Urge the Obama Administration to Protect the Health of Ordinary Americans

Urge the Obama Administration to Protect the Health of Ordinary Americans

The Issue

Given the recent decisions to delay critical new standards on smog-forming ozone and global warming emissions, is the Obama administration putting industry interests ahead of the health of ordinary Americans?

According to a Wall Street Journal article, at a White House meeting where environmental and health advocates described a poll showing that a majority of Americans support EPA standards to protect our health, White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley replied, "I don't give a [expletive] about the poll."

As the president’s chief of staff, Daley should care more about the concerns of ordinary Americans. Nearly 70 percent of Americans want to see the EPA do its job to protect our health and environment from global warming and other harmful pollutants.

Tell White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley that you expect the president to stand firm in the face of industry pressure and meet his responsibility to protect the public's health and our environment from the dangerous effects of global warming.

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Union of Concerned ScientistsPetition StarterPatton has spent years making an impact as an organizer, campaign manager and consultant. Online and off, his clients have consistently won tough campaigns, raising millions of dollars, driving millions of actions, moving millions of voters, and picking up a couple of Pollie Awards along the way. As a campaigner, he's run legislative races in the middle of nowhere and coordinated government relations efforts for large national advocacy groups. As a consultant, Patton developed media and strategy for Democratic candidates and unions as Senior Strategist at Compass Media Group in Chicago, provided fundraising and advocacy strategy for major nonprofits as Senior Account Executive at Donordigital in Berkeley, and did a fair bit of solo work in those fields. As Senior Campaign Strategist at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, he can't wait to tie it all together. Patton is a graduate of the University of Chicago. He lives in Oakland with his wife and a pretty awesome puppy.
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The Issue

Given the recent decisions to delay critical new standards on smog-forming ozone and global warming emissions, is the Obama administration putting industry interests ahead of the health of ordinary Americans?

According to a Wall Street Journal article, at a White House meeting where environmental and health advocates described a poll showing that a majority of Americans support EPA standards to protect our health, White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley replied, "I don't give a [expletive] about the poll."

As the president’s chief of staff, Daley should care more about the concerns of ordinary Americans. Nearly 70 percent of Americans want to see the EPA do its job to protect our health and environment from global warming and other harmful pollutants.

Tell White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley that you expect the president to stand firm in the face of industry pressure and meet his responsibility to protect the public's health and our environment from the dangerous effects of global warming.

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Union of Concerned ScientistsPetition StarterPatton has spent years making an impact as an organizer, campaign manager and consultant. Online and off, his clients have consistently won tough campaigns, raising millions of dollars, driving millions of actions, moving millions of voters, and picking up a couple of Pollie Awards along the way. As a campaigner, he's run legislative races in the middle of nowhere and coordinated government relations efforts for large national advocacy groups. As a consultant, Patton developed media and strategy for Democratic candidates and unions as Senior Strategist at Compass Media Group in Chicago, provided fundraising and advocacy strategy for major nonprofits as Senior Account Executive at Donordigital in Berkeley, and did a fair bit of solo work in those fields. As Senior Campaign Strategist at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, he can't wait to tie it all together. Patton is a graduate of the University of Chicago. He lives in Oakland with his wife and a pretty awesome puppy.
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William Daley, White House Chief of Staff
William Daley, White House Chief of Staff

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Petition created on December 12, 2011