Our Nation's Biggest Climate Action Is Under Attack. Speak Up to Defend It!

Carbon pollution and other emissions from coal power plants continue to harm our families and make climate change worse. Issued under the Obama Administration, EPA's Clean Power Plan would have reduced carbon emissions from the electricity sector by 32 percent, avoided 90,000 asthma attacks per year, and prevented 3,200 premature deaths per year by 2030. Now, the Trump Administration has announced its intention to scrap the Clean Power Plan and replace it with a rule that does virtually nothing to reduce these dangerous emissions.

The harmful effects of coal plant pollution disproportionately affect communities of color and low-income families. That's why the Trump Administration's decision to get rid of the Clean Power Plan is an added assault on the most vulnerable among us. With the recent extreme weather events -- hurricanes, floods, and wildfires -- it's clear we need stronger climate action, not less.

Clean energy is winning nationwide, helping reduce the pollution that harms our climate, our air, and our water. We need to encourage the growth of our clean energy economy.

The EPA will look for comments on its recent decision and we want to demonstrate that there is a large and loud movement that supports strong climate action like the Clean Power Plan. Will you join us and submit a comment?

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Re: Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR2017-0355 regarding Replacement of the Clean Power Plan

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I am deeply concerned about the effects of climate change, especially in the wake of extreme weather events that are fueled by a warming world -- stronger hurricanes, unprecedented flooding, and raging wildfires. The Clean Power Plan is the most significant federal action to mitigate climate change. We must not change it. If anything, it should be made stronger to even better protect the health of our families and communities. Actions that limit carbon pollution from coal power plants don't just help us fight climate change; they also reduce other harmful emissions that jeopardize human health. The Clean Power Plan would have reduced carbon emissions from the electricity sector by 32 percent, avoided 90,000 asthma attacks per year, and prevented 3,200 premature deaths per year by 2030. Dismantling the Clean Power Plan, as you are proposing to do, puts the health and well-being of our communities -- especially communities of color and low-income families that bear the brunt of climate impacts -- further at risk. Millions of Americans count on the government to help protect them from climate change and public health disasters. This is one of those moments: Please do not replace the Clean Power Plan with this unlawful and unacceptable proposal.

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