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As Biden exits presidential race, faith activists tout his major environmental wins
… has sought to reestablish more than 1,000 environmental regulations undone by Trump, with the EPA leading the charge. That has included the strongest-ever limit on vehicle tailpipe emissions … to the majority of new cars being electric or hybrid by 2032. Other rules finalized by Biden's EPA aim to slash emissions from new and existing power plants, plug methane leaks, place further … resilience. "You combine those and stack those with the regulatory work that's happening with EPA, Department of Transportation, Department of Energy and others. You know that that adds up in …
What would a Harris presidency mean for the climate?
… done since 1968 . As vice president, Harris argued for the allocation of $20 billion for the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, aimed at aiding disadvantaged communities facing climate …
Reporter's Inbox: The bishop of Tucson gets an electrical vehicle — reactions are mixed
… to save drivers $1,250 per year in fuel costs compared to the average new vehicle. The EPA-estimated range of 319 miles on a full charge could be affected by factors such as "ambient …
Three Catholic bishops and a nun walk into the White House. Here's why it's no joke.
… by billions of tons and, by 2035, prevent more than 5,000 deaths per year, according to the EPA. Pollution doesn't care how you voted. Care for our common home is moving beyond politics. These EPA actions may be read through a partisan lens for a while. But more and more, Americans are …
New EPA drinking water standards may help US ensure access to safe water
… prevent thousands of deaths, and reduce tens of thousands of serious illnesses," announced the EPA. "Drinking water contaminated with PFAS has plagued communities across this country for too long," EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan said in a press release. "That is why President Biden has made … is affected by this, too." Simmonds is, however, realistic about the expediency of the EPA's new standards — which experts say will almost certainly face legal challenges. "Like many …
Fordham University set to invest in environmental justice with $50 million EPA grant
… the answers is a source of such pride for us as we do this work together." Schumer called the EPA grant award "the beginning of a great success. This is a red letter day for Fordham and for … here in the Bronx." The $600 million for the Thriving Communities program was allocated to the EPA through the Inflation Reduction Act, the nation's largest-ever investment (upwards of $300 … administrator Michael Regan called the Thriving Communities program — created in 2023 as the EPA's first-ever grantmaking program for environmental justice — a response to community …
Arizona bishop thanks Pope Francis for calling out US impacts on climate change
… fossil fuels from heavy-duty vehicles and power plants are expected later this spring. EPA on Wednesday (March 20) also finalized the strongest-ever limits on tailpipe emissions from …
Faith leaders call new EPA soot limit a win for vulnerable communities
… of pollution, with communities of color and Western states most exposed to unhealthy air. The EPA estimates that the new standard by 2032 will prevent annually as many as 4,500 premature … spent on the rule, totaling $46 billion in net health benefits. The rule will also modify EPA's PM 2.5 monitoring to ensure greater data collection from communities overburdened by air …
Herring fishermen, Justice Kagan, truth and Cardinal McElroy
… on a permissible construction of the statute," the court held in 1984 . The court added: "The EPA's interpretation of the statute here represents a reasonable accommodation of manifestly …
In US, 'Laudate Deum' won't make it into many homilies or prompt any marches
… Protection Agency, the conservative court ruled against delegated authority, nullifying the EPA's ability to regulate gas emissions and help curb climate change. Ironically, these …
Bishop Weisenburger says climate change is an issue of 'life and death'
… for Catholics, and others, in Tucson to know that the U.S. bishops' conference supported the EPA proposal to put stricter limits on carbon pollution from power plants. For places with …
The increasingly perilous lot of the pilgrim shows us all the path on climate
… additional 25,303 comments from individual pro-life Christians were submitted calling on the EPA to strengthen safeguards on pollution from light- and medium-duty passenger vehicles, and a further 21,676 comments to the EPA support stronger standards on heavy-duty vehicle emissions. Further recent policy wins with …
US waterways polluted with injustice, bishops say in Season of Creation message
… that significantly reduced which watersheds are protected under the 1972 Clean Water Act. EPA officials said the move was a result of a decision in May by the U.S. Supreme Court, which … and as much as 63% of wetland acreage, according to a report by The Washington Post citing an EPA official. The river was selected as the symbol of this year's Season of Creation , an …
Letters to the editor on Mike Pence
… Where was he when migrant children were abducted with no plans for reunification, when the EPA was gutted, when the Muslim travel ban was instituted, when Nazis marched in Charlottesville, …
Faith leaders urge EPA to protect communities from fossil fuel-fired power plants
… rabbis and religious from 44 states and Puerto Rico wrote in a letter delivered Aug. 8 to EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C. "We have a moral obligation to protect our climate," they said, with 200-plus Catholic women religious among the signatories. In May, EPA proposed standards for carbon pollution under the Clean Air Act for new and existing power … from the combustion of fossil fuels. The proposed standards seek to curb that output, with the EPA estimating through 2042 they will cumulatively slash up to 617 million metric tons of carbon …
Michigan event backs EPA pollution limits, decries health impacts of systemic racism
… comments on postcards to be sent to the United States Environmental Protections Agency, or EPA, in support of the proposed changes. Panel host IHM Sr. Barbara Stanbridge said, "We want to encourage the EPA to truly be an environmental protection agency … not [one] protecting the fossil fuel … power sector was the next largest source of greenhouse gases in the United States in 2021. The EPA's proposed limits target these emissions, which according to the EPA are "almost entirely" …