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 Awarded4/1/2014
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Overview
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a new regulation to limit global warming emissions from power plants. If a strong regulation and accompanying state plans are adopted, carbon pollution from power plants could be reduced 25 percent by 2020, and cut in half by 2030. While coal companies and their allies are vigorously attacking the EPA, the American Lung Association puts a human face on the issue and changes the narrative to one of support for healthy air. This grant would allow the Association, one of the most prominent U.S. public health organizations, to continue its work in support of clean air, climate action, and a strong EPA regulation for power plants.
About the Grantee
Address
55 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1150, Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
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.
