{"id":3052,"date":"2011-11-10T17:44:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T22:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=3052"},"modified":"2011-11-10T17:44:12","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T22:44:12","slug":"a-great-day-for-clean-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2011\/11\/10\/a-great-day-for-clean-air\/","title":{"rendered":"A Great Day for Clean Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, a bipartisan majority in the U. S. Senate voted down Sen. Rand Paul\u2019s (R-KY) <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2011\/11\/09\/a-bad-neighbor-bill-hits-the-senate-floor\/\">dirty air resolution<\/a>, which would have allowed upwind states to dump air pollution on their neighbors. <\/p>\n<p>The vote was 41 to 56 against the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to this vote, the Environmental Protection Agency will keep its authority to enforce the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSPAR), which will save up to 34,000 lives each year.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/news\/defeat-sen-rand-paul%E2%80%99s-resolution-sj-res-27-undo-cross-state-air-pollution-rule\">EDF\u2019s Fred Krupp had to say<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Today, the U.S. Senate did the right thing and defeated a\u00a0measure that would have put American lives and health at risk. We appreciate the stand taken by those Senators who voted against <em>S.J. Res. 27<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Rand Paul\u2019s resolution would have blocked the long-overdue Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, which protects American families from the smokestack pollution that drifts across state lines and causes thousands of premature deaths each year.\u00a0Sen. Paul\u2019s effort to undermine our clean air laws was misguided and dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the attacks against our clean air laws continue in spite of today\u2019s victory. In fact, Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Dan Coats (R-IN) have <em>already<\/em> introduced other legislation to undermine the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and another critical protection, the Mercury and Air Toxics Rule for power plants.<\/p>\n<p>We need our Senators to continue to fight for clean air and public health, and defeat any and all legislation that would leave us vulnerable to mercury emissions and other dangerous air pollution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, a bipartisan majority in the U. S. 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