Aug 21, 2025· Comment submitted by Clean Air Task Force (CATF) and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124-2388
We submit these comments on behalf of Clean Air Task Force and Natural Resources Defense Council (together, "Commenters") in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's June 17, 2025 proposed rulemaking in Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124, 90 Fed. Reg. 25752. Commenters are nonprofit organizations with decades of legal, technical and policy expertise on energy, environmental, and public health issues. This comment addresses aspects of the proposed repeal's alternative proposal.
Aug 14, 2025· Comment submitted by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) et al.· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124-1952
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Aug 14, 2025· Comment submitted by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), et al.· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124-1951
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Aug 14, 2025· Comment submitted by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) et al.· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124-1949
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Aug 14, 2025· Comment submitted by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) et al.· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124-1953
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Aug 14, 2025· Comment submitted by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) et al.· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124-1950
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Aug 14, 2025· Comment submitted by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) et al.· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124-1948
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Aug 14, 2025· Comment submitted by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) et al.· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124-1955
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Aug 14, 2025· Comment submitted by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) et al.· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124-1954
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Aug 11, 2025· Comment submitted by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), et al.· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124-0648
Joint legal comments from the Center for Biological Diversity, Clean Air Task Force, Earthjustice, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Sierra Club
Aug 8, 2025· Mass Comment Campaign sponsored by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124-0254
Dear EPA Administration Zeldin,
Please accept these 26,382 public comments from members and activists of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in reference to Docket # EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124.
I urge you to fulfill your agency's mission to protect human health and the environment by reversing plans to repeal crucial carbon standards and Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for power plants.
Giving dirty coal- and gas-fired power plants looser reins to emit pollution will worsen climate change, fuel more extreme weather events, and cause more health problems for more people in communities across the country.
Power plants are already responsible for one-third of U.S. carbon emissions. If kept in place, these standards would have saved thousands of lives.
And standards were put in place to limit mercury, arsenic, lead, and other air toxins from power plants that can cause neurological damage in children, respiratory illness, and premature death.
These standards are good for our environment and our economy. Please keep them in place.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Margaret Tran Ramadhar
National Digital Advocacy Campaign Manager, NRDC