Policy

ISEE NAC Policy Committee

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ISEE NAC Survey Results

  • Impact of Recent United States Executive Orders on Research and Career Paths, 2025 (pdf)


ISEE NAC Policy Committee Sign-Ons

  • A Declaration on Climate Change and Health, 2025 (link)

  • Joint letter for reducing air pollution from the U.S. locomotive fleet

  • Opposition to Defunding U.S. Methane Reduction Program

  • Joint letter in support of protecting US biomedical research

  • Joint statement: EPA Scientists Have Saved Millions of Lives – Here's Why We Shouldn’t Fire ThemÂ

  • Joint letter, opposing the CRA on the Once in Always In rule

  • Joint letter in opposition to undermining the regulatory process and weakening critical public health protections

  • Comments on Repeal of Carbon Pollution Standards for Power Plants

  • Comments on EPA’s proposed repeal of mercury and air toxics standards for coal- and oil-fired electric generating units

  • Joint Letter to EPA on Cleaning Up Industrial Processes

  • American Lung Association (ALA) letter to the NHTSA administrator on fuel economy standards. (January 20, 2026, signed)

  • ALA letter to the EPA Administrator arguing against the new policy that would not consider the health costs of pollution in EPA regulations. (February 10, 2026, signed)

  • ALA letter on the reconsideration of regulations on the cross-state transport of ozone (AKA the Good Neighbor Plan). (February 27, 2026, Signed)

  • American Heart Association (AHA) letter encouraging greater investment in active modes of transportation. (May 15, 2026 signed)

  • ALA asking that the implementation of rules around more efficient commercial water heating equipment and consumer furnaces not be delayed until 2030 as has been proposed by the DOE. (May 26, 2026, Deadline)


ISEE NAC Statements


Public Commenting

Please see some of the comments we have submitted on behalf of ISEE-NAC:

Comments on the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rules


Policy Comments

To the Office of Management and Budget (OMB):

  • June 2023: Comments on Updates to Circular No. A-4 on Regulatory Analysis (pdf)

  • September 2020: Summary of an ISEE NAC Policy Committee conference call with OMB on the EPA’s proposed â€ÅTransparency in Scienceâ€Â rule (pdf)

  • November 2020: Summary of an ISEE NAC Policy Committee conference call with OMB on PM NAAQS (pdf)

  • December 2020: Summary of an ISEE NAC Policy Committee conference call with OMB on Ozone NAAQS (pdf)


Policy Letters

  • January 2021: Petition for postponement of â€ÅStrengthening Transparencyâ€Â Rule (pdf)

Infographics

We are grateful to Sydney Wolchok, MPH, for preparing these infographics!