Defend the Clean Air Act! Call Senator Bob Casey Today!
Background
The Environmental Protection Agency is under attack in Congress by some who say that allowing the agency to do its job will harm the economy. We know that simply isn’t true. In fact, for 40 years the EPA and the Clean Air Act have saved lives and protected the public health by cleaning up our air and water. At the same time, new innovations in pollution-control technologies have created new industries and countless jobs here in Pennsylvania and across the nation.
There are three measures in Congress that aim to prevent the EPA from doing its job:
- Senators Jim Inhofe and Mitch McConnell introduced legislation that would permanently block the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources like power plants and refineries.
- Senator John Rockefeller proposed a plan that would bar the EPA from regulating harmful greenhouse gas emissions for two years.
- Senator Max Baucus proposed a plan that would exempt industrial and agriculture sources from greenhouse gas regulation.
Any delay or attempt to limit the EPA’s ability to do its job of protecting the public health is a step in the wrong direction. Our lawmakers need to hear loud and clear from Pennsylvania residents that the EPA must be allowed to do its job.
Contact information
Senator Robert P. Casey Jr.
Washington office: (866) 802-2833
Senator Patrick Toomey
Washington office: (202) 224-4254
Sample phone script
· Hello, my name is ________________, and I’m from [CITY].
· [Give a brief description of yourself: I am a doctor/nurse/business owner/teacher/mother/ father/grandmother/grandfather/person with asthma/parent of a child with asthma/etc.]
· I’m calling to urge Senator ________________ to vote NO on any measure that limits the EPA’s ability to do its job of protecting the public health.
· The EPA has the important job of protecting the public – especially our children – from dangerous pollution.
· That’s why the American Lung Association and other health groups are calling on Congress to protect the EPA.
· I urge Senator ________________ to oppose any efforts to weaken the EPA.
· Any delay or attempt to limit the EPA’s ability to do its job is a step in the wrong direction.
