Final signature count: 10,565

10,565 signatures toward our 30,000 goal

Global warming has reached its highest point on record and it’s still increasing. What’s worse, at times our own Congress has been working against solving this crisis.

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have significantly increased since 1900¹, but CO2 emissions have increased by about 90%, with emissions from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes contributing about 78% of the total greenhouse gas emissions increase from 1970 to 2011. Agriculture, deforestation, and other land-use changes have been the second-largest contributors to this environmental damage².

U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions fell by an estimated 11% in 2020 as travel restrictions were in effect³, however, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects that energy-related CO2 emissions in the United States will increase in 2021. Total energy-related CO2 emissions may yet increase to 4.9 billion metric tons in 2022⁴.

Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is able to set standards limiting carbon dioxide and other dangerous emissions. At times, however, Congress members motivated by special interests have taken actions that only serve to accelerate the current climate emergency. Since January 2017, Congress has introduced at least 76 attacks on the Clean Air Act⁵.

Climate-denying elected officials cast doubt on the clear, established scientific consensus that the world is warming⁶ — and that human activity is to blame. These same politicians receive millions in lifetime contributions from the coal, oil, and gas industries⁷.

There is no reason our elected leaders should be supporting causes that harm Americans. Special interests should never come before human and environmental health. Sign the petition below and tell Congress to protect our Clean Air Act from being polluted by special interests!