Protect the Clean Power Plan to Fight Climate Change
President Trump is launching an unwise and anti-science assault on the Clean Power Plan, one of the most important actions America has taken to address the climate crisis. The President's destructive executive order threatens our ability to prevent climate catastrophe and undermines vital health protections that are expected to save thousands of lives per year. It will also undermine clean energy innovation in the U.S., putting us at an economic disadvantage when it comes to winning the 21st century clean energy race.
8 million Americans supported carbon pollution limits and the Clean Power Plan when the Obama Administration proposed them. We must stand together now to protect it.
Take Action: Tell EPA Administrator Pruitt you support the Clean Power Plan and will do everything you can to fight for a safer climate, healthier air, and our vibrant clean energy future.
I support the Clean Power Plan
Dear Administrator Pruitt,
I strongly support the Clean Power Plan and oppose your efforts to dismantle this vital program. This is one of the most important actions America has taken to reduce climate pollution and unleash clean energy innovation -- and it will yield vital health benefits including thousands of avoided deaths, asthma attacks, and hospitalizations each year.
Not only does this plan yield a safer climate, it is essential to fulfilling EPA's legal responsibility to protect the public from harmful climate pollution. Moreover, it does so in a way that gives states great flexibility in how they meet their pollution reduction goals.
More than 8 million Americans submitted public comments supporting carbon standards and the Clean Power Plan when it was proposed during the Obama Administration. And there is strong, diverse support for the Clean Power Plan, even in states currently suing over the standards. .. According to a recent Yale survey, a majority of Americans in every Congressional district of the country support setting strict limits on carbon dioxide emissions from America's existing coal-fired power plants. Overall, more than two-thirds of American voters favor federal action to reduce emissions of pollutants that cause climate change.
As the Administrator of the EPA, I implore you to listen to the will of the people. Now is not the time to go backward. The Clean Power Plan will unleash innovation and make America more competitive in the 21st century. I strongly urge you to back down from attacking this landmark pollution reduction standard.
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