The Ohio Environmental Council (OEC), has shared this request. The OEC is asking health professionals -that would include public health professionals - to sign on to a letter supporting the EPA's new standard to reduce methane, volatile organic compounds, and other air toxics. It's a simple action with a big public health return on action! Here is the link to
the letter:
http://www.lung.org/get-involved/become-an-advocate/advocacy-alerts/health-professionals-methane-standards.html
Included are links to references on the OEC methane webpage
http://theoec.org/campaign/epa-methane-rule and others OEC blog article:
http://www.theoec.org/one-ohio/4-ways-new-methane-and-air-pollution-standards-will-improve-ohioans%E2%80%99-lives
Campaign resource: www.methanefacts.org FLIR videos:
cep.earthworksaction.org
Please email Melanie if/when you sign-on to the letter as she is tracking
submissions, or if you have questions for her: mhouston@theeoc.org I have
signed on myself.
** If you want to go beyond signing the letter, here are additional
opportunities for advocacy:
To submit a short comment through the OEC: http://bit.ly/ohmethane To submit
a full written comment to the US EPA:
Send comments by e-mail to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505