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Tell the EPA not to walk away from its responsibility on climate

What's At Stake

Power plants are responsible for more than a quarter of U.S. climate pollution, and they also emit other pollutants that harm our air, water, and health. The Trump administration rolled back safeguards on most power plants’ climate pollution, and now it’s trying to strip the government’s authority to regulate the rest. Once again, this administration is putting our lives at risk to benefit polluters.  

There’s a public comment period open until Nov. 2, and we need you to tell the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that you oppose this plan.  

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Trump’s EPA is claiming that climate pollution does not endanger public health and welfare. This assertion makes climate denial official government policy. EPA is effectively abandoning its responsibility to protect us from dangerous climate pollution.   

This is another example of the Trump administration gaslighting us on settled climate science. This kind of denialism doesn’t make pollution less harmful – but it does clear the way for fossil fuel companies to continue raking in profits while Americans pay in health consequences and extreme weather events.   

The last 11 years have been the hottest on record, with real, dire consequences this administration cannot hide. Climate disasters across the country are killing people, displacing families from their homes, and costing billions in damages. At the same time, heat and wildfires are worsening air quality, exacerbating heart and lung diseases that result in premature deaths and soaring health care costs. They will only get worse if the government undercuts its own authority to act.  

We need you to put your personal stories on the official Administrative Record so we can show this administration what making climate denialism the official policy will do for everyday people. We will take your stories with us to court as we hold this administration accountable.  

Public participation still matters. Your voice is your power, and we need you to take action – tell the EPA that they must act to protect us from one of the largest contributors to climate change. 

Dark gray clouds of steam emerge from the top of a smokestack at night, lit by red lights on the smokestack with a dark blue sky in the background.
Emissions rise from a coal-fired generation station in Indiana. (Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg Creative via Getty Images)

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Your Actions Matter

Your messages make a difference, even if we have leaders who don't want to listen. Here's why.

You level the playing field.

Elected officials pay attention when they see that we are paying attention. Read more.

They may be hearing from industry lobbyists left and right, but hearing the stories of their constituents — that’s your power.

Our legislators serve at the pleasure of the people who gave them their job — you.

Make sure your elected officials know whose community and whose values they represent. When you contact your elected official, you’re putting a face and a name on an issue.

Whether or not you voted for them, they work for you, for the duration of their term.

Make sure your elected officials know whose community and whose values they represent. (Find your local, state, and federal elected officials.)

Your action is with us in court.

If a federal agency finalizes a harmful action, the record of public comments provides a basis for bringing them into court. Read more.

Throughout each of the public comment periods we alert you to, Earthjustice’s attorneys are researching and writing in-depth, technical comments to submit — detailing how the regulation could and should be stronger to protect the environment, our communities, and our planet.

We need you to join us — your specific experiences, knowledge, and voice are crucial to add to the Administrative Record through the comment periods.

Lawsuits we file that challenge weak or harmful federal regulations rely on what was submitted during the comment period. The court can only look at documents that are in the Administrative Record — including the public comments — to decide if the agency did something improper.

Your actions aid our litigation. Taking action and submitting comments during a comment period is substantively important.

It’s the law.

Federal agencies must pause what they’re doing and ask for — and consider — your comment. Read more.

Many of us may have never heard of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), but laws like these require our government to ask the public to weigh in before agencies adopt or change regulations.

Regulations essentially describe how federal agencies will carry out laws — including decisions that could undermine science, or weaken safeguards on public health.

Public comments are collected at various points throughout the federal government’s rulemaking process, including when a regulation is proposed and finalized. (Learn about the rulemaking process.) These comments become part of the official, legal public record — the “Administrative Record.”

When the public responds with a huge outpouring of support for environmental protections, these individual messages collectively undercut politicians' attempts to claim otherwise.

What this means is each of us can take a role in shaping the rules our government creates — and ensuring those rules are fair and effective.