To: Senator Claire McCaskill
Senator McCaskill: Don't derail the Clean Power Plan!
Climate scientists are clear that we need to make major cuts in carbon pollution immediately in order to avoid catastrophic climate change. We need a rapid shift to kid safe, climate safe energy. Delaying implementation of the Clean Power Plan would prioritize fossil fuel interests over the health and safety of our kids and communities.
We urge you to support adoption of a strong Clean Power Plan without delay.
We urge you to support adoption of a strong Clean Power Plan without delay.
Why is this important?
The national Clean Power Plan will put limits on carbon pollution from power plants for the first time. The policy will save lives by reducing dangerous air pollution that triggers asthma and other respiratory diseases. But dirty energy interests, together with their allies in Congress, are aggressively working to derail it.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to push legislation in the U.S. Senate soon to delay adoption of the new carbon pollution limits for a year or more. His ultimate goal is to kill the Clean Power Plan altogether.
Senator McCaskill is under heavy pressure to vote for Senate legislation to postpone the shift to clean energy our kids need and deserve. Given the current and growing threat posed by climate change, delaying action is a high risk gamble with our children’s future.
Missouri is already feeling the impacts of climate change, and kids living near coal-fired power plants are suffering from high rates of asthma. Recent scientific studies estimate that the Clean Power Plan will save thousands of lives per year, and prevent 150,000 asthma attacks. So the sooner limits are placed on carbon pollution from power plants, the sooner asthma and other diseases linked to power plant pollution will be reduced.
In addition to combating climate change and air pollution, the Clean Power Plan will help boost the rapidly growing clean energy economy. A recent study found that the Clean Power Plan will help generate nearly 300,000 new solar, wind and other clean energy jobs in Missouri and throughout the country.
The sooner the Clean Power Plan is implemented, the sooner Missouri will expand investments in the kid safe, climate safe energy. The only beneficiary of delaying the Clean Power Plan would be big polluters, who could continue dumping unlimited carbon pollution into our air for a year or longer.
Let’s send Senator McCaskill a clear message to put the interests of our kids and climate before polluters. Ask Senator McCaskill to support adoption of the Clean Power Plan right away, without delay.
Thank you for taking action!
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to push legislation in the U.S. Senate soon to delay adoption of the new carbon pollution limits for a year or more. His ultimate goal is to kill the Clean Power Plan altogether.
Senator McCaskill is under heavy pressure to vote for Senate legislation to postpone the shift to clean energy our kids need and deserve. Given the current and growing threat posed by climate change, delaying action is a high risk gamble with our children’s future.
Missouri is already feeling the impacts of climate change, and kids living near coal-fired power plants are suffering from high rates of asthma. Recent scientific studies estimate that the Clean Power Plan will save thousands of lives per year, and prevent 150,000 asthma attacks. So the sooner limits are placed on carbon pollution from power plants, the sooner asthma and other diseases linked to power plant pollution will be reduced.
In addition to combating climate change and air pollution, the Clean Power Plan will help boost the rapidly growing clean energy economy. A recent study found that the Clean Power Plan will help generate nearly 300,000 new solar, wind and other clean energy jobs in Missouri and throughout the country.
The sooner the Clean Power Plan is implemented, the sooner Missouri will expand investments in the kid safe, climate safe energy. The only beneficiary of delaying the Clean Power Plan would be big polluters, who could continue dumping unlimited carbon pollution into our air for a year or longer.
Let’s send Senator McCaskill a clear message to put the interests of our kids and climate before polluters. Ask Senator McCaskill to support adoption of the Clean Power Plan right away, without delay.
Thank you for taking action!