Dirty diesel trucks, trains, ships, and other freight equipment are fueling climate change and pose an urgent public health crisis across the country — causing deadly diseases such as asthma, heart problems, and cancer.

Last year, as a member of the Moving Forward Network, we sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) demanding zero emission solutions for freight operations. Unfortunately, little progress has been made to address the deadly pollution caused by trucks and freight.

While Biden's EPA issued standards last December limiting how much air pollution new heavy-duty vehicles can emit, the standards do NOT go far enough and fail to accelerate the transition to zero-emission trucks. The EPA must pursue strong truck and freight vehicle standards NOW to make progress toward our climate goals and protect public health.

Please submit a message urging EPA to build upon that action and significantly strengthen its truck standards and drive the whole freight sector to zero emissions — before it's too late!

An estimated 30 percent of the global seafood harvest is the product of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing practices. Not only does this illegal fishing destroy our oceans and deplete fisheries, but it often relies on forced labor and leads to rampant human rights abuses.

The United States is one of the world's largest consumers of illegally fished seafood, and our government has a responsibility to end labor abuse in the seafood industry. A newly proposed rule from NOAA Fisheries could help address these issues with expanded seafood traceability requirements, but it does not go nearly far enough and fails to address labor abuses in seafood supply chains.

NOAA Fisheries must adopt the strongest possible standards for imported seafood to intercept the flow of illegal seafood into the U.S. and help consumers feel confident the seafood they buy is legally caught and not a product of labor abuses.

Add your name: Tell NOAA to help stop abuse in the seafood industry and end illegal fishing and forced labor >

• BIG WIN: EPA Protects Bristol Bay, Alaska with Pebble Mine Veto: The Biden Administration recently dealt a blow to the massive and controversial gold and copper mining project in Bristol Bay, Alaska called the Pebble Mine. The EPA has acted to not only prohibit the Pebble Mine but also restrict future mining of the Pebble deposit in certain headwaters of Bristol Bay. Read more >
• NY Bills Would Ban Harmful PFAS in Clothes, Other Products: New York Governor Hochul has signed Senate Bill 6291A which will ban toxic "forever" PFAS chemicals in clothes. New York has, for years, taken strong positions on climate, and the strides made this past year like this one will continue this critical leadership from 2022 and beyond. Read more >
• EPA Moves to Usher in Climate-Friendlier Consumer Products Free from Super-Polluting HFCs: In a win-win for the climate and consumers, last month the EPA proposed new rules that will hasten the transition away from super-polluting hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) to climate-friendlier alternatives in refrigeration, air conditioners, heat pumps, insulation, and aerosols. Read more >

• Tell President Biden: No More Fossil Fuel Industry Handouts! Under pressure by Big Oil and their polluter allies, the Interior Department could auction off more of our shared public lands and oceans to the fossil fuel industry. President Biden must restrict any further oil and gas lease sales and prioritize climate protections above oil and gas leasing. Add your name >
• Ban the Transportation of Explosive Liquefied Natural Gas by Rail: Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a dangerous, highly unstable, and explosive substance composed primarily of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The gas industry is trying to take advantage of a dangerous Trump-era rule to transport volatile LNG by rail, putting communities along the route at risk. Take action >
• Demand Strong Safeguards on Climate-Busting Methane: With over 80 times the warming power of carbon, methane is a huge threat to our climate and health. Tell EPA to adopt the strongest standards to cut methane pollution from the fossil fuel industry — the quickest, most cost-effective way to slow the rate of climate change and protect our health. Add your name >
• Call for Transformative Climate Action: With a Republican House majority, our progress on a clean energy future for all could be threatened. Big polluters and their vocal allies in Congress will try every trick in the book to stall progress on climate change and clean energy — and we can't let them win. Take action >

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