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We Need Tougher Air Pollution Standards!
Target: EPA Administrator Stephen JohnsonSponsored by: Environmental Defense
Ground level ozone, better known as smog, represents a serious health danger to tens of millions of Americans.
The Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee recognized these health risks when it unanimously found there was no scientific justification for maintaining the current health standard and recommended EPA substantially strengthen the national health standard for ozone.
But, the EPA has proposed to only marginally strengthen smog standards and has even inexplicably left the door open to leaving the standards unchanged.
Take action! The comment period for this issue ends on October 9!
Tell the EPA that air quality standards must be substantially strengthened to protect millions of Americans from exposure to dangerous levels of smog pollution.
The Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee recognized these health risks when it unanimously found there was no scientific justification for maintaining the current health standard and recommended EPA substantially strengthen the national health standard for ozone.
But, the EPA has proposed to only marginally strengthen smog standards and has even inexplicably left the door open to leaving the standards unchanged.
Take action! The comment period for this issue ends on October 9!
Tell the EPA that air quality standards must be substantially strengthened to protect millions of Americans from exposure to dangerous levels of smog pollution.
Sign Petition! see who signed this
We signed the “We Need Tougher Air Pollution Standards!” petition!
# 4,250:
2:54 pm PDT, Oct 14,
Terry Smith, Ohio
# 4,249:
1:31 pm PDT, Oct 14,
Jessica Teeple, Tennessee
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12:01 pm PDT, Oct 14,
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11:59 am PDT, Oct 14,
Brenna Wright, Vermont
# 4,246:
10:52 am PDT, Oct 14,
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# 4,245:
10:28 am PDT, Oct 14,
David Peters, United Kingdom
# 4,244:
10:11 am PDT, Oct 14,
Esther P. Coca, New Mexico
You live in this world just as much as we do! Do something about improving it!
You live in this world just as much as we do! Do something about improving it!
# 4,243:
9:03 am PDT, Oct 14,
Elisa DeLapa, New York
# 4,242:
8:08 am PDT, Oct 14,
Bill Miller, Indiana
# 4,241:
6:49 am PDT, Oct 14,
William Harper, Georgia
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6:33 am PDT, Oct 14,
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6:31 am PDT, Oct 14,
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# 4,238:
3:02 am PDT, Oct 14,
Josette Kant, Netherlands
# 4,237:
9:59 pm PDT, Oct 13,
Travis Edwards, Australia
# 4,236:
8:20 pm PDT, Oct 13,
Name not displayed, Mississippi
We kind of need to ozone...you know to live and all!
We kind of need to ozone...you know to live and all!
# 4,235:
8:18 pm PDT, Oct 13,
Rhonda Fazenbaker, North Carolina
# 4,234:
7:40 pm PDT, Oct 13,
Rachel Powers Lane, Canada
# 4,233:
7:22 pm PDT, Oct 13,
Sharon Dickenson, Kentucky
# 4,232:
5:40 pm PDT, Oct 13,
MARGARET HORNE, Pennsylvania
# 4,231:
5:22 pm PDT, Oct 13,
Ron Matthews, United Kingdom
# 4,230:
4:02 pm PDT, Oct 13,
Elena Popescu, Romania
this is global..so do something about it!
this is global..so do something about it!
# 4,229:
3:12 pm PDT, Oct 13,
Carol Bertrand, California
# 4,228:
2:51 pm PDT, Oct 13,
Jeff Bay, New York
# 4,227:
12:53 pm PDT, Oct 13,
Sue Christiansen, Iowa
# 4,226:
12:07 pm PDT, Oct 13,
Jordan Leighann, Kentucky
bcause i we dont we could might even die from it!
bcause i we dont we could might even die from it!
# 4,225:
9:47 am PDT, Oct 13,
Frances Zummo, Florida
# 4,224:
9:45 am PDT, Oct 13,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 4,223:
9:25 am PDT, Oct 13,
Bill Byrd, California
I know we need tougher air quality standards. I used to only need my athsma inhaler in the Spring for a couple of months when I lived in Santa Rosa and now since moving down here to LA (where air pollution is a fact of life) I use it about 4 times a day! Sometimes I wonder if people brought up down here in LA think that air is supposed to look like a pall of pea soup hanging over mountains, that is , if you can actually see the mountains in the first place.
I know we need tougher air quality standards. I used to only need my athsma inhaler in the Spring for a couple of months when I lived in Santa Rosa and now since moving down here to LA (where air pollution is a fact of life) I use it about 4 times a day! Sometimes I wonder if people brought up down here in LA think that air is supposed to look like a pall of pea soup hanging over mountains, that is , if you can actually see the mountains in the first place.
# 4,222:
6:51 am PDT, Oct 13,
Elizabeth Kyvig, Minnesota
# 4,221:
5:15 am PDT, Oct 13,
Helene Novak, Virginia
# 4,220:
1:23 am PDT, Oct 13,
A Lisa Swift, California
# 4,219:
12:48 am PDT, Oct 13,
Chelsea Black, Massachusetts
# 4,218:
10:28 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Melissa Smith, Rhode Island
# 4,217:
9:49 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Sarah Wheatley, California
# 4,216:
9:25 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Mary Clausing, New York
# 4,215:
8:37 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Zachary Maytan, Texas
I want my kids to be able to breathe when they are born. I want them to play outside not in a tank where they cannot enjoy them sun.
I want my kids to be able to breathe when they are born. I want them to play outside not in a tank where they cannot enjoy them sun.
# 4,214:
7:41 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Jessica Evans, Canada
# 4,213:
6:32 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Edie Schroedel, Montana
# 4,212:
6:28 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Jesse Koenig, California
# 4,211:
5:18 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Sarah Reynolds, Texas
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5:11 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Mary Xakellis Chapman, Maryland
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2:11 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
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1:49 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Mike Wilson, Ohio
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12:58 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Misti Manns, Illinois
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12:32 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Name not displayed, Colorado
We need you to protect our natural resoures. Find The solutions and Do whats Right!
We need you to protect our natural resoures. Find The solutions and Do whats Right!
# 4,205:
12:02 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Elizabeth Jackson, California
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11:58 am PDT, Oct 12,
Kitena Suttles, Texas
# 4,203:
9:59 am PDT, Oct 12,
Cyndi Johnson, California
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11:41 pm PDT, Oct 11,
Dan Bristol, California
# 4,201:
5:22 pm PDT, Oct 11,
Daniel Reid, Texas