Friend,

What if I told you that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had the power to prevent thousands of emergency room visits and premature deaths?

Power plants and other industrial facilities produce a huge amount of smog -- with serious consequences for the millions of Americans who live downwind, including heart and lung disease.1

Tell the EPA: It's time to crack down on smog from power plants.

The EPA is in the process of updating its Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, which reduces dangerous air pollution. This rule is known as the "Good Neighbor Plan," because it limits unhealthy levels of ground-level ozone, or smog.2

Most of us have seen smog, especially around cities -- but it isn't just unsightly, it's also dangerous.

Smog is formed when pollution from power plants, factories and other sources reacts with heat and sunlight. When inhaled, smog irritates our airways, increasing our risk of serious heart and lung diseases.3 The proposed EPA rule would require power plants and other polluting facilities to install and effectively use modern technologies that will clean up our air and save lives.

We know that air pollution causes more than 50,000 premature deaths in the United States each and every year.4 That's a truly staggering toll for a problem that's within our power to fix -- and the EPA can take an important first step by implementing a powerful and effective Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.

The EPA is collecting public input until June 21, and it's up to us to show the agency that there is broad public support for cleaner air across the country.

Will you take a minute right now to sign our petition calling on the EPA to crack down on smog pollution from power plants and factories?

Thank you for taking action,

Faye Park
President

1. Environment America, "Trouble in the Air," Environment America, last accessed May 25, 2022.
2. "EPA Proposes "Good Neighbor" Plan to Cut Smog Across Much of the United States," U.S. EPA, March 11, 2022.
3. Environment America, "Trouble in the Air," Environment America, last accessed May 25, 2022.
4. Steven Mufson, "Cutting air pollution from fossil fuels would save 50,000 lives a year, study says," The Washington Post, May 16, 2022.

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