American Lung Association
For The Public Health Campaign For Clean And Healthy Air
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Amount$400,000
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Program
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Date Awarded2/23/2011
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in the midst of a critical Clean Air Act rulemaking cycle that will substantially reduce air pollution and protect the lives and health of the American public. These rules will impose new costs on coal-fired power generation, leading utility executives to consider retiring some of the existing fleet of coal plants. Along with the public health risk, burning coal is also the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, and reducing the nation's reliance on coal is a high priority for the Foundation. However, there is strong industry opposition to these efforts, and already these forces are pressuring EPA to dramatically weaken many of the pending rules.
The most effective message in this debate will be that failure to act will cost lives, impact the health of children and shift tens of billions of dollars in continuing health costs to families, seniors and those with chronic diseases. This message must be delivered by respected public health and medical community advocates in order to best counter conflicting messages coming from the coal industry and its allies.
The American Lung Association (ALA) is one of the most prominent public health organizations in the United States, and has long worked on reducing the health impacts associated with industrial air pollution, including promoting the strong enforcement of the Clean Air Act. This grant will allow ALA to expand its work in this area, both through its own activities and by engaging other leading public health and medical organizations on this matter.
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Grants to this Grantee
for wildfire resilience and air quality workshops
The American Lung Association works to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through research, education, and advocacy. This grant supports the association’s effort to build institutional knowledge and staff capacity to engage in public debate about prescribed fire policy. (Substrategy: Wildfire)
for the Healthy Air Campaign
The American Lung Association’s Healthy Air Campaign mobilizes the medical and health community in support of climate and clean air safeguards that protect public health from the dangerous effects of air pollution and climate change. This renewal grant allows the association, one of the most prominent U.S. public health organizations, to continue its work in support of clean air, climate action, and strong EPA regulations and funding to protect public health, with a focus on the disproportionate burden and inequities of climate change and air pollution. (Substrategy: U.S. National Policy)
for the Healthy Air Campaign
The Healthy Air Campaign mobilizes large numbers of health experts and advocates at state and national levels to support policies that protect public health and address carbon pollution from power plants. The campaign gives voice to those whose lives are impacted by air pollution; debunks polluters’ false narrative that we must choose between protecting public health and our economy; and recruits high-profile leadership to draw attention to the health impacts of climate change — including worsened air quality, longer and hotter heat waves, more frequent and intense wildfires, and spread of diseases.
