Reel Advocacy
Show the federal government that you want less smog where you live. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has to decide how much ozone air pollution—smog—is officially safe to breathe. Scientists agree that the level—called the national air quality standard—needs to be much, much lower to protect us than we thought before. Whatever level EPA sets becomes the maximum amount of pollution governments have to clean out of the air.
Send a video message to the EPA to show them the air pollution you see. Tell EPA that they need to tighten that ozone standard way down to force polluters to clean up. EPA must listen to comments from the public before making their decision—so speak up now with your camera!
Ideas for images to film:
Don’t forget to include a clear message to EPA. Send messages like these:
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Ozone smog hurts people where they breathe! We need more protection.
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Tighter ozone standards needed now—people are suffering!
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Ozone smog sends children to the hospital—Help us clean up ozone.
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The air in my city is too polluted. EPA needs to protect us from ozone smog.
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Ozone smog can shorten life. We need more protection now.
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Ozone smog triggers my asthma attacks—help me breathe easier.
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Children need to breathe clean air. EPA, help us now!
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Help us breathe easier—we need less ozone smog.
Video Specifications:
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Length: 15 to 30 seconds
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File Size: No more than 10 MB
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File Types: .MOV, .AVI, .MPG, .WMV
Be aware that we will review and screen all messages for appropriateness!
If your video meets our approval we’ll upload your video to YouTube and then forward them to the EPA to send your message where it counts!
If you wish to send messages without our review, please send them directly to:
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460.
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