, who will take the lead on the domestic climate front . McCarthy, a past EPA administrator, has most recently been president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, a …

… school has hosted an annual climate change conference, with keynote speakers including former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy, former Irish President Mary Robinson and author and activist …

… of Energy and Department of Interior. According to Politico , potential nominees at the EPA include Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Heather McTeer Toney, a former EPA official and senior director of Moms Clean Air Force. At the Energy Department, Biden could … Whoever Biden selects will be an about-face from the Trump administration, particularly at EPA, which was led first by Scott Pruitt, the former Oklahoma attorney general who sued the …