This summer, corporate polluters and their lobbyists succeeded in stalling Senate legislation on clean energy and climate. Now, as the EPA seeks to move forward on the agency’s top priority of enforcing common-sense safeguards to protect public health, like the Clean Air Act, corporate polluters are once again trying to block progress.
Over the next few months, there are a number of environmental safeguards we must act to protect including the Good Neighbor Rule, the smog or ozone rule and the coal ash rule. These safeguards use science to prevent premature deaths, heart attacks, asthma and cancer. However, dirty industries are dead set on blocking them. They are asking for nothing less than a license to kill.
Our country must clear the way for the EPA to set the strongest possible standards to protect our public health and welfare. We must hold corporate polluters accountable and speed the transition to a clean energy economy.
Please contact your representatives and the president to ensure they know how you stand.
Jen Smith