Friend — last week, under cover of the coronavirus crisis, the Trump administration quietly undermined safety measures regarding the release of mercury and other toxic pollutants from oil and coal-fired power plants. These are pollutants that have already been linked to higher COVID-19 death rates all over the country.

In short: amid a global pandemic, where tens of thousands of Americans are dying from a virus that directly targets the respiratory system, the Trump administration is actively making it harder for people to breathe.

The Trump administration isn't stupid. They know that weakening standards for power plants and other polluters will result in the loss of lives. They went ahead and did it anyway.

We can't let them get away with this. This is quite literally a matter of life and death, and we need to raise hell until the EPA is forced to do its job. We can't do this without your help.

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The EPA currently acknowledges that these mercury standards protect people's health and save the American taxpayers money by preventing up to 11,000 premature deaths and 5,700 emergency room visits annually. In other words — in normal times, these regulations save lives. And these are NOT normal times.

Trump and his goons are deliberately ignoring science and putting American lives in danger — just to let their friends and former employers make a quick buck. This is despicable, and we CANNOT let them continue to get away with this.

We need to step up the pressure. The Trump administration is relying on the fact that the American public is preoccupied with trying to fight this virus on all fronts, and they're assuming that we won't have the bandwidth to stop them from going through with these rollbacks. We need to prove them wrong.

That means we need to organize — virtually — on a massive scale. We need to spread the word and let people know that these rollbacks are happening in plain sight. We need to light up the phones in Congress, demanding that lawmakers mount aggressive pressure campaigns. We need to fundraise in order to fight back in court.

Friend, we can't do any of this without you. Every donation is being triple-matched through the end of the month, so every dollar you give will go three times as far.

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We know there's a lot going on, and it can feel overwhelming at times. But we CAN win this, if we fight together. As always, thank you for your support. None of our work would be possible without you.

Let's do this —

Gene Karpinski
President
LCV