Protect the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards!

President Trump and Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler are targeting restrictions on dangerous mercury and toxic pollution from power plants with the intent to overturn the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS) which threatens to boost levels of mercury, soot, and other hazardous pollution in our water, food, and communities. MATS limits the amount of mercury and other toxic air pollutants emitted by power plants and reduces harmful greenhouse gases from being released into the atmosphere.

This move would have devastating health consequences for communities across the country, in particular  pregnant women and their babies as mercury pollution has been linked with damage to the brain, nervous system, and to fetal development. The power industry, which includes coal and oil burning power plants, has invested $18 billion in cleaning up these dangerous pollutants and opposes this attempt to overturn this environmental protection.

As Christians, we know that when God made creation, it was deemed good, though we have too often been the purveyors of destruction of the land, seas, and sky. Our calling is to be stewards of what God has given us and live in harmony with Creation.

Overturning the Mercury & Air Toxic Standards will have devastating environmental and health effects on our communities, wildlife, and atmosphere. Contact the White House and EPA today and ask they protect these environment standards!

Read a Backgrounder or return to the Office of Social Justice website.

Contact the White House and EPA today!

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As a Christian, I affirm the dignity of all human beings made in the image of God. I believe the poor and vulnerable should be protected, welcomed into our communities, and not forced to choose between continuing to access programs their families need, and risking the loss of their legal immigration status.

The Trump administration has announced that immigrants in the United States who legally use public benefits such as food assistance and Section 8 housing vouchers could be denied green cards under a new “Public Charge” ruling. Federal law has always required those seeking green cards to prove they will not be a burden and has taken into consideration the acceptance of cash benefits. But the government has never before considered the use of other public benefits, like assistance for food, thus widely expanding the breadth of who is considered a “public charge”.

I ask that you reconsider the expansion of who is considered a ‘Public Charge’ and not force families to make the choice between choosing food, housing, health care, and immigration status.