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Tell the EPA their CA waiver denial is an outrage!

Target: David Ivry, Ambassador of Israel to the United States
Sponsored by: Environmental Defense
The Environmental Protection Agency has denied California's waiver request to cut global warming pollution from automobiles. This decision ignores the science and the law.

Seventeen other states plan to implement similar programs. EPA's action is nothing more than a heavy handed stroke to limit the authority of states to fight global warming and protect our environment.

It is reported that EPA Administrator Johnson's staff even recommended approving the waiver because it met all the necessary standards.

California is leading the country to fight global warming, and the EPA and Administrator Johnson are holding them back.

Send a letter today to Administrator Johnson expressing your outrage at this unfounded decision!
deadline: 12-20-2008
goal: 40,000
 

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Administrator Johnson,

I am profoundly disappointed in your decision to deny California's waiver request to cut global warming pollution from automobiles. It's an outrage.

This decision is not based on science or the law. Indeed, the science tells us we must take urgent action to dramatically cut our global warming pollution or face potentially catastrophic consequences.

In April, the Supreme Court gave EPA full legal authority to not only grant this waiver but to take global warming a lot more seriously than your agency has to date.

In the last 40 years, EPA has granted all 50 previous waiver requests by states to clean up air pollution. Your decision demonstrates a blind eye to the urgent threat of global warming.

I am deeply troubled by your decision and will do everything I can to support efforts to overturn it.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]
We took action on “Tell the EPA their CA waiver denial is an outrage!”!
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11:25 am PST, Nov 12, Susan Holmgren, California
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9:49 am PST, Nov 10, Name not displayed, Nebraska
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9:17 am PDT, Sep 5, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
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4:54 pm PDT, Sep 4, Name not displayed, Texas
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9:48 am PDT, Aug 27, Kelly Kemp, California
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11:40 am PDT, Aug 6, Shelly ., Washington
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10:53 am PDT, Aug 5, Sarah Manthey, Ohio
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2:01 pm PDT, Aug 2, Marvin Rodriguez, Texas
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3:26 pm PDT, Jul 29, Austin Kendall, Florida
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7:25 am PDT, Jul 8, Linda McBride, New York
Republicans have long argued the benefits of a states' rights approach to issues. But this administration, for whom you work, has shown that it only believes in states' rights when the states are prone to make decisions that it supports (often meaning decisions that its big money donors support). Please allow California to model for the rest of the states, the benefits of legislating in favor of the health of the environment and its citizens rather than in favor of corporate greed.
# 26,143:
10:58 pm PDT, Jul 1, Douglas Bright, California
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8:42 am PDT, Jun 27, Katherine Holfelder, Rhode Island
# 26,141:
1:01 pm PDT, Jun 22, Jack Reef, Illinois
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8:26 pm PDT, Jun 20, Miranda Fitzgerald, Kentucky
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8:45 am PDT, Jun 19, Jessamyn Smallenburg, Michigan
# 26,138:
12:44 pm PDT, Jun 18, Aleasha Casaretto, Texas
# 26,137:
1:09 am PDT, Jun 17, James Kim, California
Protect the people. Give us what we want.
# 26,136:
7:39 pm PDT, Jun 2, Damaris Martinez, Illinois
# 26,135:
3:09 pm PDT, May 28, Devan Schlueter, Minnesota
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9:23 am PDT, May 28, Janet Chase, Oregon
# 26,133:
3:40 pm PDT, May 27, Judith Beall, California
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9:30 pm PDT, May 20, Tori Bush, Florida
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7:02 pm PDT, May 15, Name not displayed, Texas
# 26,130:
2:41 pm PDT, May 14, Theresa Kelly, Minnesota
# 26,129:
10:00 am PDT, May 12, Lisa Pangborn, Illinois
If most people knew how limited the EPA's power really is, they would probably run screaming into the smog-filled night and fling themselves into a sludge-filled river. Every small action represents a tiny glimmer of hope in the battle against beaurocratic hypocrisy and apathy.
# 26,128:
7:57 pm PDT, May 10, Elizabeth Even, California
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10:27 am PDT, May 7, Edward Stetser, North Carolina
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9:00 pm PDT, May 6, Questa Anderson, New York
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6:49 pm PDT, May 6, Robyn McFadden, Texas
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3:17 pm PDT, May 5, Carolyn Carpenter, California
There are too many cars on the road in California; we NEED to cut emissions for our own health and for the health of the planet.
# 26,123:
3:12 pm PDT, May 5, Daniel Klinkhammer, Minnesota
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8:07 am PDT, May 5, Frank ODonnell, Washington D.C.
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7:10 pm PDT, May 3, Tammy Schweikert, Pennsylvania
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5:59 pm PDT, May 3, Mary Walker, Oregon
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11:01 am PDT, May 3, SUSAN ROCHA, California
States need to decide on their own laws. EPA is no longer protecting its customers. Please let each state decide their own laws. This is how it is suppose to be.
# 26,118:
10:30 am PDT, May 3, Valerie Opielski, New York
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9:02 am PDT, May 2, Crissy Baker, Florida
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3:03 pm PDT, May 1, Manoj Paul, Illinois
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10:15 am PDT, May 1, Judy Haggard, California
# 26,114:
10:00 am PDT, Apr 30, Augusta Moore, New York
We all need to take urgent action to dramatically cut global warming pollution or we will face catastrophic consequences in the near future.
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10:03 am PDT, Apr 29, Sean Gee, Washington D.C.
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6:01 am PDT, Apr 29, Jessica LeAnn, Illinois
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5:43 pm PDT, Apr 28, Keith Morris, Vermont
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3:04 pm PDT, Apr 28, Audrey Liebl, Massachusetts
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8:16 am PDT, Apr 28, Jeramy Hansen, Maryland
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8:19 pm PDT, Apr 26, Linda Hames, Alabama
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8:44 am PDT, Apr 26, Leon Brewer, Canada
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7:58 am PDT, Apr 26, Joanne Perone, Illinois
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7:35 am PDT, Apr 26, Holly Shuffler, North Carolina
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3:52 pm PDT, Apr 25, Kevin Miller, California
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6:09 pm PDT, Apr 24, Anita Kofta, Wisconsin
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10:41 am PDT, Apr 24, Emma Lariz, California
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