COVID-19’s public health threat is clear. In just four months, over 104,000 Americans have died during the pandemic. The virus’s death toll already exceeds the United States’ combined military fatalities during the Korean, Vietnam, Gulf, Afghan, and Iraq Wars – a period that stretches roughly 40 years. These numbers are sobering and tragic, but COVID-19’s … Read more
Powerful industries have been fighting clean California air for years, and some of the state’s biggest polluters are lobbying Governor Newsom’s administration to delay enforcement or roll back safeguards against pollution and climate change. And while the administration has made clear that they aren’t pursuing a broad rollback, they have committed to reviewing requests to … Read more
As someone who grew up in Long Beach and returned as an adult, I know air pollution all too well. That is why I’m proud to work for the Coalition for Clean Air. It is also why I adamantly oppose EPA Administrator Wheeler’s proposed policy of inaction on particulate matter (PM). My comments on behalf … Read more
As agencies around the state and country work furiously to respond and adapt to the pandemic, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) should respond to this major public health crisis by taking action to fight a related one: air pollution. The evidence is increasingly clear1)See this study from Havard and this study from … Read more