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Dear NRDC Activist,

We have just two days left until the public comment deadline for the Biden administration's clean car standards proposal. This is urgent — can we count on you to submit a comment?

We can't stop the climate crisis without reducing carbon emissions from our largest source: transportation. Clean car standards are THE most important government program for reducing pollution from the nation's cars and light-duty trucks.

Please see my original email below if you need more convincing on why this issue is so important. And make sure to submit your public comment before the deadline on Monday, September 27 — it only takes a few seconds. When you're done, please consider sharing this campaign with family and friends to help us reach our goal of submitting 50,000 comments.

Thank you for continuing to stand with us in the fight against climate change. Your support is crucial and we appreciate everything you do for the planet.

Sincerely,

Luke Tonachel
Director for Clean Vehicles and Fuels, NRDC

NRDC Needs 50,000 People Calling on the Biden Administration to Take Tough Climate Action by Strengthening Clean Car Standards

An alarming new scientific report revealed that the world MUST reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 to avert climate catastrophe. We need climate action now: Submit an official public comment calling on the EPA and DOT to strengthen clean car and fuel economy standards before it’s too late!

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Dear NRDC Activist,

The U.N. just released a devastating new report underscoring the severity of the climate crisis. Their findings stress that we MUST reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, before it's too late to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Thankfully, the Biden administration recently announced it was re-establishing and strengthening vehicle emissions and fuel economy standards that had been gutted by the Trump administration. This is so important because transportation is the largest source of carbon pollution in the U.S.

Transitioning away from gas-guzzling, climate-busting cars and trucks — and getting more electric vehicles on the roads — is one of THE most important things we can do to stop the climate crisis. And it's a key part of President Biden's Build Back Better agenda.

NRDC applauds yet another historic action by the Biden administration to restore leadership in the fight against climate action. But the administration's default proposal falls short of the emissions reductions we need to avert climate catastrophe. The new standard allows too many giveaways, or "credits", to the automobile industry, which could cut short our carbon pollution reductions by a large margin.

Biden's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting public comments on the proposed clean car standards until September 27th.

We need 50,000 climate activists like you to submit an urgent public comment urging Biden's EPA and DOT to take the next step in reducing emissions from transportation by strengthening their proposed clean car and fuel economy standards. Will you join us?

We're already seeing the devastating effects of climate change firsthand, with disproportionate impacts on frontline communities — predominantly low-income communities and communities of color.

Stronger clean car and fuel economy standards will give a major boost to our effort to shift to clean electric vehicles and fight the climate crisis. And crucial investments in EVs and EV charging stations — key elements of Biden's Build Back Better agenda — will help bring down the cost of EVs so they're more affordable for all.

Take action now: Submit an official public comment to President Biden's EPA and DOT imploring them to adopt stronger standards that will deliver the same carbon reductions as the Obama-era rules. We must strengthen this critical climate measure and double down on fighting the climate crisis.

With the release of the U.N.'s climate report, Congress negotiating once-in-a-generation climate legislation, and upcoming global summits on climate change, we have a truly unprecedented chance to meet the demands of the climate crisis head-on. But this opportunity won't last long, and we MUST take advantage of it to preserve our planet for future generations.

, can we count on you to stand with us and take urgent action to stop climate change today?

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Luke Tonachel
Director for Clean Vehicles and Fuels, NRDC

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