As public health begins with clean air and fails in its absence, advocating for and measuring air quality is a foundational objective for many GEC initiatives, including monitoring the compliance (or lack of it) of local industries with federal, state and local clean air standards.

Below are several links outlining some of GEC’s major air quality intiives over the last four years:

Pulp Mill Requests 12,200,000 Pounds Annual Increase in Air Pollution, April 2007
    
11th Circuit Court Dismisses Air Case, August 2006
   
GEC Air Case at Crucial Ruling, June 2006
   
EPA Fights Efforts to Protect School Children from Toxic Air Pollution in Brunswick, Georgia, April 2006
   
Clean Air Case Continues, February 2006
   
GEC comments on EPA proposal to remove cumulative air quality rule from GA clean air implementation plan, December 29, 2005
   
EPA seeking to remove cumulative air quality protections for Georgians,
December 23, 2005
 
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