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Taking Action on Soot Pollution Standards
March 19, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently proposing to tighten regulations on soot—a mix of metals, organic chemicals, and acidic substances in particles that are so small, they can be inhaled deeply into our lungs and enter our bloodstreams. Emitted by power plants and the tailpipes of cars and trucks, soot’s health burden falls most heavily on communities of color and the poor. Children; the elderly; and people with asthma, other respiratory, and heart conditions are particularly vulnerable.
Enacting the strongest limit could save 19,000 lives a year! We need to tell the EPA to develop the strongest possible soot standard to ensure clean air. Interfaith Power and Light, a faith-based environmental group, has a letter on soot that you can send to the EPA at tiny.cc/epa-letter.
The Environmental Team of the Justice Committee invites you to act to protect our climate and our health, and advance environmental justice. Join us in the Garth Overlook Room following worship on Sunday, March 19, to learn more and sign a petition. Assistance also will be available to help you submit a comment through the EPA website. Comments to the EPA are due by Tuesday, March 28.
