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| Dear Friend, |
| The Supreme Court is doing something extraordinary today: It is holding an emergency hearing to consider blocking a Clean Air Act regulation that would save thousands of lives. |
| Over and over, the Supreme Court has been going out of its way to second-guess the Environmental Protection Agency’s scientific judgments at the request of polluting industries. This is not how our courts are supposed to work. |
| Read more about our case to protect the Good Neighbor Plan, including interactive maps of ozone and smog pollution in your county. |
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| The Good Neighbor Plan requires power plants and other industrial sources in 23 upwind states to reduce their smog-causing emissions. |
| If the plan is allowed to stand, the EPA predicts the following public health benefits for 2026 alone: |
- Preventing approximately 1,300 premature deaths
- Avoiding more than 2,300 hospital and emergency room visits
- Cutting asthma symptoms by 1.3 million cases
- Avoiding 430,000 school absence days
- Avoiding 25,000 lost workdays
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| In this case, Earthjustice submitted arguments to the Supreme Court to explain that these EPA regulations will save lives and deliver far more economic benefits than costs. The Supreme Court will decide whether to stay (pause) the Good Neighbor Plan while polluters try to get a lower court to strike it down. |
| That litigation could take years, which means that a Supreme Court stay could lead to thousands of premature deaths. |
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Sincerely,
Sam Sankar
Earthjustice Senior Vice President
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