Urge President Biden and his EPA administrator Michael Regan to move faster on climate pollution from power plants

Climate pollution from the power sector is driving disasters that upend our lives. Toxic air and water pollution from these same facilities is sickening our families, especially in low-income, Black, Indigenous, and Brown communities. Meanwhile, far too many critical EPA standards have been delayed or stalled, and we have less than two years until the end of President Biden's first term.

President Biden promised to get the U.S. to 100% clean power by the year 2035. But so far, he isn’t using his most powerful tool to get there.

Urge President Biden and his EPA administrator, Michael Regan to use their authority under sections 111B and 111D of the Clean Air Act to take on climate pollution from power plants.

As soon as possible, EPA must:

• Propose carbon standards for new gas-fired power plants
• Propose carbon standards for existing coal- and gas-fired power plants
• Propose the risk and technology review for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
• Propose a stronger National Smog Standard
• Make progress on and announce a timeline for strengthening the Regional Haze Rule
• Make progress on and announce a timeline for closing loopholes in the Coal *Ash Rule, including loopholes for legacy landfills
• Announce a final rule for closing Title V startup, shutdown, and malfunction loopholes
• Utilize all tools and resources to stringently enforce the current National Ambient Air Quality Standards for sulfur dioxide

Charles Harper, Evergreen’s power sector policy lead, explains in this Youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBedMbWSOBo&t=2s

Petition here:
https://www.evergreenaction.com/actions/epa-further-faster-v2?akid=13245.178836.TTBv9b&rd=1&source=ema_2023-01-25_111b_111d_video_petiion_&t=3&utm_source=ema_2023-01-25_111b_111d_video_petiion_

The Sierra Club shared:

The current standards for deadly and dangerous soot pollution (also known as particulate matter pollution or PM 2.5) set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are outdated and insufficient to protect our health and environment. EPA just came out with its new proposed standards and they are not nearly strong enough to adequately protect public health. Once they are published, please look for opportunities to comment and to testify. 

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.

Sierra Club video: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg7FhxryfSk

First GM, now Nissan! Demand that Toyota and Fiat-Chrysler also drop their opposition to the Clean Air Act

After Consumer Reports members delivered more than 75,000 petition signatures, the largest automaker in the country, General Motors, dropped its opposition to vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards in California. While GM must do more to earn consumers' trust, this is a step in the right direction for consumers, who will lose out on $300 billion in gas savings over the coming years if the original standards aren’t upheld. And it’s the right thing to do for our climate, too.

Now we need the remaining dominoes to fall. We need your help calling on Toyota and Fiat-Chrysler to withdraw their opposition to the Clean Air Act and support the original clean cars standards.

Can you send a quick message to the executives at Toyota and Fiat-Chrysler asking them to drop their opposition to cleaner air and more fuel savings?

After you’re done sending your message, please forward this email to friends and family to encourage them to send a message as well. 

Link to action:

https://act.consumerreports.org/w6UE03b?

Tell your members of Congress to co-sponsor Rep. DeSaulnier and Sen. Harris's resolution on clean air

Remember when you couldn't see 10 feet in front of you in LA? 

With a tweet, President Trump is trying to pollute the air you breathe. In what has become his signature move, today President Trump announced via Twitter that he plans to revoke your state's ability to protect the air you breathe.  Tell your members of Congress to co-sponsor Rep. DeSaulnier and Senator Harris's resolution to protect state authority to set vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards. NOTE: For more impact don't forget to personalize the subject line and leave a personal message! Under the Clean Air Act, California has the ability to set standards for vehicles to reduce pollution. Other states can then adopt these standards to help protect you and the air you breathe.  Now, Trump and his cronies in the EPA and the Department of Transportation are attacking that authority. California's rules have helped states clean their air, save their residents money at the pump, and reduce climate pollution. The only people that will benefit from this attack on state authority are oil companies.  Members of Congress need to take action and oppose Trump's attack on clean air.  Congress standing up to this outrageous action by the Trump administration is one of the strongest actions we can take.  Tell your members of Congress to co-sponsor Rep. DeSaulnier and Senator Harris's resolution on clean air! - Andrew Linhardt, Sierra Club More Information Trump Defends Plan to Kill California’s Auto-Emissions Authority - The New York Times

Any doubts on Rep. McSally's views on our environmental protections?

Rep. Martha McSally is in the pocket of big business. She will not protect our air or water. As you can see here, she actually led the way in repealing the Clean Air Act, the Clean Power Plan, the Waters of the United States and dismantling the EPA.