Clean air
Our country’s reliance on fossil fuels is leaving millions of Americans with polluted air to breathe.
The Latest on Clean air
Statement: EPA tells power plants to clean up their act
Statement: EPA tells power plants to clean up their act
Updates
Environment Texas and residents testify at public hearing about ExxonMobil’s Baytown Olefins Plant
Small solar projects are delivering 10 times as much power as a decade ago
Biden administration pauses plans for new gas export facilities
Featured Resources
Comments on Nederland Ethane plant
Lawn care goes electric
Recording of Road to 100% Renewable Energy with Dr. Mark Jacobson
The Biden administration has released $1 billion in funding for urban trees. Here’s why that matters.
It took our home...and it stole our natureSuzanne Franklin, Permian Basin Resident
Life in the Oilfields – Living Next to Wells
If we're not looking to the future, even for our own children or grandchildren, then what do we have left today?Christa Mancias and Frankie Orona, Activists
Life in the Oilfields – Fossil Fuels and Indigenous Populations
What we need is enforcement of the existing rulesSarah Stogner , Attorney
Life in the Oilfields – Regulations and the RRC
There's stuff out there that probably won't clean up in my kids lifetime.Schuyler Wight, Rancher
Life in the Oilfields – Oil and water
The regulations in place to regulate oil and gas industry is in favor of the oil and gas and not in favor of the environment or the people.Neta Rhyne, Activist
Life in the Oilfields – Corporate pressure and government apathy
The Latest
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280 more school districts are getting clean buses
Millions of kids will breathe cleaner air thanks to the EPA's latest Clean School Bus Program grants.
EPA awards millions to Texas school districts to purchase electric school buses
18 school districts to protect children’s health with emissions-free buses
Proposed petrochemical plant near Beaumont a threat to health and environment
Facility would release as much greenhouse gas pollution as one million cars
A look back at what our unique network accomplished in 2023
Here are 10 examples of how our advocates won positive results for the public and the planet in 2023.
Energy Conservation & Efficiency
Department of Energy finalizes furnace efficiency rules
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced final rules to improve the efficiency of residential gas furnaces.