You're paying a high price... Climate Activist— You're paying a high price for carbon pollution.
As we continue to pump climate-altering pollution into the atmosphere, the financial burdens of floods, fires, rising food prices, and other climate-related problems fall heavily on taxpayers.
Determining an accurate cost of carbon is absolutely imperative. It has a huge impact on efforts to fight climate change—but the current official numbers are under attack by the usual suspects. And we only have until February 26th to fight back.
Take Action: Ask the Office of Management and Budget to raise the official cost of carbon pollution.
Since 1980, America has dealt with 151 extreme weather events whose total cost in damages exceeds $1 trillion. In 2013 alone, there were 7 extreme weather events that cost over $1 billion each—and cost the lives of 109 people.
As we continue to pump out carbon pollution, these extreme weather events will only become more deadly and more expensive.
After careful analysis, the White House and the Office of Management and Budget have raised the estimated cost of carbon pollution from $23.80 per metric ton to $37 per ton of carbon pollution emitted into our air—but the dirty air lobby is fighting back.
Don't let them win. Voice your strong support for increasing the estimated cost of carbon pollution today!
 Thank you for your activism and support,
Heather Shelby
Action Network Coordinator 
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