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No Haze in National Parks! Tell EPA to Enforce the Law

Target: Stephen Johnson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Sponsored by: Care2

The photo at left from the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia clearly shows the effects of air pollution on the visibility in our parks. Haze not only contributes to environmental damage, it also hinders our enjoyment of mountain views. The Environmental Protection Agency, however, has been dragging its feet in cleaning up the haze in parks and other protected areas.

The Clean Air Act required states to submit plans to clean up the air pollution in their environmentally protected areas by December 2007. But only six states have complied! Tell the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce the law before our parks become permanently hazy.

deadline: 7-2-2009
goal: 20,000

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Dear Administrator Johnson,

Clean Air Act provisions required that all 50 states were to submit their plans for cleaning up air pollution in parks and wilderness areas to the Environmental Protection Agency by December 2007. Only six states - North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Iowa, Missouri and Louisiana - have complied with the law.

So why has your organization not enforced this law for the other 44 states?

The National Park Service claims that human-caused air pollution reduces visibility in most of the parks throughout the country. In the western United States, the average visual range is already one-half to two-thirds what it would be under natural conditions, and in the east it is a mere one-fifth.

[Your comment here]

It is critical to clean up the air pollution that damages our national parks so future generations can enjoy the beautiful scenery as we have. Please demand that the remaining 44 delinquent states submit their plans immediately!

Sincerely,
[Your name here]

We signed the “No Haze in National Parks! Tell EPA to Enforce the Law” petition!

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9:09 pm PDT, Jun 30, Lisa Costello, Connecticut

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5:23 am PDT, Jun 26, C C Schenk, North Carolina

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1:07 pm PDT, Jun 25, Name not displayed, Illinois

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9:28 am PDT, Jun 24, Scott Elliott, Idaho

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10:06 am PDT, Jun 9, Ariel Bandara, California

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9:29 pm PDT, Jun 8, Fran Reyes, California

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5:52 pm PDT, Jun 8, Rachel Soroka, Pennsylvania
Do your job!!

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4:58 pm PDT, Jun 8, Michael Rotcher, California

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12:51 am PDT, Jun 8, Tatiana Costa, Brazil

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6:48 pm PDT, Jun 7, Ralph Alvarez, New York

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1:57 pm PDT, Jun 7, Christopher Dunham, Pennsylvania

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1:07 pm PDT, Jun 7, Toby Rane, California

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8:37 am PDT, Jun 7, Saren Nelson, ADN,LPC, Oregon

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6:31 pm PDT, Jun 6, Frida Simms, Virginia

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6:55 pm PDT, Jun 4, Suresh Krishnamoorthy, Georgia
Don't drag your feet. Do your job!

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12:38 pm PDT, Jun 3, Lynne Banta, California

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11:18 am PDT, Jun 2, Nichole Tockey, Tennessee

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8:14 pm PDT, May 31, Leandro COutinho, California

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6:51 am PDT, May 31, Kathy Kahn, Wisconsin

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10:43 pm PDT, May 30, Melissa Boyce, South Carolina

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11:06 am PDT, May 29, Nadia Knoblock, Pennsylvania

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7:02 am PDT, May 29, Kenneth Hoppe, Texas

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6:04 am PDT, May 29, Nancy Pitkavish, Michigan

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7:11 pm PDT, May 28, Susan Artone-Fricke, OSF, Colorado

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5:39 pm PDT, May 27, Aeronica Ferguson, Oklahoma

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4:37 am PDT, May 26, Joana Peixoto, Portugal

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11:37 pm PDT, May 25, Rosemary Rannes, New Hampshire
Air pollution adversley affects the quality of flora and fauna within the Park and is therefore a critical threat to future renewal.

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5:53 pm PDT, May 25, Elisabeth Kelly, Maryland

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3:37 pm PDT, May 24, De Andre Nickens, California

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1:29 am PDT, May 24, Rowan Berry, Canada

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10:07 pm PDT, May 23, Jocelyn Koopmann, Australia
Its time for everyone to support each other and take care of our earth.

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9:05 pm PDT, May 23, Karen Ericson, Washington

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3:29 pm PDT, May 23, Ali Canada, Oklahoma

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1:11 pm PDT, May 23, Brian Henderson, Pennsylvania

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10:43 am PDT, May 23, Kaji Kirupanithy, Canada

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8:10 am PDT, May 23, Rita Mathues, Belgium

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4:55 am PDT, May 23, Carina Eriksson, Sweden

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8:31 pm PDT, May 22, Heather Riede, California

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6:25 pm PDT, May 22, Dr. Jaime Tamez, New Mexico

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6:00 pm PDT, May 22, Phyl Morello, Tennessee

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4:11 pm PDT, May 22, David Tsosie, Arizona

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3:41 pm PDT, May 22, Tom Maxwell, California

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2:19 pm PDT, May 22, Laurie Brewer, Ohio

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1:39 pm PDT, May 22, Sarah Heald, United Kingdom
A couple of years ago we had a wonderful holiday visiting this beautiful area....i would hate not to be able to recommend it to my friendsplease act on this pollution before it is too late

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12:50 pm PDT, May 22, Marnie Brew, New York

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No Haze in National Parks! Tell EPA to Enforce the Law

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