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John,

Listening to our residents, especially our seniors talk about having some
of the worst asthma this year is devastating. We can't let this become our
new normal.

With the 12th Congressional District having some of the worst air quality
in the world, it's time for us to move with urgency.

We have seen it over and over again where corporate polluters operate in
majority Black and brown communities like ours. This has compounding harms
for public health—leading to high rates of cancer, respiratory diseases,
infant mortality, and more. For example, Metro Detroit has some of the
highest asthma rates in the country, and Black Detroiters are over three
times more likely to be hospitalized for asthma.

Something has to change. This is why I reintroduced the Cumulative Impacts
Act.

The bill would require the EPA to consider the cumulative harms of
pollution in an area before granting permits for polluting facilities—and
to deny permits for facilities that would endanger public health. This
would be a revolutionary, transformative change for our neighbors who just
want to breathe clean air.

[ [link removed] ]Please sign today to support the Cumulative Impacts Act, which would
require environmental regulators to prioritize people’s health over the
profits of corporate polluters.

[ [link removed] ]Sign Now

When approving new polluting facilities, the EPA doesn’t currently take
into account the cumulative impacts—the public health and environmental
effects of past, present, and future pollution releases in the community.

The Cumulative Impacts Act would require the EPA to analyze cumulative
impacts in permitting decisions under the Clean Air Act and Clean Water
Act, and deny permit applications unless the applicant can demonstrate a
reasonable certainty of no harm to the community or vulnerable groups.

This legislation will protect and empower residents of frontline
communities who are living with the devastating effects of climate change
and fossil fuel development. That includes residents of Dearborn’s South
End, which is home to an extreme concentration of corporate polluters that
sit directly across from schools, homes, and playgrounds.

Samra’a Luqman, a community advocate in the neighborhood, says: “We refuse
to continue being the nation’s dumping ground for industries and
corporations in the name of corporate greed. My family and our neighbors
deserve to breathe clean air and drink clean water as basic human rights,
and we need new laws that will put the well-being of impacted communities
before the profits of the companies poisoning us.”

Yes, we all deserve to breathe clean air and drink clean water. Where
pollution occurs is a policy choice, and we can change the EPA’s
permitting process to put people’s health first—particularly in
communities already overburdened by air and water pollution.

[ [link removed] ]Please sign today to support the Cumulative Impacts Act, to rectify
environmental racism and protect our public health from corporate
polluters.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the Petition

Thank you for taking action. I will continue to hold corporate polluters
accountable for treating communities of color like mine as sacrifice
zones. Together, we’ll keep fighting for a world where all of us can
thrive.

In solidarity,

Rep. Rashida Tlaib
Michigan’s 12th Congressional District


 




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