Delivering Your Comments to the EPA
FROM:Gene Karpinski, League of Conservation Voters
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 4:25 PM
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Angelita, thank you for standing up for clean air.
Today's Rally for Clean Air
You joined hundreds of thousands of your fellow citizens to submit more than 600,000 public comments to the EPA in support of the agency’s efforts to curb dangerous mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants. Earlier today, LCV joined a coalition of organizations and activists to deliver those comments at a rally outside the EPA’s regional headquarters in Boston.
The EPA has been working hard to safeguard the air we breathe and the water we drink. And the EPA’s proposed new rules will protect us from many airborne toxins including mercury, arsenic, lead, dioxins, acid gas and other harmful pollutants.
Additionally, the EPA recently finalized the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, which is a new air quality standard that will reduce the emission of smog and soot pollution from power plants in 27 states. According to the agency, the new rule will help avoid tens of thousands of premature deaths and illnesses and achieve hundreds of billions of dollars in public health benefits.
At the heart of the EPA’s recent efforts to protect our clean air and clean water has been Administrator Lisa Jackson, who has stood up to big polluters -- particularly Big Oil and Dirty Coal -- and has proven herself to be a tough environmental champion at a time when such champions are needed the most.
In the face of seemingly endless congressional attacks, we will continue doing everything we can to defend the EPA’s ability to enforce vital public health protections and ensure that the agency has the tools it needs to continue safeguarding our environment.
Thank you for everything you’ve done.
Sincerely,
Gene Karpinski
President
League of Conservation Voters
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