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Lynne Peeples

Unfair Air: Burden of Air Pollution, Asthma Not Evenly Shared Among U.S. Children

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Environmental Justice, American Lung Association, Children, Smog, Air Pollution Children, Epa, Health Disparities, Asthma, Asthma Children, State of the Air 2012, Air Pollution, Particulate Matter, Green News

Kellen Bolden was only 10 years old when an asthma attack took his life, but his mom still remembers him as a "little man" with big aspirations. Ke...

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Joanna Zelman

U.S. Cities Ranked By Air Pollution Levels

HuffingtonPost.com | Joanna Zelman | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Ala, Most Polluted Cities, American Lung Association, Ozone Pollution, State of the Air 2012, State of the Air, Video, Particle Pollution, Environment, Ala State of the Air, Air Pollution, 2012 State of the Air, Slidepollajax, Janice Nolen, Green News

More than 127 million Americans -- about 41 percent of the country -- still suffer from pollution levels that can make breathing dangerous, according ...

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New Limit on Carbon Pollution Will Help Protect the Health of Our Families

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: American Lung Association, Carbon Emissions, Coal Industry, Epa, Carbon Pollution, Coal, Clean Air Act, Dirty Coal, Asthma, Detroit, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Children's Health, Limit Carbon Pollution, Video, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Americans are already paying the price for record heat waves, dirty air, and an unstable climate. We need to fight these threats with every weapon we have, and the electricity industry has to do its fair share. The new carbon standard will help make that happen.

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PHOTOS: Disturbing Ad Campaign Suggests Power Plants Could Threaten Pregnancies

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Christian | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Video, American Lung Association, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Pregnancy Mercury, Mercury Pollution, Beyond Coal Campaign, The Sierra Club, Mercury Poisoning, Sierra Club Mercury, Sierra Club Ad Campaign, Green News

Disturbing images of pregnant bellies confronted commuters in Washington, DC this week. The threat of mercury pollution from coal-fired power plan...

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National Poll Says America Wants the EPA

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Public Policy Polling, National Health, Environmental Justice, National Poll, American Lung Association, American Health, Obama, Green News Report, Green, Latina Women's Vote, Ozone Pollution Standard, Clean Air Act, Epa, 2012 Battleground States, Natural Resources Defense Council, League of United Latin American Citizens, Corporate Polluters EPA Scientists, Green News, Mercury, Environment, League of Women Voters, Asthma, Particulate Matter, US Chamber of Commerce, Environmental Protection Agency, Green News
Marcia G. Yerman

Voters aren't buying the specious "jobs versus clean air/water" argument. More importantly, they have a clear preference for the findings of Environmental Protection Agency scientists over the talking points of "corporate polluters."

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Before Obama Retreat on Ozone, EPA Chief Warned of Illnesses and Deaths

Corbin Hiar | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Natural Resources Defense Council, Lisa Jackson, American Lung Association, Earthjustice, Center for Public Integrity, George W. Bush, Epa, Asthma, Environmental Defense Fund, Ozone Lawsuit, Appalachian Mountain Club, Clean Air Act, Ozone, Barack Obama, Iwatch News, Green News
Corbin Hiar

When President Obama retreated from a tougher stance on smog last month, his Environmental Protection Agency chief had formally concluded that the existing standard endangered thousands of Americans, including children and people with respiratory ailments.

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GOP Repackages Old Attacks on Environmental Safeguards and Calls It a Jobs Plan

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Jobs Crisis, Green Jobs, American Lung Association, Epa, Gop, Jobs, Air Pollution, Clean Air Act, Eric Cantor, Green News
Frances Beinecke

In the midst of a recession spurred by rampant trading in unregulated mortgage debt, Eric Cantor repeats the canards that clean air safeguards are the "job-destroying" villains.

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How Can Anyone Be Against Clean Air?

Wendy Gordon | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Soot, Gray Is Green, Smog, Clean Air Promise Campaign, Asthma, American Lung Association, Environment, Epa, Clean Air, Green News
Wendy Gordon

Recently, a misguided political movement, has launched a full-on assault on America's environmental and public health safeguards. And it's got clean air protections square in its crosshairs.

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Clean Air and the Baby Carriage

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: The Untouchables, Clean Air, Parenting, American Lung Association, Children, Epa, Al Capone, Green News
Marcia G. Yerman

Children. They are vulnerable. They are innocent. They are the future. Perhaps that is why the American Lung Association has tapped into an iconic image to speak to the public about the need to fight for clean air.

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Lisa Jackson: Why She Can't Do It Alone

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Epa, American Academy of Pediatrics, Environmental Justics, Moms Clean Air Force, Asthma, American Lung Association, Lisa Jackson, Air Pollution, Willilam K. Reilly, Clean Air Act of 1970, Toxins, Green News
Marcia G. Yerman

With almost every current conversation being framed from a partisan political perspective, Jackson has pledged to hold firm on advocating for the hundreds of thousands of people whose lives will be saved from new legislation.

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American Public: 1, Polluters: 0

Michael Brune | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, American Lung Association, Coal Emissions, Lisa Jackson EPA, Sulfer Dioxide, Pollution, Coal, Green News
Michael Brune

Yesterday, the EPA met this sentiment with action by announcing the first of a series of air pollution regulations that will be rolled out during the next few months.

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An Environmental Record Worth Talking About

Lisa P. Jackson | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, American Lung Association, Greenhouse Gases, Clean Cars, Epa, Obama Administration, Pollution, Toxic Pollution, Clean Air Act, Department of Transportation, Green News
Lisa P. Jackson

As the head of the EPA, I have been called to testify before Congress more than any other cabinet member. The simple fact is, I would not be making so many trips to the Hill if the EPA was not doing its job.

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Joanna Zelman

How Bad Is The Air You Breathe?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joanna Zelman | Posted 06.27.2011

Read More: State of the Air 2011, Fred Upton, American Lung Association, Health, State of the Air Report, Environment, Air Quality, Air Pollution, State of the Air, Janice Nolen, Clean Air Act, Green News

NEW YORK -- The American Lung Association's newest State of the Air report is a bit like getting a 53 on your math test after you got a 49 on your las...

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It's California's Time to Make History in the Fight to End Cancer

Lance Armstrong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Heart Association, Stand Up to Cancer, Californai Cancer Research Act, American Lung Association, California Cancer Research, Cancer Research, Lance Armstrong Cancer, Cancer, Lance Armstrong, Impact News
Lance Armstrong

We hate cancer. We have both been personally touched by the disease, as has everyone else in America, either directly or indirectly. This week in California, we began a new and potentially historic effort to end cancer.

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Time to Clean Up

Javier Sierra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, American Lung Association, Pilsen, Javier Sierra, Green, Clean Energy, Hispanics, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Coal, National Academy of Sciences, Hispanics and the Environment, Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Sierra Club, Latinos and the Environment, Health, Chicago, Oil, Environment, Perro, Green News
Javier Sierra

Big Coal has redefined the word "cheap" as keeping the profits and passing your true costs onto society. But those days are numbered.

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Exposed: Texas Big Oil Funding Petition to Kill California's Anti-Pollution Legislation

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dan Logue, American Lung Association, Green Jobs, Carbon Emissions, Alternative Energy, Valero, Green, Jonathan Kim, Big Oil Profits, Pollution, Green Energy, AB 32, Dennis Tootelian, Jim Sweeney, Union of Concerned Scientists, Big Oil, Greenhouse Gases, Tootelian & Associates, Respiratory Illness, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Tesoro, Green Energy Economy, Sanjay Varshney, Los Angeles News
Jonathan Kim

Oil refiners Valero Energy Corp. and Tesoro Corp. are funding a petition drive to get a measure on the ballot suspending AB 32, California's landmark law to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

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AB 32 Opponents Vulnerable on Pollution's Health Hazards

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Air Particulates, University of Massachusetts, American Lung Association, Nrdc, AB 32 Implementation Group, University of Southern California, NRDC Action Fund, Particulate Matter, AB 32, California Air Pollution, Meg Whitman, Dennis Tootelian, Lung Cancer, University of California, Smog, California Air Resources Board, Asthma, Center for Resource Solutions, Respiratory Illness, Air Pollution, A.B. 32, Ozone, Sanjay Varshney, Los Angeles News
Jonathan Kim

Opponents of legislation that seeks to reduce greenhouse gases in California to 1990 levels by 2020 are asking us to put short-term economic interests ahead of people's health and safety.

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States Need Help, Smokers Have Hope

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Barbara Ficarra, Healthy Living, American Lung Association, Carl R. Sullivan MD, Nrt, Smokers, Addiction Medicine, Nicotine Replacement Therapy, healthin30, Nicotine Addiction, Addiction, Smoking Cessation, Tobacco, Addiction & Recovery, Healthy Living News
Barbara Ficarra

Most people who are addicted to smoking need help to quit. There are programs to help, but unfortunately many are not getting the help they need because health insurance plans don't cover treatments.

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New Jersey To Require Mandatory Kidney Donation

Kim Stagliano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mandates, Autism, Flu Shots, Protest, New Jersey, Childrens' Vaccines, Choice, American Lung Association, Humor, New Jersey Drivers, New Jersey Turnpike, NJ Coalition for Vaccination Choice, Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, Garden State Parkway, Mandatory Flu Shot, Governor Corzine, Kidney2me, Addm, Njcvc, Politics News
Kim Stagliano

The Garden State has passed a law that requires all healthy citizens to donate one kidney by age 45. Yes, the Garden State plans to reap your kidney. The law is called "Kidney2Me."

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