Action Alert

Oppose Roll Backs of EPA’s Clean Vehicle Standards

You acted in 2024 to ensure the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the clean truck and car standards. These standards tackle the climate crisis, clean up our air, and protect public health. However, some members of Congress are attempting or planning to introduce legislation that could roll back these health-protective standards.

The clean car standards have massive benefits in addressing climate change and improving public health. They must remain intact as we move towards a zero-emission future.

Our partner, the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE), calls on nurses to send a message to their congressional representatives asking them to vote against any Congressional Review Act Resolution or any other legislative mechanism that aims to roll back EPA’s car and truck standards.

The Congressional Review Act and Threats to Environmental Health Explained

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Barbara Kingsolver writes the ‘pledge’ for the

American Climate Corps

Last month, the first 9,000 members of the Climate Corps committed to Kingsolver’s oath:

I pledge to bring my skills, respect, and compassion to work every day, supporting environmental justice in all our communities.

I will honor nature’s beauty and abundance, on which we all depend, and commit to its protection from the climate crisis.

I will build a more resilient future, where every person can thrive.

I will take my place in history, working with shared purpose in the American Climate Corps on behalf of our nation and planet, its people, and all its species, for the better future we hold within our sight.

What We Are Reading & Listening to this Week

• New data shows 2024 heat-related deaths on track to be lower than 2023 (ABC15News)
• Can chief heat officers protect US cities from extreme heat? (Grist)
• US Dept of Energy Announces Funding to Catalyze Commercial Carbon Dioxide Removal Technology (Energy.gov)
• Overall US Climate Vulnerability Index (EDF)
• Two Years of the Clean Energy Boom (Climate Power)
• National Heat Strategy (NOAA)

   

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