Stand Up Against Smog

We've all heard of smog -- it hovers over our cities and harms human health. But that’s not all -- smog is a heat-trapping gas and is responsible for about 10% of the warming that we are experiencing today. And its effects on forests may actually worsen climate change.

Fortunately, the EPA has proposed updated smog standards that will help clean up our air.

Take action today: Tell the EPA you support stronger smog standards.
Dear [Decision Maker],

I'm writing today in regards to your proposal to update our national smog (ground-level ozone) standards from their current level of 75 parts per billion (ppb) to 65 to 70 ppb. I'm asking that you take this further, to 60 ppb a standard that would provide the strongest protections for Americans and be in line with what leading medical associations like the American Lung Association recommend.

As you well know, smog is a dangerous air pollutant that is linked to premature deaths, asthma attacks, and other serious heart and lung diseases. It is estimated that more than 140 million people live in areas with unhealthy levels of smog pollution. The very air they breathe is putting them in danger.

America has decades of experience innovating to clean up the air in a highly cost-effective manner and can do so again to reduce smog pollution. Your work, from the Tier 3 tailpipe standards to the proposed Clean Power Plan, has helped enormously. A strong smog standard will help ensure Americans know whether the air they are breathing is safe and drive much-needed pollution reductions.

[Your comments here]

Our communities, our families, and our children are counting on your leadership. Please enact a strong ground-level ozone standard.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]
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