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> Home > Alaska Action Alerts > Tell Governor Parnell to Support Communities, Not the Coal Industry Tell Governor Parnell to Support Communities, Not the Coal Industry
Take Action:CLICK HERE to tell your governor and member of Congress to defend communities, not the coal industry, by supporting strong EPA safeguards to protect Americans from toxic coal ash.
CLICK HERE to tell Gov. Parnell and Rep. Young to put your community's health first! Here's what your letter can say: Toxic coal ash threatens our communities with poisoned drinking water, contaminated streams and harmful air emissions. Communities near the approximately 2,000 ash disposal sites scattered across the country face an increased risk of cancer, learning disabilities, birth defects and other illnesses due to heavy metals -- such as arsenic, lead and mercury -- that seep into drinking water. Yet the industry would have us believe coal ash is as safe as dirt! The EPA is working to protect Americans by proposing the first ever federally enforceable standards for coal ash disposal. But opponents of these protective measures are asking elected officials to side with the coal industry, not citizens, and help pressure the EPA into allowing the dangerous status quo to continue. If the BP oil disaster and the Tennessee coal ash tragedy taught us anything, it's that we can't just take the polluter's word for it anymore. This is a national problem -- and a national solution is needed. Federally enforceable safeguards are the only way to guarantee the public will be safe from the dangers of toxic coal ash. Please don't stand in the way! More Information:Lindsey Hajduk, lindsey@sierraclubalaska.org |
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Right now, communities across the country face an increased risk of cancer, learning disabilities, birth defects and other illnesses due to dangerous materials like arsenic, lead and mercury that seep into our drinking water from coal ash disposal sites.