Dear John,

Everyone deserves to breathe clean and healthy air. And yet, far too many Americans live with dirty, polluted, unsafe air – sometimes without even knowing how bad it is. 

Breathing polluted air has been linked to childhood asthma, cancer, diabetes, heart and lung disease and even dementia and cognitive decline.  

It’s a big problem, but it’s also a problem we can fix. It starts with understanding where, when and how air pollution is impacting our communities. Congress has just introduced the Technology Assessment for Air Quality Management Act, a bill that will help us better understand air pollution and protect health.

But they need to hear from you and your support of the need for clean healthy air. Message your Members of Congress and urge them to cosponsor this bill, today!

If we want cleaner air, we need to hold polluters accountable. The amount of pollution in the air can vary across neighborhoods and even between blocks. So we need to know where air pollution is strongest and how it’s spreading. With better monitoring we can ensure that investments to fight air pollution are as targeted as possible. Strengthening our existing air quality monitoring network and our understanding of the tools we have will help us reach our goals.

The negative health impacts of dirty air fall most heavily on communities of color due to historically discriminatory practices such as redlining, a housing policy that led to depressed property values in neighborhoods of color. Although redlining is illegal today, pollution remains in communities of color across the nation.

More information on the pollutants in our air can help create effective policies that address pollution directly at the source.

That’s why we need you to speak up today. 

Take action and tell your elected officials to support the Technology Assessment for Air Quality Management Act.

Thank you for your leadership,

Wes Rogerson
Manager, Grassroots Organizing & Activism