Submit your comment to the EPA on Climate Pollution

Right now, thousands of everyday people just like you are making their voices heard to ensure the EPA doesn't let big polluters off the hook by setting the highest possible standards on cutting climate pollution from existing fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel power plants are a top source of carbon pollution driving climate change, and this proposal is a strong start! Now, President Biden and EPA Administrator Michael Regan must finalize the strongest possible version of these climate pollution standards by early next year.

This is our last chance: add your voice to the chorus of thousands demanding a better and healthier tomorrow! Sign on below and we'll submit the comment for you!

To: The Environmental Protection Agency

Docket Number:  EPA–HQ–OAR–2023–0072

I am writing to express my strong support for the Biden administration's proposed standards to cut climate pollution from coal- and natural gas-fired power plants. EPA's proposal is a critically important step forward, and I encourage the agency to achieve greater cuts to pollution from more sources on the fastest possible timelines in recognition of the threat of climate change. The administration must also take action for community protections and input, including rigorous monitoring, verification, and enforcement and engagement with communities, both on safeguards and on individual projects.

As proposed, these standards would slash carbon pollution by 617 million metric tons, provide up to $85 billion in net climate and public health benefits, avoid 1,300 premature deaths, 800 hospital and ER visits, more than 300,000 asthma attacks, 38,000 school absences, and 66,000 lost work days.

As we know, fossil fuel-fired power plants are one of the largest sources of carbon pollution driving climate change. Climate change leads to poor air quality, further exacerbating negative health outcomes like respiratory disease, heart disease, and other illnesses caused by toxic air pollution from power plants and other sources. Climate change is also driving more frequent and intense extreme weather events. From hurricanes to heat waves to wildfires to flooding, communities across the country are experiencing the impacts of the climate crisis firsthand. 

Our climate can't wait. The EPA must act by early 2024 to finalize the strongest possible standards to cut climate pollution from power plants. 

Thank you!