Forwarding along a last minute sign-on opportunity to join a community letter led by Sierra Club and Earthjustice opposing EPA's latest rollback of coal ash protections - see below for details on how to join the letter. Deadline is tomorrow.

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From: "Jonathan Levenshus" <jonathan.levenshus@SIERRACLUB.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2020 10:31am
To: COAL-COMBUSTION-WASTE@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG
Subject: Sign on Letter: Oppose EPA's Coal Ash Industry Giveaway!

Hello all,

Please consider your organization signing on to a comment letter opposing the EPA’s latest proposal that weakens and eliminates important parts of the 2015 coal ash rule. Organizations can sign on to this community wide letter via this form by 3pm ET TOMORROW, Friday, January 31st.

A list of organizations already signed on can be found below.

As you know, coal ash is the toxic remains of coal burning in power plants. It's full of chemicals that cause cancer, developmental disorders and reproductive problems. It also poisons our water and kills fish and wildlife. But despite this threat, the EPA -- bowing to pressure from coal ash polluting utilities -- is proposing to delay the closure and cleanup of hundreds of leaking, toxic coal ash ponds around the nation.

Instead of gutting the rules set in 2015 to protect the waters we drink and recreate in from coal ash contamination, the EPA should strengthen them -- which is what a federal court told them to do in 2018!

Please join our letter today (by completing the form below the letter) urging the EPA to reject this dangerous proposal. After you sign, feel free to circulate this letter to other organizations in your states and communities.

Note: this sign-on letter is for organizations only. If you are an individual wishing to voice your opposition to this rollback, you can submit your own comments directly to EPA HERE, or take Sierra Club's online action HERE.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.

Thank you!

Jonathan

Organizations that have signed on as of this morning: Citizens Against Longwall Mining; Montana Environmental Information Center; Metro East Green Alliance (MEGA); League of Conservation Voters; BECAUSE; Patuxent Riverkeeper; Kentucky Resources Council, Inc.; Atchafalaya Basinkeeper; Clean Water Action; San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper; Climate Reality Leadership Corps; Michigan Environmental Council; Black Warrior Riverkeeper; Committee on the Middle Fork Vermilion River; Better Building Institute Inc.; Labadie Environmental Organization (LEO); Milwaukee Riverkeeper; Citizens Against Ruining the Environment; Chattahoochee Riverkeeper; Cahaba Riverkeeper; Suncoast Waterkeeper; Valley Watch, Inc.; Seneca Lake Guardian; Prairie Rivers Network; Springfield CLEAN; Lower Ohio River Waterkeeper; Lake Erie Waterkeeper; Gunpowder Riverkeeper; Southern Environmental Law Center; Waterkeeper Alliance; Coastal Carolina Riverwatch; Environmental Integrity Project; Coal River Mountain Watch; MountainTrue; Kissimmee Waterkeeper; Appalachian Voices; Lone Tree Council; Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association; White Oak-New Riverkeeper Alliance; Citizens for a Greener Illinois; Natural Resources Defense Council; Hoosier Environmental Council; Sierra Club; Metro East Green Alliance; Powder River Basin Resource Council; Savannah Riverkeeper; Tennessee Riverkeeper; Citizens Coal Council; Tennessee Clean Water Network; Eco-Justice Collaborative; Quad Cities Waterkeeper Inc.; Puget Soundkeeper Alliance; Ogeechee Riverkeeper; Spanish Community Center Russian Riverkeeper; Hurricane Creekkeeper; Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL Utah) SOCM; Waterkeepers Chesapeake; Crystal Coast Waterkeeper

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Jonathan Levenshus

Director of Federal Campaigns

Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign

jonathan.levenshus@sierraclub.org

(202) 590-0893

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