Title: Faith Groups Back Air Quality ELCA NEWS SERVICE NEWSBRIEF FAITH GROUPS BACK AIR QUALITY "Justice dictates that air pollution standards must be set so that all people -- regardless of where they live, who they are, or how much money they make -- have clean, healthy air to breathe," wrote seven religious leaders in a July 16 letter to Carol M. Browner, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Representatives of religious advocacy efforts listed five proposals that would tighten emission standards and encourage uniform enforcement. Kay S. Dowhower, director of the Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs (LOGA) in Washington, D.C., signed the letter with representatives of the Church of the Brethren, Roman Catholic Church, United Church of Christ, United Methodist Church and Unitarian Universalist Association. "As people of faith deeply concerned with protecting the health and well-being of all people, we urge the EPA to set standards for particulate matter and ozone at a level that will protect all humanity, especially the most vulnerable ... children, the elderly and people with lung ailments," they wrote. "Our commitment to environmental justice calls us to stand for air quality standards which ensure that the basic needs of all are met." LOGA is the federal public policy advocacy office of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.