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MatthewNJ
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 Posted - 08/20/2013 : 19:42:54
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I think this affects all of us. Our environment is key. This is from Consumer Union. If you are in the US, please check it out an click on the link and send your message to the EPA now.
this is the link
https://secure.consumersunion.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=2809&autologin=true
Policy and Action from Consumer Reports
EPA needs to hear from you, not Big Oil!
If Americans speak out in support of a plan that will clean up our gasoline and our air, we can beat back Big Oil. But we have to get this done by the end of the year. Tell the EPA's new boss to approve it now!
Take action
Dear Matthew,
The clock is ticking on a clean-car plan that will dramatically slash pollution in our cities – the equivalent of taking 33 million cars off our roads!
The Environmental Protection Agency has only four months to finalize a plan that would clean up our gasoline so it doesn’t emit so much pollution when it’s burned. And with a new EPA administrator now on board, we have a great opportunity to get it moving!
Of course, Big Oil is out in force trying to kill it. They don't want to make needed changes in their refineries, and they expect you to live with the consequences – tens of thousands of more respiratory problems in kids and adults, and the resulting environmental problems.
Tell new EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy you support the clean-car plan. She needs to hear from you, not just Big Oil.
While many of us would like a world without polluting cars, we’re just not there yet. But we can make a huge dent in pollution by cleaning up the gas our vehicles run on. The air near our roadways has high concentrations of particulates, ozone, carbon monoxide, lead and sulfur – over 50 percent of which come from vehicles.
This plan would add under a penny to a gallon of gas, and less than $150 to the cost of a new car in 2025. It’s widely backed by public health officials, cities, environmentalists – even the auto industry is on board.
But Big Oil is digging in! They’re hoping to run out the clock or get Congress to intervene and kill it. That’s why it’s so important EPA Administrator McCarthy finalizes the plan soon!
Send a quick email of support right now. It’s a common-sense way to clean our air and improve the environment.
If you have friends and family who would join you in action, please forward this email to them. Let’s show the new EPA director that Big Oil doesn’t run our country!
Sincerely,
Shannon Baker-Branstetter, Consumers Union
Policy and Action from Consumer Reports
Matthew
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Sam908
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Posted - 08/21/2013 : 20:43:44
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| Consumers Union should stick to testing refrigerators and rating breakfast cereals. Unfortunately, over the past few years it's become a house organ for a number of dubious social and political causes. And it seems to me that your post has no relevance to the stated purposes of this forum. |
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off topic but important
