Hi folks –

Please consider signing on to a national community letter, urging Congress to vote NO on the Congressional Review Act resolutions to repeal the recently finalized updates to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for particulate matter/soot (PM NAAQS): https://forms.gle/AzaLRowUYLE3sMKf7

For some quick background, EPA earlier this year finalized strengthened standards for the PM NAAQS, one of the most sweeping air quality standards in the country. Earthjustice and many partners in a broad coalition of local, state, and national environmental, EJ, and health organizations have been working for years to secure stronger standards after the Trump administration left outdated standards in place. EPA finalized a new annual soot standard of 9 micrograms/cubic meter, down from the 2015 standard of 12 micrograms/cubic meter.

Changing the annual soot NAAQS standard from 12 to 9 micrograms/cubic meter is expected to:

• Save 4,500 lives annually;
• Avoid 800,000 cases of asthma symptoms;
• Avoid 2,000 visits to the emergency room;
• Avoid 290,000 lost work days
• Generate $46 billion in public health benefits by 2032

Unsurprisingly, Republicans are attacking these gains, with Congressional Review Act resolutions already introduced in both the House and Senate chambers—every Republican in the Senate has joined as a cosponsor and we expect the resolution will be introduced any day now.

We will be keeping this sign-on open until the CRA resolution is introduced in either the House or Senate. Please reach out with any questions, thoughts, or concerns.

Thank you for your consideration!

Nathan Park

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Associate Legislative Representative

Policy and Legislation Office

EARTHJUSTICE

1001 G Street, NW, Floor 10

Washington, DC 20001

earthjustice.org

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