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Search all posts for:      View all (96) posts » Weekly Update - June 26, 2025 Posted By Madi Moyer, Thursday, June 26, 2025 YOUR ACTION IS NEEDED!   THE EPA WANTS TO REPEAL TWO CRITICAL CLIMATE POLLUTION PROTECTIONS!   ALL OF US ARE NEEDED TO SUBMIT A COMMENT ON BOTH OF THESE REPEALS.   On June 11, 2025, the EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin signed proposals to repeal two critical climate pollution standards that protect our air. The first would eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions standards for fossil-fuel-fired power plants—among the largest sources of climate pollution in America. And the second would dismantle standards that restrict dangerous mercury and other toxic pollutants from power plants. These proposals are based on the false claim that emissions from these facilities do not contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution, directly contradicting decades of established science and abandoning the EPA's fundamental mission to protect public health.   Both proposals threaten to undo regulations that prevent 230,000 premature deaths each year and have delivered $2 trillion in health and economic benefits since 1990. We cannot allow political ideology to override scientific evidence when human, animal, and planetary health hang in the balance!   Please act now by customizing and personalizing each message to reflect your experience and concerns.   ➡️1. REGISTER TO ATTEND THE HEARINGSANDREGISTER TO TESTIFY AT THE HEARINGS TOO!   The fossil fuel industry will be lining up their speakers, so we need to line up ours! Spaces will fill in 24-48 hours quickly, please submit a request to speak (you will need to submit requests for each hearing if you want to participate in both).   🚨 The EPA will hold a virtual public hearing for Carbon Pollution from Power Plants (docket ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124-0001) Public Hearings will be held on July 8, 2025. Please sign-uphereto testify or attend. Our partners at Climate Action Campaign have prepared aCarbon Pollution Testimony Toolkitto support you.   🚨 Virtual public hearing for Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (docket ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0794-6978) Public Hearings will be held on July 10th, 2025. Please sign-uphereto testify or attend.   Our partners at Climate Action Campaign have prepared aMATS Testimony Toolkitto support you.   SUBMIT COMMENTS ON BOTH PROPOSED REPEALS. WE HAVE LESS THAN45 DAYSTO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD!   ➡️ 2. Customize ECA's pre-written message and submit your comment to the to the Federal Register for the Carbon Pollution from Power Plants Rule,CLICK HERE. Or submit a commenton you own here.Deadline for comments August 7th.   ➡️ 3. Customize ECA's pre-written message and submit your comment to the to the Federal Register for Mercury and Air Toxics Standards proposed repeals,CLICK HERE. Or submit a commenton your own here.Deadline for comments August 10th.

What We Are Reading & Listening to Now

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• Making the case for addressing climate change (Berkeley media studies group)
• Yes, your friends and neighbors want to talk to you about climate change (The Revelator)
• Start a Climate Convo without Saying a Word (Katharine Hayhoe Substack)
• APS thinks $600m in profit isn’t enough. How much is? (azcentral)
• Tucson Electric Power to seek a 14% increase in residential rates (Arizona Daily Star)
• SRP customers can get two shade trees to reduce energy use (Daily Independent)
• US Labor Advocates Demand Heat Protections for Workers as Planet Warms (Inside Climate News)

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