NC Central Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club

EPA: We’ve got your back! Keep fighting for clean air!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recently, a U.S. Court of Appeals put the health of 240 million Americans at risk.¹ The court sided with the National Mining Association, Big Coal, and the State of Texas to strike down the EPA’s Good Neighbor Safeguard to protect our air from toxic coal pollution.

But, we’re nowhere near done yet – the EPA can push on and ask the court to rehear the case.

Let’s show the EPA that there are 10,000 Americans rallying behind their efforts to protect our health and urge them to ask for a rehearing on the Good Neighbor Safeguard!

Each year, coal-fired power plants spew millions of tons of harmful pollution into our air. This pollution doesn’t stop at state lines, and as a result people throughout the country are forced to breathe unhealthy air. The Good Neighbor Safeguard was established to help states cut the toxic coal pollution crossing state lines.

This long overdue protection will prevent as many as 34,000 premature deaths annually, avoid 19,000 hospital and emergency room visits, and improve the lives of millions.²

Everyone deserves clean air and the chance at a healthy future! Tell the EPA we’ve got their back and that we want a rehearing on the Good Neighbor Safeguard.

Big polluters have had the EPA in their sights for the last three years. This court decision is the latest in a long line of attacks from Big Polluters on the EPA’s efforts to protect our health. Things have gotten so bad, that in June Big Coal supporters actually threatened the safety of EPA officials at public hearing.³

Tell the EPA to keep fighting. Send a message and let them know we’re behind all their work to clean up our air!

Thanks for all you do to protect our environment!

Sincerely,

Mary Anne Hitt
Beyond Coal Campaign Director
Sierra Club

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[1] Forden, Sara and Schoenberg, Tom “Obama Curbs on Coal Pollution Rejected by U.S. Court” Bloomberg, August 21, 2012.

[2] “Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR)” United States Environmental Protection Agency, August 21, 2012.

[3] Anderson, Chris “Miners get vocal at hearing” Appalachian News Express, June 8, 2012.