{"id":8843,"date":"2017-03-31T08:50:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T12:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=8843"},"modified":"2017-03-31T08:50:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T12:50:55","slug":"action-alert-support-the-clean-power-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/action-alert-support-the-clean-power-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Alert: Support the Clean Power Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, President Trump signed an Executive Order that essentially cripples the Clean Power Plan (CPP), which set standards for reducing US greenhouse gas emissions. The CPP would have closed hundreds of emissions-heavy, coal-fired power plants and frozen construction of new plants, instead supporting cleaner and lower-polluting renewable energy sources.<\/p>\n<p>The president claims that his environmental interests lie in ensuring \u201cclean air\u201d and \u201ccrystal clean water\u201d for the US. Increasing our coal production and the pollution that comes with it is in absolute opposition to that goal.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has spoken out against the decision, saying her office will oppose the president\u2019s latest action in court. Mass Audubon will stand with her.<\/p>\n<h3>You can add your support too.<\/h3>\n<p>Please call Attorney General Healey\u2019s office at <a href=\"tel:(617)%20727-2200\" target=\"_blank\">617-727-2200<\/a> and say: I support the Attorney General\u2019s pledge to oppose President Trump\u2019s actions against the Clean Power Plan in court. Thank you for your leadership and commitment to environmental protection.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Mass Audubon\u2019s advocacy efforts on our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/politicallandscapes\/?utm_source=march31&amp;utm_medium=ygoblog&amp;utm_campaign=advocacy\">Political Landscapes blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, President Trump signed an Executive Order that essentially cripples the Clean Power Plan (CPP), which set standards for reducing US greenhouse gas emissions. The CPP would have closed hundreds of emissions-heavy, coal-fired power plants and frozen construction of new plants, instead supporting cleaner and lower-polluting renewable energy sources. The president claims that his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy-2","category-get-involved"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-2iD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14577,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/pushing-forward-in-spite-of-methane-rollbacks\/","url_meta":{"origin":8843,"position":0},"title":"Pushing Forward in Spite of Methane Rollbacks","author":"Rishya N.","date":"August 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"In a big setback for US climate action, the federal government has rolled back requirements for capturing methane pollution. 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