  
For Immediate Release:
June 7, 2011
Contact: Maggie Kao, 202-675-2384
Cross-State Air Pollution Protection will Improve Lives of
Millions of Americans
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency
announced the Cross-State Air Pollution rule to protect Americans from dangerous
air pollution from coal-fired power plants. Once implemented, the protection
will reduce dangerous soot and smog pollution from power plants in 27 states
and help curb poor air quality days and respiratory illnesses that affect
millions of Americans.
In response, Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club,
issued the following statement:
”The Sierra Club applauds EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson’s
Cross-State Air Pollution announcement today to protect Americans from
life-threatening air pollution produced by coal-fired power plants.
“This long overdue and much-needed action will help communities
clean up their air and save lives by curbing millions of tons of air pollution
that travel downwind and across state lines each year.
“Once implemented, we will begin to see the effects of the
protection almost immediately – beginning in 2014, the protection will prevent
between 13,000 and 34,000 premature deaths annually, avoid 19,000 emergency
room visits, prevent 1.8 million missed work and school days and improve the
lives of millions. The benefits of the protection will also save
Americans as much as $280 billion in annual health costs, while costing only
about $2.4 billion annually to implement.”
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