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Tell the EPA: Don't settle for anything less than clean air for our kids! |
When it comes to education, health care, and opportunity, Americans wouldn't dream of settling for anything less than the best for our kids.
So why should clean air be any different? But right now, a new clean-air safeguard is in danger of falling short of protecting our kids from pollution that we know is dangerous.
Make sure the EPA listens to its own scientists on clean air. When it comes to our kids' health, we need the strongest possible safeguards against smog!
Smog isn't just the brown haze that destroys views; it's one of the most dangerous pollutants to come from burning fossil fuels.
When smog gets heavy and chokes our air, we breathe big lungfuls of ozone. It's bad for everybody, but it's worse for children. Reducing smog pollution could avoid hundreds of thousands of asthma attacks among children in the next ten years.1
Tell the EPA that protections from smog are vital to our kids' safety -- and that they must listen to the science and create the strongest possible safeguards on smog!
Coal-burning power plants are one of the biggest contributors to America's smog problem, and it shouldn't surprise you to learn that Big Coal doesn't think there's a problem at all. Even when red air alerts are issued across the country, they go on claiming that coal plants shouldn't be required to reduce their air pollution.
And just like those big polluters, the EPA is in danger of ignoring sound science on smog by considering allowing smog levels that its own experts say are unsafe for human health.
The door to strong safeguards is still open, but only if you act now. The EPA wants to hear from the public, and we know that 30,000 official comments before the deadline will make them listen. Take action now!
Thank you for all you do,
Verena Owen
Volunteer Co-Lead
Beyond Coal Campaign
PS. This best way to keep the EPA from bowing to industry pressure is to show them how many Americans care about clean air. So after you take action, make sure to forward this alert to five of your friends and family. Then share it on Facebook and Twitter to get the word out far and wide.
References:
1) EPA's Proposal To Update The Air Quality Standards For Ground-Level Ozone By The Numbers
So why should clean air be any different? But right now, a new clean-air safeguard is in danger of falling short of protecting our kids from pollution that we know is dangerous.
Make sure the EPA listens to its own scientists on clean air. When it comes to our kids' health, we need the strongest possible safeguards against smog!
Smog isn't just the brown haze that destroys views; it's one of the most dangerous pollutants to come from burning fossil fuels.
When smog gets heavy and chokes our air, we breathe big lungfuls of ozone. It's bad for everybody, but it's worse for children. Reducing smog pollution could avoid hundreds of thousands of asthma attacks among children in the next ten years.1
Tell the EPA that protections from smog are vital to our kids' safety -- and that they must listen to the science and create the strongest possible safeguards on smog!
Coal-burning power plants are one of the biggest contributors to America's smog problem, and it shouldn't surprise you to learn that Big Coal doesn't think there's a problem at all. Even when red air alerts are issued across the country, they go on claiming that coal plants shouldn't be required to reduce their air pollution.
And just like those big polluters, the EPA is in danger of ignoring sound science on smog by considering allowing smog levels that its own experts say are unsafe for human health.
The door to strong safeguards is still open, but only if you act now. The EPA wants to hear from the public, and we know that 30,000 official comments before the deadline will make them listen. Take action now!
Thank you for all you do,
Verena Owen
Volunteer Co-Lead
Beyond Coal Campaign
PS. This best way to keep the EPA from bowing to industry pressure is to show them how many Americans care about clean air. So after you take action, make sure to forward this alert to five of your friends and family. Then share it on Facebook and Twitter to get the word out far and wide.
References:
1) EPA's Proposal To Update The Air Quality Standards For Ground-Level Ozone By The Numbers