{"id":3850,"date":"2023-03-02T15:36:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T20:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:19:36","slug":"national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"http:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"National Clean Air for the Long Haul Coalition Applauds Biden Administration Defense of Tougher Rules on  Toxic Mercury Pollution from Power Plants"},"template":"","class_list":["post-3850","update","type-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","update_type-press-release","person_tax-anastasia-gordon"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"featured_image":5221,"update_type":[366],"focus_area":false,"authors":[226],"abstract":""},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>EPA\u2019s Reaffirmation of the Rule Is One of a Number of Agency Moves to Reverse Trump Rollbacks on the Clean Air Act and Dozens of Other Federal Environmental Laws and Safeguards<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/b><br \/>\r\nFebruary 28, 2023<br \/>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact: Christina Santi, <\/span><a href=\"mailto:christina.santi@abpartners.co\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">christina.santi@abpartners.co\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">WASHINGTON \u2013 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clean Air for the Long Haul<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coalition, a newly formed cohort of leading environmental justice organizations, applauds the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/newsreleases\/biden-harris-administration-reaffirms-scientific-economic-and-legal-underpinnings\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EPA\u2019s legal defense of strong restrictions on mercury<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the agency\u2019s continued commitment to affirming environmental justice and civil rights in regulatory policies \u2013 especially on air quality. This reversal of one of the Trump administration\u2019s most egregious attacks on the Clean Air Act was long overdue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere is no safe level of mercury in the human body, yet coal, gas and oil-fired power plants have long spewed this deadly toxin near Black, brown and historically marginalized communities\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">impacting brain development in babies and contributing to heart disease and kidney damage in adults,\u201d <\/span>said Anastasia Gordon, Energy and Transportation Policy Manager at WE ACT for Environmental Justice.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cWhen we send our kids outside to play, we have to ensure they\u2019re not inhaling deadly mercury and other toxic air pollutants. Our communities deserve to breathe freely.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) has been hugely effective in reducing hazardous air pollutants from power plants, including mercury pollution by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/stationary-sources-air-pollution\/mercury-and-air-toxics-standards#additional-resources\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">86%, since the rule was issued in 2012<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But it\u2019s been over a decade since the standards have been updated, and the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clean Air for the Long Haul<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coalition calls on the EPA to quickly issue a proposal and finalize a strong rule, taking into account cumulative exposure and the disproportionate impact of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants on low-income, immigrant, Indigenous, and communities of color.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese dirty fossil fuel burning power plants aren\u2019t just sending toxins into our bloodstream, they\u2019re contributing to the climate crisis. Tougher rules will push us further and faster toward more investment in clean renewable energy and battery storage,\u201d <\/span>said Gordon.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cTh<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is is a win-win, especially for environmental justice communities with the most to gain from healthier air, and good jobs in the clean energy economy.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Clean Air For The Long Haul<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nationwide coalition of environmental justice groups, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">coordinates federal rulemaking campaigns, centering overburdened communities, to reduce air pollution from power plants, cars, and trucks. The coalition seeks to catalyze the environmental justice movement through federal emissions reductions targeting United States power and transportation sectors. Coalition member organizations include: Alternatives for Community and Environment, Clear Air NOW, Coalition of Community Organizations, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Duwamish River Community Coalition, Greendoor Initiative, New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance, South Bronx Unite, Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, West End Revitalization Association, and Wisconsin Green Muslims.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n","include_drop_cap":false}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>National Clean Air for the Long Haul Coalition Applauds Biden Administration Defense of Tougher Rules on Toxic Mercury Pollution from Power Plants - WE ACT for Environmental Justice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"National Clean Air for the Long Haul Coalition Applauds Biden Administration Defense of Tougher Rules on Toxic Mercury Pollution from Power Plants - WE ACT for Environmental Justice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WE ACT for Environmental Justice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-17T01:19:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/weact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Press-Release.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/\",\"name\":\"National Clean Air for the Long Haul Coalition Applauds Biden Administration Defense of Tougher Rules on Toxic Mercury Pollution from Power Plants - WE ACT for Environmental Justice\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Press-Release.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-02T20:36:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-17T01:19:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Press-Release.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Press-Release.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"National Clean Air for the Long Haul Coalition Applauds Biden Administration Defense of Tougher Rules on Toxic Mercury Pollution from Power Plants\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/\",\"name\":\"WE ACT for Environmental Justice\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"National Clean Air for the Long Haul Coalition Applauds Biden Administration Defense of Tougher Rules on Toxic Mercury Pollution from Power Plants - WE ACT for Environmental Justice","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/","og_locale":"es_ES","og_type":"article","og_title":"National Clean Air for the Long Haul Coalition Applauds Biden Administration Defense of Tougher Rules on Toxic Mercury Pollution from Power Plants - WE ACT for Environmental Justice","og_url":"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/","og_site_name":"WE ACT for Environmental Justice","article_modified_time":"2026-02-17T01:19:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/weact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Press-Release.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/","url":"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/","name":"National Clean Air for the Long Haul Coalition Applauds Biden Administration Defense of Tougher Rules on Toxic Mercury Pollution from Power Plants - WE ACT for Environmental Justice","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/weact.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/weact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Press-Release.png","datePublished":"2023-03-02T20:36:51+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-17T01:19:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/weact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Press-Release.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/weact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Press-Release.png","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/national-clean-air-for-the-long-haul-coalition-applauds-biden-administration-defense-of-tougher-rules-on-toxic-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/weact.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"National Clean Air for the Long Haul Coalition Applauds Biden Administration Defense of Tougher Rules on Toxic Mercury Pollution from Power Plants"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/weact.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/weact.org\/","name":"WE ACT for Environmental Justice","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/weact.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weact.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update\/3850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weact.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weact.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/update"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/weact.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update\/3850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weact.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weact.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}