Urge the EPA to pave the way for cleaner cars

	Urge the EPA to Pave the Way for Cleaner Cars To combat the serious threat of global warming pollution, states have the right, under the Clean Air Act, to adopt breakthrough clean car standards that require about a 30 percent reduction in emissions from new vehicles by 2016.

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Write today to urge the EPA to allow states to exercise their right to regulate global warming pollution from cars.

Stephen Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator under the Bush administration, ignored the science and the recommendations of his own staff and denied states the right to implement the clean car standards.

In his first week in office, President Obama instructed the EPA to reconsider this decision. But we’re up against some powerful adversaries. Even as automakers take billions in government bailout money, they continue to spend millions on lawyers and lobbyists attempting to subvert our right to cleaner cars.

The EPA is accepting comments on the clean car standards until Monday, April 6. Please write to them today and urge them to support states’ rights to reduce global warming pollution from automobiles.

Sincerely,

Michelle Robinson
Director, UCS Clean Vehicles Program

Contact the EPA today

Dear Administrator Lisa Jackson,

Thank you for reconsidering the request for states to be able to implement clean car standards for global warming pollution. I urge you to please grant states the right to implement these breakthrough regulations as soon as possible.

This is your opportunity to reduce automobile global warming pollution, provide consumers like me with more fuel-efficient vehicle choices, and help transform the auto industry into a key component of a clean energy economy.

State governments across the country are working to reduce global warming pollution. For many of these states, the clean car standards are a central component of their plans. The science is clear and it’s urgent: to prevent the worst effects of global warming, state and national policies must work in tandem to put the brakes on climate change.

I look forward to your swift action to allow states to implement the clean car standards.

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