{"id":2898,"date":"2011-09-16T14:37:14","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T19:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=2898"},"modified":"2011-09-16T14:37:14","modified_gmt":"2011-09-16T19:37:14","slug":"edf%e2%80%99s-ads-highlight-aep%e2%80%99s-bad-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2011\/09\/16\/edf%e2%80%99s-ads-highlight-aep%e2%80%99s-bad-example\/","title":{"rendered":"EDF\u2019s Ads Highlight AEP\u2019s Bad Example"},"content":{"rendered":"

While other utilities are investing in technology and jobs, cleaning up toxic air pollution and meeting federal health standards, American Electric Power (AEP) engineered a bill<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> to fight these goals. Their bill is designed gut new federal clean air standards based on a law that has protected American lives for 40 years and helped drive one of the few sectors of our economy to grow during the recession — the clean technology industry.<\/p>\n

We want to discourage other utilities from following AEP’s their bad example. We created a series of ads<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> highlighting AEP\u2019s choice of quick profits over its consumers\u2019 health and lives.<\/p>\n

The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that as many as 17,000 lives will be lost<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> without these new rules. AEP apparently thinks it\u2019s the cost of doing business.<\/p>\n

Join us in asking how many lives will be lost before the risk becomes unacceptable. Ask AEP \u201cwhat\u2019s your number\u201d at askwhatsyournumber.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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