Tell Congress to put Protection Over Pollution

The saltmarsh sparrow’s population is declining as their native coastal marsh habitat is lost to rising sea levels, but climate change isn’t the saltmarsh sparrow’s only threat. Mercury pollution from power plants contaminates wetland habitats and gets into the saltmarsh sparrow’s bloodstream through their food supply, impacting the survival of their nests.

The threats facing saltmarsh sparrows and many other wildlife species are becoming more dire. Over the last year, federal agencies and the White House have taken the biggest deregulatory actions in American history, rolling back protections for clean air and a healthy climate in service of narrow political and industry special interests. Frontline communities near power plants and other polluting facilities are now facing even worse threats to their health and safety.

But Congress can help fix this. Send a message to your members of Congress today urging them to take the actions necessary to strengthen the Clean Air Act for healthy wildlife habitat, the climate, and communities.

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Dear Member of Congress,

I am writing to urge you to work with your colleagues to pass laws that strengthen – not undermine or diminish – the Clean Air Act.

Last year, 2025, saw the biggest deregulatory actions in American history. This includes weakening regulations for industries that emit pollution, as well as the intended expansion of fossil-fuel based energy and attacks on affordable and safe clean energy options. But the coordinated efforts go beyond that.

By firing scientists and experts, eliminating pollution and emissions limits, removing transparency and information for everyday citizens like me, the current administration has demonstrated a sustained effort to disregard and distort climate science,  and allow industries to pollute more in service of narrow political and industry special interests rather than the well-being of people and wildlife.

These actions have tangible, long-term consequences. The systematic rollback of rules, including the 2024 changes to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) and the 2009 Endangerment Finding increases pollution, degrades wildlife habitat, and passes financial burdens onto Americans. If we continue to do nothing to address the pollution changing our climate, up to 30% of wildlife species in the world could go extinct and people will have to contend with worsening natural disasters, drought, sea-level rise, and more.

These deregulatory actions will especially impact communities that are disproportionately burdened by the environmental hazards and climate impacts of dirty energy. Research has shown that Black, brown, and other communities of color, as well as low-income residents, are more likely to be exposed to air pollution and are more severely impacted by extreme weather due to redlining and other structural forms of discrimination. Reversing regulations perpetuates environmental injustice, and racial and economic disparities, all while worsening climate change.

Please do what you can in Congress to strengthen protections for clean air and a healthy climate.

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