Solutions for Pollution: Tell EPA we need a stronger Soot Rule!

Several Environmental Groups are advocating for clean air. See below for information and links to submit comments to the EPA asking them to strengthen the Soot Rule.

Also, join the Sierra Club at the AZ State Capitol to highlight the proposed Soot Rule and the need for stronger protections for air quality and our health.

MARCH FOR CLEAN AIR

5:30 p.m. Monday, March 20th 

Arizona State Capitol Building, 1700 W. Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ

Use the link below to rsvp so they know how many people to expect:

https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=7013q000002O8NUAA0

Solutions for Pollution -- Tell EPA we need a stronger Soot Rule!

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to update standards for deadly and dangerous soot pollution (also known as particulate matter pollution or PM 2.5). While they are better than current standards, these new proposed standards are not nearly strong enough to adequately protect public health.

Stronger soot pollution standards will save lives. EPA must set the strongest science-based soot standards to protect our health, advance environmental justice, and ensure clean air for all. By tightening public health protections from soot, EPA could save nearly 20,000 lives a year -- the lives of someone's mother, someone's father, someone's sister, someone's brother, someone's child.

TAKE ACTION: SUBMIT A COMMENT ON SOOT TO THE EPA

The EPA will be taking comments until March 28th. Soot pollution – also known as particulate matter, or PM 2.5, is a dangerous and deadly pollutant that is produced by power plants, vehicle tailpipes, and other industrial sources. The recent standard proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) —9-10μg/m3 and 35μg/m3 (no change) for the 24-hour standard— is not enough to protect our health and is not in line with the best available science. We must call on the EPA to set standards for Soot of no higher than 8 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3) for the annual standard and no higher than 25 μg/m3 for the 24-hour standard. 

SOOT INFORMATION SHEET

You can learn more about the health impacts of soot and the proposed soot rule by viewing this video.

Please submit a written comment here on the Climate Actions Network form.

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/submit-your-comment-to-the-epa-on-soot//?source=az-sc

To draft your own comment, use the form below. There are some easy talking points from which to work. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDJ4q8KFVRUCR50xuLQRcwO7nvDfswmfQbD6BpvcQm2oY8gQ/viewform

Climate Solutions Are Health Solutions: Understanding the EPA’s New Soot/PM Rule with Dr. Mona Sarfaty Thursday, March 16 4PM (Eastern) | 1PM (Pacific) Register for the Zoom Presentation here:  https://secure.everyaction.com/VIMyabeK7k6BxZWC-UryRQ2

Dr. Mona Sarfaty is the Founder of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (Consortium), and currently serves on the Board. Dr. Sarfaty has been actively engaged in education, communication and policy development regarding the impact of climate change on health for over 15 years. She is the author of Climate Change and Population Health: A Primer (JB Learning, 2021), peer-reviewed articles, reports, and two book chapters on climate change and health, and widely circulated guides and peer reviewed articles.

Trained in family medicine and public health, Dr. Sarfaty has engaged in teaching, research, and advocacy for 40 years. She was Senior Health Policy Advisor for the U.S. Senate Health and Human Resources Committee (now H.E.L.P.) for 7 years. Dr. Sarfaty is recipient of many honors and has been an invited lecturer in many academic, medical, governmental, and scientific venues.