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Toyota, General Motors, and Fiat Chrysler just turned their backs on our health and environment, friend.

These automakers announced that they're joining Trump's efforts to weaken clean car standards. Instead of reducing harmful greenhouse gas pollution and keeping dangerous toxins out of our air with cleaner cars, they want to keep selling gas guzzlers that make climate change worse.

This is a huge blow to communities that are already breathing dirty air — especially communities of color and low-income communities that live where air pollution is worst.

Let's be clear: These car companies sided with Trump to protect their profits, and they're counting on consumers to keep buying anyway. But consumers across the country want more fuel-efficient cars that will save them money at the gas pump and reduce pollution, not more gas guzzlers and toxic emissions. We have to raise hell right now and show automakers just how wrong they are. The only way to make them care is if consumers threaten their potential sales — we have to pressure auto CEOs enough to stand up to Trump and to stand WITH customers who want cleaner cars.

But that will only happen if auto CEOs hear from you NOW.

Our climate and communities can't take more polluting cars on the road. Contact auto CEOs now to demand cleaner cars »

The transportation sector — including the cars we drive — is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the country. Strong clean car standards is one of the best tools we have to fight the climate crisis.

That's why the Obama administration put in place fuel-efficiency goals that Trump is now attacking — and the auto industry is already on track to meet those goals with new cleaner cars. But auto companies want to abandon the progress that they've already made to save a few extra bucks.

But let's be clear: Cleaner cars mean savings for families like yours and mine instead. These standards will save drivers more than $5,000 over a new car's lifetime! And with cleaner cars comes cleaner air for the 25 million Americans who suffer from asthma — particularly people of color who live near busy roadways. We can't afford not to make the switch to cleaner cars.

We know sounding the alarm now can work, because it already has: When the Trump administration proposed rolling back clean car standards last year, auto-makers representing 30% of the U.S. car market broke with Trump to commit to higher standards because people like you spoke out. But our work isn't done until all the big automakers have made the same commitment.

If we make enough noise now and demand that car companies stick up for clean cars and cleaner air, they'll have no choice but to commit to cleaner cars. Will you join us and send a message to top automakers now?

Tell these automakers to stand up to Trump and commit to clean car standards before it's too late »

Friend, in the Trump era, we have to get creative with how we advance climate action and protect our air. We can still make progress, but only if we hold corporate leaders accountable to the needs of the people, not their profit margins.

Thank you,

Brooke Still
Director of Digital Strategy
League of Conservation Voters