The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed groundbreaking new regulations on six highly toxic PFAS chemicals found in drinking water. This is a crucial first step toward tackling this massive public health crisis — but we need the EPA to do more to protect against PFAS.

Exposure to PFAS — known as "forever" chemicals because they are extremely resistant to breaking down in the environment — has been linked to a long list of health effects, including cancer, immune suppression, and developmental harm.

But every day, millions of people across the country drink water contaminated with PFAS. Unfortunately, PFAS are almost impossible to avoid. They are found in our homes, our offices, our supermarkets — practically everywhere. What's worse, manufacturers don't have to disclose to consumers that they're using them. It needs to stop.

Submit a public comment to the EPA before the May 30th deadline urging the strongest possible protections from PFAS in our drinking water.

Transportation is the largest source of climate pollution in the U.S. and is also a major source of other harmful pollutants that significantly impact public health, causing deadly diseases such as asthma, heart problems, and cancer.

President Biden's EPA and Department of Transportation (DOT) are proposing new standards for cars and big trucks and buses, so we have an important opportunity to encourage them to finalize strong standards that will reduce pollution and help ensure the transition toward zero-emission electric vehicles.

Cleaner vehicles are a winner all around. They deliver savings on fuel, support domestic job creation, help clean up the air, and protect the climate.

Sign our petition to President Biden, EPA, and DOT urging them to finalize the strongest possible clean vehicle standards.

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• California Accelerates its Fight Against Freight Pollution: We won three huge victories for clean air and climate action in the West. In Colorado and California, new rules passed to accelerate the move away from heavily polluting trucks toward clean, electric alternatives. California also passed a rule to clean up diesel-spewing locomotives. These rules will help keep communities safe from harmful emissions linked to asthma, heart disease, and premature deaths. Read more >

• Tell EPA to Protect Public Health from Power Plant Pollution: Power plants are among the country's largest sources of mercury, a neurotoxin that can harm children's developing nervous systems and reduce their ability to think and learn. EPA's newly proposed standards to protect health are a good start, but they don't go far enough. Urge EPA to further strengthen safeguards against mercury and toxic air pollution! Take action >
• Protect Critically Endangered Rice's Whales from Offshore Drilling: Critically endangered Rice's whales may be the most endangered whale on the planet, with fewer than 100 critically endangered Rice's whales left in existence. Tell the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to reject dirty energy, seismic blasting, and lease sales that directly threaten one of the most endangered whales in the world. Take action >
• Tell Congress to Protect U.S. Forests and Communities from the Biomass Industry: The forest biomass industry is built on disinformation. It's just another name for cutting down and burning trees — and contributing to climate-wrecking carbon pollution. Tell Congress that forest biomass is NOT clean energy. Take action >

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