EPA Hearing Testimony \,._

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# Fm':America:~\ My name is Dr" Pamela Sanders Ellis and lliVI§i in the Eastem.Panhandle ofWest Virginia" l have w as a chemist,, and am now in education research, and have written the book, Climate Controversy2013 for secondary students and a general audience with three ofour nation's top climate scientists, George Woodwell, John Abraham, and Michael McCracken. As ayouth, growing up in the capital dtyofCharleston, West Virginia, I reca!! happy days of playing with friends in the woods filled with healthy streams on the mountains where I lived" The waterwas filied with aquatic life, turtles, frogs, fish and avariety of plant life" itwas there Ifirst developed my understanding ofan interdependence with the earth and community. Unfortunately, i, was also aware and witnessed first-hand air 

### & water pollution in the Kanawha Valley and relentless examples ofstrip mining and black lung disease cases in West Virginia affecting friends and neighbors with anthropogenic causes despite the EPA's best efforts. While in high school, myfirstjob, was with Union Carbide Chemicals in Institute, WV where l as an Industrial Hygienist Assistant duringthe summer of myjunioryearo i was given an ozone analyzer by company officials and OSHA regulations to read, which also involved spending considerable time airquality samples in the neighborhoods nearthe plant site.
I went on to major in Chemistry, and latercompleted doctoral work in the field of higher

**educatior~o** So from these experiences, I understood both the important roles ofenvironmental protection and economic employment opportunity. Joining, today, with concerned citizens across the I ask the EPA ofthe States ofAmerica to boldly lead the revelation and revolution necessarythat will, finally, put us on a sustainable path to a hopeful climate future. By working closely the Occupational and the EPA has a Congressional mandate to provide regulations, which are strictly enforced with inspections, investigations and, legal actions extending tothevery corporate managers in industrywho the adequate standards that protect our health and environment. to meet

lt is not surprising that ! am offirm conviction that we musttake the strongest stand possible on the side ofscience and accountability by protecting our climate disruption outcomes. Our leading climate scientists and environmentalists are nowour staunchest po!!tk:a! activists, includingJim Hansen from NASA and Bill McKibben from 350.org who 

### !join in shouts that 80 to 90 percent reductions in fossil fuel usage and carbon emissions are the targets mostwarranted instead of reductions proposed by 2030. current modest

Political debates offossil fuel dependency continue unabated without adequate innovative rt>t1P\i%i::li"H«> energy installations" A divestmentfrom fossil fuels and reinvestments in renewable

**ener~t** sources and infrastructure is the transition thatthe EPA needs to encourage for all A.mericans to dothe same. We pledge our nonpartisan support forthe economic opportunityof air and are the EPA every step ofthewaytowards this goaL Your firm commitment and effortstoward U.S" global leadership and implementation a Change Carbon Emission for generationsto come are ultimatelythe prerequisites for civilization as we have known it. i wantto believe that every EPA employee make sure thatthejob is done! you

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