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Dear<Name of Recipient>: 

My name is<Your Name>, and I am writing you because I deeply care about our environment, and the air we breath.  I am writing in support of the Clean Power Act and the Clean Smokestacks Act proposed in Congress (NPCA, 2004).  These acts will require old, dirty, polluting power plants to reduce their emissions of nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and mercury in a safe and cost efficient manner.   

These bills, if enacted on, would clean up areas of natural beauty like the Great Smokey Mountains National Park, which has the highest level of nitrogen deposition in North America.  The scenic views the park was once known for are no longer as scenic because of all the pollutants coming from these power plants. 

While fighting for the Clean Power Act and the Clean Smokestack Act I urge you to fight (NPCA, 2004).  This initiative goes against everything the environmentalists are trying to accomplish and it will only deteriorate the Clean Air Act and bring harm to our nations air standards.  We need to improve our air quality, and shut down or renovate polluting power plants; we do not need to support any further deterioration (Save the Clean Air Act, 2002). 

Thank you for your time, and I hope we can see a change in our nations air quality and the power industry that helps to create the problems.  I look forward to hearing from you and reading your reply.

Sincerely,

<Your Name>

NPCA, 2004. NPCA’s Action Alerts. Retrieved on April 18, 2004 from http://www.npca.org/take_action/action_alerts/Action Alert.asp?strAction=link&Alert. 

Save the Clean Air Act, 2002. Save the Clean Air Act. Retrieved on January 28 from http://www.savethecleanairact.org/public/.