Today 8/5/25 I’m forwarding a message to anyone in higher education concerned about public health and environmental protection from Dr. Debra Rowe, President of the U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development. Please consider making a comment by the 8/7 and 8/11/25 deadlines noted below!

I am reaching out today to encourage all higher education faculty, [students,] and staff to help defend important air quality standards currently being slated for rollback by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards and the Carbon Pollution Standards for Fossil Fuel-fired Power Plants. These standards were recently finished by the Biden administration and protect our climate, our communities, and our financial and physical health.

Please submit comments to the EPA now or as soon as possible, using both of these links:

Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (deadline 8/11)

Carbon Pollution Standards for Fossil Fuel-fired Power Plants (deadline 8/7)

These online forms provide fact sheets and bullet points to use (or you can write your own), so submitting your comments to the EPA is quick and easy. Please share this info with your networks!

Thank you for your continued support for the fight for cleaner air and a more sustainable future.

Debra Rowe, PhD
Co-author
UNEP Global Guidance on Education for Green Jobs
Facilitator
CEM EPI Clean Energy Workforce Project
Facilitator/Initiator
SDG Publishers Compact Fellows program
Education for Green Jobs
Higher Education Sustainability Initiative
Co-organizer
National Clean Energy Workforce Alliance
President
U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
Disciplinary Associations Network for Sustainability
Sustainability Improves Student Learning
Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium