Articles by Mary Anne Hitt
Mary Anne Hitt is director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign, which is working to eliminate coal's contribution to global warming and repower the nation with clean energy.
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Urgent: Tell Your Senators to Protect Public Health – Don’t Roll Back EPA’s Mercury Standards
A big Senate vote this week will determine the fate of mercury safeguards that continue to garner overwhelming support from Americans nationwide. This past weekend the U.S. Conference of Mayors unanimously passed a resolution (PDF) supporting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) mercury pollution standards. This comes on the heels of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s letter […]
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New Soot Pollution Standard Benefits Americans, Saves Lives
Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a draft pollution standard for soot that will reduce one of the most dangerous forms of air pollution, saving thousands of lives and preventing tens of thousands of heart attacks every single year. Unfortunately, it is sure to come under attack by big polluters, so we will need […]
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Nearly 100 Mayors Speak Out in Support of Mercury Safeguards
Today, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office publicly released a letter signed by nearly 100 mayors from across the U.S. supporting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) mercury safeguards. From Mayor Bloomberg’s release: Cutting mercury pollution will save countless lives and help millions of Americans avoid the terrible health consequences it produces. That is why today […]
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Pressure Mounts to End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
This week hundreds of residents from Appalachia and beyond came to Washington, DC, to demand Congress end mountaintop removal coal mining and enforce the Clean Water Act. They talked to their representatives in Congress and the White House, rallied, and made calls to call for and end this destructive practice that has damaged or destroyed […]
