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### ChairmanUpton, Ranking MemberWhitfield, and members ofthe Subcommittee, thankyou forconvening this hearing and for inviting the Climate Reality Project to testify. I am Edrichus R. Sykes, Building Physician, Climate Ambassador and Founder ofPure Green Coatings Limited Liability Corporation a Service Disabled Veteran Small Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Historically Underutilized Business Development Zone Enterprise, and I am honored to be here today. Our shared vision a world re-engaged; living, working and playing in harmony with nature. I have submittedmy full statement to the committee, which Iask bemade part ofthe hearing record. Iwill now glVe a briefopening statement. I am present by choice and desire to help the committee withjurisdiction over Energy and Power. My involvement in this cause is not simp!y a career endeavor and it is more than my family history-as ifthat would not be enough-- but it is a painful result ofthe many stories Ihear from struggling families across our country. Ineed to do something, we need to do something--and Ibeg you to make 

### the most ofthe present opportunity and make it happen now. I urge adoption ofnew carbon dioxide regulations for existing power plants Proposed Rule on Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources. Pure Green Coatings, LLC doing business as AI Pure Green was formed in March 2008 to provide energy conservations measures that result in energy orfossil fuel savings. Today, ournetwork consists ofmore than 3,000 followers and friends across the country. Our Sustainability and Self-Sufficiency services include atoll-free hotline staffedby certified, licensed and bonded energy performance contractors; Energy VitalsTM, a free energy dashboard for low income and middle class families; professional sustainability training programs; Disabled, Veterans, Teens and Senior support; Free benchmark ofcurrent buildings energy performance; and grants to service organizations as well as respite grants to families in need to Save Money, Energy and our Planet! AI Pure Green is expanding worldwide by teaming with Non-Governmental Organizations like Intellectual Decisions on Enviromnental Awareness whom is forming member organizations in various countries. PGC is an outgrowth of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, and its member community partners include The Climate Reality Project, Sierra Club, National Cares Mentoring Movement- Atlanta Cares Circle, Citizens Climate Lobby, GeorgiaInstitute ofTechnology Advanced- Technology DevelopmentCenter, Green Chamber ofthe South, United Way ofGreaterAtlanta, Urban League ofGreaterAtlanta. I serve as the Building Physician and CEO ofPure Green Coatings a Limited Liability Company headquarter in Historic In town Community of Vine City within Neighborhood Planning Unit L 

### AIPureGreen is working toward collaboratively setting a paradigm ofenergy performance for individuals suffering from Carbonpollution which is driving climate disruption and we're all payingthe cost. We'repaying for it in dollars for higher healthcare bills. We're paying for it in lives devastated by extreme weather events. We're paying for it in lostjobs and in every way imaginable. We can't afford these costs any longer, and it's time to take action by raising awareness ofour campaign to support the Enviromnental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan and otherlandmark federal, state, and local initiatives to cut carbon pollution and replace dirty fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy. The Climate Reality Climate Leadership Corps campaign The People vs. Carbon, founded by former Vice President and Noble Laureate 

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**rul'!'·cr'c~·** The Climate Reality project goals include: advocating to making a Historic Proposal a Historic Law. The EPA has done itsjob drafting a plan that points the way forward for our climate, our health, and our economy. Now it's up to us citizens to work together through The People vs. Carbon so this landmarkmeasure becomes law. Make knownthat on June 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its Carbon Pollution Standards: Clean Power Plan Proposed Rule a national priority; working in partnership to advance The People vs. Carbon as a global health crisis that requires worldwide attention; promoting public awareness establishing state goals for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing powerplants; improving quality oflife for individuals living within EmpowermentZones and Renewal Communities Neighborhood Planning Unit; and raising the bar on performance based employees consisting of displaced youths, seniors, disabled 

### and homeless veterans and their families, provided by independent contractors living within "High Poverty" Public Use Mico DataArea.

Accomplishing these goals include: educating families andprofessionals about Green Collar CareerPathways. Our proposed new and emerging Cleantech green collarjobs skills training will benefit non-custodial parents in State of Georgia Fatherhood and Problem Solving Court Programs, Disabled and other Veterans, low and moderate income, unemployed/underemployed, dislocatedworkers, people with disabilities, high school dropouts andpeople with criminal records living in the NPU and PUMA areas. We excel at utilizing High Impact Federal and State Hiring Programs. The President's Climate Action Plan released by Executive Office of the President June 2013 last year was a groundbreaking first step towardcutting carbon pollution in America. However, it'sno secretthat the U.S. is behind the curve of several other countries that already have Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Renewable Energy Plans in place or in process. We have a lot of homework to do but we can learn a lot from what has already been done overseas-bothin planning and in political commitment. The next crucial step is for 

### the plan to provide the U.S. with the moral authority and leverage necessary to take a leadership role in the upcoming 

### Climate Summit 2014 to be held by the United Nations in New York this September, as well as 

### the following U.N. climate change conferences in Lima, Peru 2014 and Paris, France2015. These talks aim to produce a legally binding and universal agreement on greerthouse gas emissions reduction to replace the Kyoto Protocol and offer a global roadmap for climate action in the years ahead, and strong U.S. leadership is vital to the agreement's success.an international meeting ofthose countries by 

### the first quarter of 2012. The Climate Reality ProJect and AI Pure Green would be honored to serve as supporting partners in such an effort and would be glad to work with EPA and others. Climate Reality applauds EPA for adopting the adopting the President's plan, the U.S. offers a show ofgood faith- coupled with concrete action to back it up- that it's committed to addressing climate change independent of other nations' involvement. The EPA's plan may also serve as a model to other countries on how they can enact structural change without triggering a recession or economic st.agnation

- and in fact how they may even sustain or boost growth as a result. In low income families' view, the international meeting would ideally mean nothing because ofevection notices, rent due, late notice, benefits stopped and how other countries have approached their plans and would produce less carbon emissions is farthest things from their minds. Such a meeting would help us develop our plan and help us begin to develop a global approach to this pandemic. The meeting would also include a day or more ofpanel discussions on est.ahlished policies as well as innovative energy efficiency programs abroad as well as those in the U.S., of which there are many. There is little doubt we can get there faster by reviewing what has already been done, what has been successful, and what to avoid.

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# . rue< ·Oc,cCOIIifttl'- "Gifted and talented children arethose identifiedby professionally qualifiedpersons whobyvirtue ofoutstanding abilities are capable ofhigh performance. These are children who require differentiated educational programs and/or services beyond those normally provided bythe regular school program in order to realize their contribution to selfand society" Marland, 1972. Oneexamplethat theU.S. can learn from is the award-winningPathwaysout ofPoverty Green ConstructionProgram which was available in DeKalb County. In Training Partnership with Goodwill ofNorth Georgia and Pure Green Coatings developed and trained Green Construction, Weatherization and Solar Panel Installation. An independent report by Analysis Group, supported by funding from the Energy Foundation and the Merck Family Fund, EPA's Clean Power Plan: States' Tools for Reducing Costs and Increasing Benefits to Consumers. The report evaluates the Clean Power Plan- proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on June 2, 2014- from the perspective ofhow it might impactconsumers. The reportexaminedhow states' planstocontrol carbonemissions may affect owners ofaffected power plants, othermarketparticipants in the electric industry, and, inturn, consumers ofelectricity. Thepaperexaminedoneparticularcarboncontrolprogram- the Northeast states' Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

- that has been in operation for several years, to illustrate how such carbon-control compliance costs and benefits have evolved over 

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### the normal ratemaking practices and other regulatory policies in states across the country that are designed to mitigate rate impacts of investments andprogram costs affectingproduction and delivery ofpower to consumers. The goal of

### the Report was to reflect on recent experience to outline the tools states haveto control costs and increase consumerbenefits as they develop theirplans. An AI Pure Green team ofmulti-professionals brings Deploying Clean Energy services and activities right into the family home. Cuttmg Energy Waste in Homes, Businesses, and Factories. Reducing Other Greenhouse Gas Emissions working grassroots to the Federal Level to as a Climate Leader in Clean Energy. Georgia has laws and practices inplace to protect its utility customers. In Georgia State Code §46-2-20c, the law states that 

### the Public Service Commission "may, either by general rules or by special orders in particular cases, require all companies under its supervision to establish 

### and maintain such public services and facilities as may be reasonable and just." EPAs Clean Power Plan provides palliative case for action for The United States for the impacts of Climate Change but not guidance on divestment to end oflife issues for the coal and other harmful fossil fuels industries. And ifwe do things right, an international movement will follow. I'm going to end with a quote from John Lewis, a writer who was awarded the Presidential Medal ofFreedom, in 2010. He said, "I say to people today, 'you must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, youhave to go for it. As individuals, we maynot live to see theend." AI Pure Green Coatings AI Pure Green and The Climate Reality Project looks forward to working with Members ofthe Subcommittee to address the important issues raised in today'shearing. Thank you again forthe opportunity to testify, and I would be glad to answer any questions.

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