American Lung Association
For The Public Health Campaign For Clean And Healthy Air
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Amount$500,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/20/2013
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
The EPA’s Clean Air Act rule-making cycle could, for the first time, limit global warming emissions from existing power plants, leading to the retirement of some U.S. coal plants. Coal conglomerates and other opponents of clean, modern energy spend millions promoting the narrative that the EPA, and the Clean Air Act in particular, are "job killers" and that improvement in standards will stifle economic growth. The American Lung Association has put a human face on the issue and changed the narrative to one of support for healthy air as support for healthy children. It has played an important role alongside environmental groups as part of a broad Clean Air Act Defense Campaign. This grant will allow the Association, one of the most prominent U.S. public health organizations, to continue its work on clean air and climate change through its own activities and by engaging other leading public health and medical organizations.
About the Grantee
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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.
