Lucas, climate change affects every facet of American life, from public
health to extreme weather to national security. Despite the fact that
the majority of Americans, and even the majority of Republicans, support
action on climate change, President-elect Donald Trump refuses to accept
the facts and take climate change seriously, putting the health and safety
of our families at risk.
One of the top items on Trump's dirty energy agenda is to "scrap"
the Clean Power Plan, a proposed rule that would compel U.S. power plants
to reduce the pollution that threatens our health and environment. The
Clean Power Plan would also ramp up our investment in clean energy.
Click here to add your name to the petition from Earthjustice to support
the Clean Power Plan.
With Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan
by his side, Trump is launching an all-out war on the policies and plans
that protect our environment and our health, attempting to dismantle the
remarkable progress we’ve made over the last eight years.
The coal industry and its allies have been attacking the Clean Power Plan
relentlessly with misguided lawsuits, but Earthjustice is in court to
defend it. Protecting our children and the environment should be a top
priority, but Trump and his cronies in Congress are determined to ignore
the urgent threat of climate change in order to please a cohort of climate
deniers and dirty-energy insiders. The shift to a clean-energy economy
is already underway, driven by market forces, bolstered by consumer demand,
and supported by major American companies. Slowing the transition to clean
energy is bad for business, bad for public health, and bad for the economy.
With anti-environment extremists controlling the House, Senate, and the
White House, fighting for climate action will be an uphill battle. President-elect
Trump has made it clear that he will put the interests of big polluters
and dirty energy insiders above the well-being of the American people.
If the health of our nation matters to you, it’s time to speak out.
Sign the petition from Earthjustice: Republicans must keep and support
the Clean Power Plan.
Keep fighting,
Rachel Colyer, Daily Kos