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Keep Air Clean - Cap Carbon Dioxide Pollution at 350 Parts Per Million

Leading scientists say 350 parts per million is the maximum level of CO2 allowable to avoid the worst impacts of global warming. The Center for Biological Diversity and 350.org have petitioned the EPA to establish this as a national limit on CO2 pollution. And they need your help.

More than 100 groups signed on in support of this legal petition. And now, well-known people are lending their names to the effort, including the nation's preeminent climate scientist, Dr. James Hansen, author Barbara Kingsolver, musician Bonnie Raitt, and actor Ed Begley, Jr.

Setting science-based national pollution caps for greenhouse gases -- such as no more than 350 parts per million for CO2 -- would mark a critical step in the fight against global warming. The Clean Air Act can help us get there -- but we need you to help us push the EPA to act and act swiftly.

Please sign this petition calling on the EPA to do its job as required by science, law, and common sense to protect our climate and clean air.
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Dear Administrator Jackson:

I support the Clean Air Act petition filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and 350.org to the EPA to cap atmospheric carbon dioxide levels at 350 parts per million -- the level scientists have determined is necessary to sustain life as we know it.

Further, the Clean Air Act works. The Clean Air Act has protected the air we breathe for 40 years, reaping economic benefits 42 times its cost. Today, the Clean Air Act is our strongest tool to immediately curb greenhouse gas pollution and global warming.

Now, more than ever, we need you to fully implement the Clean Air Act to protect the air we breathe and preserve a safe climate. I urge you to grant the petition to set a science-based national pollution cap of 350 ppm, and fully utilize all of the Clean Air Act's successful pollution reduction programs to achieve the deep and rapid greenhouse pollution cuts needed to protect our future.

Respectfully,

Dr. James Hansen, Climate Scientist
Bill McKibben, Founder 350.org, Author
Ed Begley, Jr., Activist /Actor
Bonnie Raitt, Musician / Activist
Barbara Kingsolver, Author
Dr. Helen Caldicott, Anti-Nuclear Activist
Dr. Michael Dorsey, Director- Sierra Club National Board
Brock Evans, President- Endangered Species Coalition
Dinah Bear, Attorney-at-Law
Curtis Moore, Author and former Republican Counsel, Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate
Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, Biodiversity Chair, Heinz Center
Dr. Niles Eldredge, Curator in the Department of Invertebrates, American Museum of Natural History
Dr. John Terborgh, Research Professor Emeritus and Director, Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University
Jonathan Baker, Co-founder, Sol Sage
Joshua Beckman, Poet
Kate Bernheimer, Author
Elise Blackwell, Author
Adam Braver, Author
Alan Cheuse, Author
Ron Currie, Jr., Author
Kathryn Davis, Author
Alison Deming, Author
Jay Driscoll, of band Barefoot Truth
Rikki Ducornet, Author
Ben Edlund, TV Writer and Comic-book Artist
Jennifer Egan, Author
Daniel Handler, Author
Oliver Houck, Author and Professor of Law, Tulane University
Alex Irvine, Author
Anna Lappe, Author, Small Planet Institute
Jonathan Lethem, Author
Victor Lodato, Author
Alec Loorz, Founder, Kids vs. Global Warming
Victoria Loorz, Co-Founder, Kids vs. Global Warming
Ben Marcus, Author
Lydia Millet, Author
Rick Moody, Author
Jenny Offill, Author
Zyg Plater, Professor of Law, Boston College Law School
Dr. Melissa Savage, Professor Emeritus, University of California Los Angeles
Aurelie Sheehan, Author
Darcey Steinke, Author
Darin Strauss, Author
Donna Tartt, Author
Lynne Tillman, Author
Fred Tomaselli, Artist
Harvey Wasserman, author of SOLARTOPIA! Our Green-Powered Earth, A.D. 2030
Don Waters, Author
Eric Zencey, Visiting Associate Professor of Historical and Political Studies, Empire State College
Luanne Rice, Author
Mike Tidwell, Director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network

(All affiliations and titles listed for identification purposes only.)
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Now, more than ever, we need you to fully implement the Clean Air Act to protect the air we breathe and preserve a safe climate. I urge you to grant the petition to set a science-based national pollution cap of 350 ppm, and fully utilize all of the Clean Air Act's successful pollution reduction programs to achieve the deep and rapid greenhouse pollution cuts needed to protect our future. Respectfully, Dr. James Hansen, Climate Scientist Bill McKibben, Founder 350.org, Author Ed Begley, Jr., Activist /Actor Bonnie Raitt, Musician / Activist Barbara Kingsolver, Author Dr. Helen Caldicott, Anti-Nuclear Activist Dr. Michael Dorsey, Director- Sierra Club National Board Brock Evans, President- Endangered Species Coalition Dinah Bear, Attorney-at-Law Curtis Moore, Author and former Republican Counsel, Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, Biodiversity Chair, Heinz Center Dr. Niles Eldredge, Curator in the Department of Invertebrates, American Museum of Natural History Dr. John Terborgh, Research Professor Emeritus and Director, Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University Jonathan Baker, Co-founder, Sol Sage Joshua Beckman, Poet Kate Bernheimer, Author Elise Blackwell, Author Adam Braver, Author Alan Cheuse, Author Ron Currie, Jr., Author Kathryn Davis, Author Alison Deming, Author Jay Driscoll, of band Barefoot Truth Rikki Ducornet, Author Ben Edlund, TV Writer and Comic-book Artist Jennifer Egan, Author Daniel Handler, Author Oliver Houck, Author and Professor of Law, Tulane University Alex Irvine, Author Anna Lappe, Author, Small Planet Institute Jonathan Lethem, Author Victor Lodato, Author Alec Loorz, Founder, Kids vs. Global Warming Victoria Loorz, Co-Founder, Kids vs. Global Warming Ben Marcus, Author Lydia Millet, Author Rick Moody, Author Jenny Offill, Author Zyg Plater, Professor of Law, Boston College Law School Dr. Melissa Savage, Professor Emeritus, University of California Los Angeles Aurelie Sheehan, Author Darcey Steinke, Author Darin Strauss, Author Donna Tartt, Author Lynne Tillman, Author Fred Tomaselli, Artist Harvey Wasserman, author of SOLARTOPIA! Our Green-Powered Earth, A.D. 2030 Don Waters, Author Eric Zencey, Visiting Associate Professor of Historical and Political Studies, Empire State College Luanne Rice, Author Mike Tidwell, Director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network (All affiliations and titles listed for identification purposes only.)

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