On Wednesday, February 28 in San Francisco, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — now directed by climate change denier Scott Pruitt — is holding a hearing on Trump's proposed repeal of the EPA's Clean Power Plan. The Clean Power Plan is our most significant effort to reduce climate pollution from the biggest source: coal-fired power plants.
The EPA is holding only four hearings around the country, so it's important that supporters of climate action outnumber dirty fuel lobbyists at the hearing to send a clear message to the Trump Administration, and the EPA, that the public overwhelmingly supports climate action.
People speaking out in support of the Clean Power Plan are already making a difference. After a huge turnout at the first hearing in West Virginia, the EPA added three more hearings, and extended the deadline for public comments.
Join us in San Francisco to keep up the momentum to defend against Trump's attacks on the climate.
The EPA posted the link to sign up to attend or speak at the Listening Session here. Note the time blocks that people can register to provide testimony.
Here are the details:
WHAT: EPA Hearing on the Proposed Repeal of the Clean Power Plan
WHEN: Wednesday, February 28, 8:30 AM to 7:30 PM
WHERE: San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium, 30 Grove Street entrance, San Francisco, California 94102
RSVP TO ATTEND OR SPEAK HERE.
Coal pollution sickens our families and makes climate change worse. The Clean Power Plan will help curb pollution, and prevent 90,000 asthma attacks, 300,000 missed work and school days, and 3,600 premature deaths annually by 2030. All these impacts disproportionately affect communities of color and low-income families. This means that any attempt to dismantle the Clean Power Plan is an added assault on the most vulnerable populations among us.
Trump and Scott Pruitt are again putting polluter profits before the health and safety of our communities and the environment, despite overwhelming support of the Clean Power Plan demonstrated by 4.3 million comments, and thousands rallying and testifying in support at listening sessions and public hearings.
For the health of our families and safety of our future, as monster storms and wildfires pummel our nation, we must keep the Clean Power Plan in place. But Trump's EPA wants to repeal the Clean Power Plan completely.
Now that the EPA has announced its plan, we must fight back. RSVP for the hearing in San Francisco today!
Photo courtesy Sierra Club Compass blog.