Dear Friend of the National Parks,

More than 95 of America's national parks are suffering from heavy ozone pollution -- dirty air that threatens the health of important park plants and wildlife... and visitors.

And despite the fact that so many parks fail to meet federal limits for ozone pollution, here's what the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to do:

Nothing.

In fact, the EPA could make that proposal final in just a couple days, officially deciding not to change its current standards for protecting parks and nature from ozone pollution.

Friend, that's not good enough for our parks, wildlife, plants and people. Send an official comment to the EPA now and demand they set real, science-driven limits for nature on ozone pollution!

National parks are special places that safeguard nature. Parks should be places where people can go for clean air.

But ozone pollution contributes to the disease and death of park species such as the black cherry tree in the East and aspen and ponderosa pine in the West. With nature suffering from ozone pollution, it's clear that EPA's current ozone standards haven't been up to the job of protecting parks. If the EPA had listened to independent scientists and experts, they would know that.

Ozone also contributes to climate change -- the worst problem facing all of our national parks. Temperatures in national parks are increasing at twice the nationwide rate, driving unprecedented wildfires and risking namesake features at Glacier, Joshua Tree and Saguaro National Parks, among so many others.

The EPA is about to make a decision that will result in more damage to America's national parks. We can't let that happen.

Take action now and send your official comment before the deadline. Tell the EPA that keeping the current, weak ozone standards will hurt America's national parks!

Thank you for all that you do,



Ulla Reeves
Senior Advocacy Manager, Clean Air Program

PS. We know from recent studies that personalized comments can have a real impact, so please take a minute to tell the EPA why clean air matters to you personally.