League of Conservation Voters: Stop Sweetheart Deal For Polluters
Bush's air pollution plan is a sweetheart deal for polluters and is on a fast track in the Senate.
Your Senators need to hear from you right away to prevent this unprecedented attack on the Clean Air Act.
Sign and online petition Or send a letter like the one below to your senator.
************
Dear Senator,
I write to urge you to oppose S. 131, the so-called "Clear Skies"
initiative, which would weaken many of the Clean Air Act's most
important public health and environmental protections. S. 131 weakens
protection from dangerous soot and smog, eliminates safeguards for our
national parks, allows increased emissions of toxic mercury, and
completely ignores the threat of global warming.
For over 30 years, the Clean Air Act has proved that cutting power
plant emissions is compatible with maintaining a strong and growing
economy. Instead of continuing along this path, however, S. 131 would
rollback crucial Clean Air Act provisions that protect children from
increased asthma, communities from toxic mercury levels, cities from
dangerous soot and smog, and national parks from decreased visibility
and destructive acid rain.
The largest polluting industries support the President's air pollution
plan because it weakens current law. Specifically, S. 131 does the
following:
- Weakens protection from dangerous soot and smog, which cause tens of thousands of premature deaths and asthma attacks each year.
- Weakens protection from toxic mercury.
- Eliminates local air quality standards, resulting in dangerous toxic hotspots.
- Weakens protections for our national parks and wilderness areas.
- Eliminates the power of states and local communities to control pollution.
- Delays deadlines for cleaning up our air, forcing Americans to breathe dirtier air longer.
Please support public health and clean air by opposing S. 131. Please
respond to this letter letting me know how you intend to vote on this
important issue.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
- 107 Energy
Related Articles
A U.S. federal court ruled in favor of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma after it sued Enel Group for violating its tribal sovereignty.
Read More
When black rain poured down around the Tata Steel plant in IJmuiden, a shipping town in the Netherlands, residents were told that they had no need to worry so long as they kept their windows closed, peeled their vegetables, and washed their hands more frequently. Read More
Spills from Petroperú’s oil drilling have devastated the Marañón river in Peru for some 50 years. In order to tackle the pollution, a group of Kukama Indigenous women sued the government and Petroperú asserting that the river is a living entity with rights that should be protected. Read More
A proposed US$2.5 billion open-pit copper and iron mining complex, under development by Andes Iron, that would have threatened Humboldt penguins and other marine species, has been denied permission to proceed after a years-long legal battle fought by local communities and environmental groups. Read More