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A recent study has found that improved air quality from the US Clean Air Act has saved around 1.5 billion birds. Before the 1970 Act, ozone pollution had been damaging their respiratory systems as well as their food sources. This pollution is most harmful to small migratory land birds, which make up 86% of all North American species. The improved air quality and reduced ozone pollution that followed the 1970 passage of the US Clean Air Act and later amendments have saved the lives of 1.5 billion birds across the continent, according to new research. The research shows that pollution regulati...

PITTMAN PRESENTS TO ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD ON RGGI By Josh Widdowson Dec 15, 2020 1:54 PM With the 60-day public comment period underway regarding Governor Tom Wolf’s executive order for Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, state leaders are wasting no time in voicing their concerns over this matter. One is Senator Joe Pittman, as he presented to the Department of Environmental Protection’s Environmental Quality Board (EQB) with his main focus being the damaging effects RGGI poses on area jobs and school districts. In his testimony, Pittman ca...

Clean Air Act, designed for humans, saved billion-plus birds Updated Dec 10, 2020; Facebook Share While the federal Clean Air Act was enacted to protect humans from air pollution, it also has saved birds. The cleaner air resulting from the pollution regulations has saved 1.5 billion birds, nearly 20 percent of all birdlife in the U.S. today, according to researchers at Cornell University and the University of Oregon. “Our research shows that the benefits of environmental regulation have likely been underestimated,” said Ivan Rudik, a lead author and Ruth and William Morgan Assistant Prof...