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GOP Trying to Weaken Clean Air Laws While Half of All Americans Still Breathe Polluted Air

Environment News ServiceApril 28, 2011.

The threats to the Clean Air Act are coming from the Republican side of Congress, in bills to strip the U.S. EPA of funding and curtail its powers to regulate air emissions.

New Findings Reveal the Clean Air Act Saved 160,000 lives in 2010 and Aided the Economy

Environment News ServiceMarch 3, 2011.

At the same time the GOP is trying to gut the Clean Air Act, it has been proven the regulation boosts the economy and saves lives.

EPA Won't Regulate Greenhouse Gases Until Next Year

Brian Merchant, TreeHugger. March 29, 2010.

But the EPA will indeed commence regulation in 2011. The delay is intended to give businesses more time to prepare their carbon reduction strategies.

Using the Clean Air Act to Jump-Start Climate Action

Michael Northrop, David Sassoon, Yale Environment 360. October 28, 2008.

Instead of waiting for Congress, the next president should use an existing tool to control greenhouse gas emissions: the Clean Air Act.