Public Comments Needed on EPA’s Proposed Updates for Mercury & Air Toxics Standards

Editor’s Note: We are sharing this information from Dr. Debra Rowe, President of the U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development.

Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as the suns sets, near Emmett, Kansas, United States, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. The U.N. health agency said Monday, April 4, 2022, nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn’t meet its standards for air quality, calling for more action to reduce fossil-fuel use, which generates pollutants that cause respiratory and blood-flow problems and lead to millions of preventable deaths each year.
(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel; retrieved from Wisconsin Public Radio)

President Biden’s EPA has proposed a new update and released facts regarding the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards.

Faculty, staff, and students — please weigh in to comment on and support these EPA regulations. There is now a public comment period and we need to generate as many comments as possible. Statements from faculty and staff in higher education are especially valuable.

This standard complements other regulations to reduce greenhouse gases.

Please take one minute to fill out this form where you can write a comment that will be submitted to the EPA. You can reply as a private individual or you can include your organizational affiliation. The form includes comment guidance so this is easy to do.

Thank you for all your efforts. Please share this with your networks!

Debra Rowe, PhD

President
U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development

Facilitator/Initiator
SDG Publishers Compact Fellows program
Education for Green Jobs 
Higher Education Sustainability Initiative

Co-author
UNEP Global Guidance on Education for Green Jobs 

Co-organizer
National Clean Energy Workforce Alliance
Beyond Doom and Gloom: Climate Solutions

Co-Facilitator
Disciplinary Associations Network for Sustainability
Sustainability Improves Student Learning
Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium