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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of max hosey [max@townhallsf.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 1:55 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Tue, 11/05/2013 - 01:54 

Submitted values are: 

Name: max hosey 

Email: max@townhallsf.com

Comments: 

Hello EPA, Coal and gas-fired power plants hurt our communities and our climate. They are one 

of the worst sources of climate pollution in the United States, and until now, they've been 

allowed to pollute without limits. 

Carbon pollution is the main cause of climate problems, which means more droughts, wildfires, 

and storms. This costs Americans over $140 billion a year. Each family's share is over $1,000 

per year. Fossil fuel companies are getting rich, but our families and communities pay the 

bill. 

Carbon pollution is also linked to dangerous air pollution like the smog that triggers asthma 

attacks. 

If the clean air protections are strong enough, then rich fossil fuel companies will no 

longer get a free pass to pollute. They won't be able to dump unlimited amounts of climate 

pollution into our air anymore. These safeguards will also protect families from dangerous 

air pollution like toxic mercury, dirty soot and the smog that triggers asthma attacks. 

We can’t give a free pass to natural gas -- more gas in the electricity sector just means 

more fracking and more pollution. We need strong standards that limit pollution from coal AND 

natural gas-fired power plants, and we need a commitment to true clean energy like wind and 

solar. 

Polluters can't balance their books on the backs of the poor. We need protections that make 

sure pollution doesn't disproportionately hurt America’s poorest and most vulnerable 

communities. 

Strong standards will hold polluters accountable. 

We can get rid of more than a third of the climate pollution from power plants so that we hit 

our nation's climate goals - what scientists say we need to do to stop runaway climate 

change. 

It's a win-win - we can modernize and clean up our communities and create new jobs at the 

same time. 

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From: Heldt, Rodger [RHeldt@PeabodyEnergy.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 1:49 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Contact Us Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN TO USE OUR MOST ABUNDANT RESOURCE AND PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT. THIS CAN BE 

DONE BY WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. PEOPLE DO CARE ABOUT THE 

ENVIRONMENT AND WE DO NOT HAVE TO SACRIFICE THEIR FAMILIES WAY OF LIFE TO MEET OUR GOALS. 

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From: Sandy Atkinson [sandyatkinson45@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 12:23 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: put the brakes on power plant emissions

To All of you at the EPA, 

Please continue to do your job and protect our air, land and water, 

 from the dangers of continued polluters, especially from power plants. 

The clock is already running out on saving our planet from self destruction. 

Thank you for taking action! 

Sincerely, 

Sandy Atkinson 

7580 Navigator Cir, 

Carlsbad, CA 92011 
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From: Polly Reetz [polly_reetz48@live.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 12:18 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Carbon pollution standard for existing power plants

To the Environmental Protection Agency: 

 

Although I was able to speak at the National Public Listening Session in Denver, Colorado on October 30, 2013

I would like to embellish my comments and put them, in writing, on the record. 

 

These comments are made on behalf of the Audubon Society of Greater Denver (ASGD), a grassroots 

conservation organization with approximately 3,000 members in the Denver metro area. Our Society is an 

autonomous Chapter of the National Audubon Society. 

 

We at ASGD believe climate change is the major environmental challenge of our time and that we are already 

paying the costs of putting tons of carbon in the atmosphere every year, in the form of drought, increased 

number and intensity of forest fires, and increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. 

Therefore we support EPA's initiative to impose carbon pollution standards for existing power plants, which 

contribute 40% of the carbon pollution that causes climate change. 

 

As Audubon Society members, we have participated in citizen science activities such as the Christmas Bird 

Counts. Through these efforts, we contribute to and receive information indicating that bird distribution 

patterns, and timing of migration are changing. EPA's website cites data from the National Audubon Society 

showing that for 305 widespread bird species, the average winter center of abundance moved northward by 35 

miles between 1966 and 2005. Birds are showing up on the nesting grounds earlier in the spring. The timing 

of resources on which these migratory birds depend, such as insect population emergence and seed production, 

may be out of synchronization with bird breeding cycles, thus reducing food availability. By impacting bird 

populations, we are impacting ecosystems and economic systems (birds eat a lot of insects which, without this 

predation, go on to devour human food crops). 

 

Without getting into the technicalities of emission controls, on which we have little expertise, we can cite 

several actions that have been taken in Colorado to reduce carbon emissions that could certainly become a part 

of an EPA regulatory framework: 1) Coal-fired power plants can shift to burn natural gas; 2) Some part of the 

power produced by the owner/utility can be required to be generated by alternative energy sources such as wind 

and solar power; 3) Utilities can encourage reductions in energy consumption, and thus carbon emissions, by 

offering rebates to customers for increased energy efficiency in homes and offices. 

 

In Colorado, we have witnessed 43 forest fires, including the extremely destructive Waldo Canyon Fire, in 2012 

alone; heat and drought extremes; and rainstorms that dropped nearly a year's worth of moisture in 5 days in 

September 2013, causing flooding that traveled 140 miles, killed 8 people and destroyed more than 1,000 

homes. As can be seen by these statistics, it is the public that is bearing the brunt of the cost of such disasters. 

We think that the power industry should step up and bear some of the costs as well. Thus we urge you to 

propose strong carbon pollution standards for existing power plants, to address this major cause of climate 

change, protect public health and safety, and fulfill the moral obligation we have to future generations to leave 

an environment cleaner than we found it. 

 

Thank you for providing the opportunity to comment on this initiative. 

 
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Pauline P. Reetz, Conservation Chairman 

Audubon Society of Greater Denver 

9308 S. Wadsworth Blvd. 

Littleton, CO 80128 

 

 
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From: Sondra Napell [yayasondra@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 11:49 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Listening for clean air

It is imperative that we reduce carbon pollution right now! Standards for existing power 

plants, both coal and gas, must be set that reduce carbon emissions. We need the EPA to lead 

the country in protecting health and safety, AND promoting clean energy. Americans just 

need leadership and direction: the Clean Air Act and the EPA can lead the way.DO IT! 

Drs Sondra and Herbert Napell 

Sent from my iPad 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Will Davis [davis.away@live.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 11:25 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 23:25 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Will Davis 

Email: davis.away@live.com

Comments: I think we are taking the right steps to reduce amount carbon in the air by added 

scrubbers and bag houses. I hope we continue this trend forward. Coal is our main source of 

reliable and efficient power. 

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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Amy Allen [theinkstainedwretch@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 11:19 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 23:18 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Amy Allen 

Email: theinkstainedwretch@gmail.com

Comments: 

As a young person concerned about her future, I urge you to enact the strongest possible 

standards for existing power plants. I am 22 years old, and a masters’ student at Stanford 

University, studying civil engineering with a focus on building energy efficiency. I am 

originally from Springfield, Illinois, and have witnessed the impacts of coal mining and 

burning in the form of farmland subsidence and bodies of water irreparably damaged by coal 

ash. Like everyone, I have witnessed the impacts of climate change in the form of 

increasingly frequent extreme weather. I will attend the listening session in San Francisco 

tomorrow to make these comments in person, and represent many others --I know former 

classmates of mine at the University of Illinois will be speaking at the hearing in Chicago, 

and many others from my generation. 

Specifically, I suggest you adopt standards similar to the ones recommended by the Natural 

Resources Defense Council, with a limit equivalent to 1,500 lbs/MWH for coal, and 1,000 

lbs/MWH for gas. But most importantly, some standard needs to be put in place to set a 

precedent that existing coal plants no longer have a license to pollute unabated. I want to 

secure a future for my own generation and that of my children that is not irreparably damaged 

by climate chaos: droughts, wildfires, natural disasters, and conflicts over water, land, and 

other essential resources. CO2 emissions to date have locked in a certain about of climate 

disruption, but we must act now to avert the worst impacts. Please enact the strongest 

standards possible for existing power plants. 

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From: Jane Stoever [janepstoever@yahoo.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 11:07 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Contact Us Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Dear EPA, 

 

I spoke at this evening's listening session in Lenexa, KS, and am sending this summary of my comments. 

 

I'm Jane Stoever, a Board member of PeaceWorks, Kansas City. Also, I'm retired from editing for the American 

Nurses Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Finally, I belong to the Thomas Hart 

Benton Sierra Club, based in Kansas City, Mo. 

 

Please enact strong requirements to prevent carbon dioxide emission. Decreasing carbon in the atmosphere is 

crucial to our health and protection of the environment. 

 

I'm remembering that about 5 years ago, Austin knocked on the door of our home. He was about 6 years old, his 

older sister (she was about 13) was babysitting him, and he needed help. He wasn't speaking much but I 

understood he was concerned about his asthma. He let me know he didn't need to go to the hospital, I phoned 

his sister that he was with me, and he soon relaxed and was fine. This was my closest encounter with asthma. 

Since then, reading about the effect of coal plant emissions on people with asthma and other respiratory diseases 

always brings Austin to my mind. We can't keep on polluting our world without concern for the illness we're 

spewing out of our smokestacks! 

 

We're in Kansas this evening, and Kansas ranks 3rd among the states in wind. But it ranks 14th in conversion of 

wind to usable electricity. We can do better! We can improve our use of solar and wind resources and rely less 

on fossil fuels. Strict requirements from the EPA will help push coal companies to convert to other energy 

sources. 

 

Many thanks for trying to protect people's health and safeguard our environment! 

 

 
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From: John Donaldson [johnd@mail.fresnostate.edu]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 10:48 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: CO2 from power plants

It is essential that our nation get serious about reducing CO2 pollution. Changes, most of them harmful, are 

happening very quickly, and our CO2 emissions just keep rising. I am convinced that the best solution is a 

simple tax on CO2 emissions; I do not believe such a tax has any chance of passage by Congress, yet. 

Therefore, EPA rules to reduce the emissions are the best, the only, powerful measures we can presently take to 

 reduce the danger hanging over us. 

Therefore, please do your best to enact powerful limits on CO2 emissions from all existing plants. It must 

become harder and harder to use coal, which is just too dangerous a source, to produce our power. 
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From: Merlin Ring [ringmerlin@yahoo.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 10:30 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Region 7 comment

Change is difficult. We can manage change and transition to renewable energy sources in an orderly manner. Or we can 

wait to have change forced upon us (when we run out of readily available fossil fuel or suffer the effects of climate 

change) with resultant chaos and dislocations. I see the EPA role of implementing limits on carbon emissions as a way to 

manage and force needed change in a timely manner. 

Industry will not change on their own without regulations as the driver. Methods of carbon sequestration are unproven and will remain unproven until industry is motivated to come up with a viable process. EPA regulations on carbon emissions will provide the driver to industry to find and implement the needed new technology. For example, see "The One-Stop Carbon Solution", Scientific American, Nov 2013. 

I support the President's "all of the above" energy policy. All of the above includes "clean coal". We can't and should not stop the use of coal immediately. Coal will provide reliable energy as we make the transition to renewables. I don't accept the statement that clean coal is a oxymoron. With regulations on carbon emissions EPA can create the push for innovation in clean coal technology. 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Anita Wertz [tom.anita.w@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 10:27 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 22:26 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Anita Wertz 

Email: tom.anita.w@gmail.com

Comments: I am a private citizen who is very concerned about the impact of the output of 

existing power plants. I have no suggestions, but want to express my support for efforts to 

reduce carbon emissions as soon as possible. Our voracious use of fossil fuels has already 

caused significant damage to our fragile, yet resilient planet. The sooner we adopt 

reasonable, effective regulations to accelerate the inclusion of all polluters in emission 

controls, the better. Our generation should take responsibility to leave our children with a 

planet that is cleaner than when we received it as stewards from our parents. It can be done 

with clear, reasoned leadership from EPA and its partners. Thank you for the opportunity to 

submit comments. 

 I attended the Region 7 listening session in Lenexa this afternoon and felt it was an 

important outreach to the public for ideas and input. 

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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Roger W. Papler [rwpapler@sbcglobal.net]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 10:27 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 22:26 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Roger W. Papler 

Email: rwpapler@sbcglobal.net

Comments: Retrofit the existing plants to be more efficient energy extractors and improve the 

filtering of their exhaust with some 'out of the box' 

scrubbing technology such as some sort of watery medium rather than solid air filter. 

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From: John de Forest [johndeforest@earthlink.net]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 10:07 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Your job

 Dear EPA:

 

 It is well known that the greatest amount of air pollution comes from carbon. Isn't it your responsibility to protect the environment?

 

 John de Forest

 

 

2534 Lake Street

San Francisco, CA 94121
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Gregory Howard Gebhart BA ABD MBA MEd 

[greghgebhart@yahoo.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 9:54 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 21:53 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Gregory Howard Gebhart BA ABD MBA MEd 

Email: greghgebhart@yahoo.com

Comments: Two of my three comments were about converting power plant CO2 emissions into 

ethanol. Billions of gallons of ethanol would be produced. 

What about the blend wall? Make more E85 and manufacture more flex fuel vehicles and export 

gasoline from the US. The result will be a reduction of carbon emissions by 80% or more, more 

Detroit big three profits and jobs, and a dramatic decrease in the US Balance of Payments 

deficit. 

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From: Dan Richman [danrichman@earthlink.net]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 9:42 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: coal

Dear EPA People, No one is paying me to write this. And my job does not hang on my holding one 

opinion or the other. I'm just a human being and a father and a wannabe grandfather. And I'm mighty 

worried about the future. The planet is sick and getting sicker, and one great cause of the sickness is 

the coal-burning electrical generating plant. It poisons the air we breathe and adds greatly to the 

greenhouse effect. And just mining the stuff wreaks havoc on the land. I hope and pray you will force 

corporations to spend money and employ stringent measures to clean up what emerges from their 

smokestacks. In truth, I look forward to the day when coal will cease to be profitable to those to whom 

profit seems to take precedence over every single thing, and they will drop it as an enterprise.

 

Thank you,

 

Daniel Richman
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From: William Cusick [billc12321@sbcglobal.net]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 9:40 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: power plants.

Dear EPA, 

The USA needs to modify its carbon emissions and energy production balance. There are cleaner alternatives. 

The status quo is the irresponsible and destructive path toward global climate change. The choice is simple. 

Make as much money as possible for the coal burning power plants or preserve the future of humanity. 

Thank you, 

William Cusick 
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From: mark mesle [markmesle@yahoo.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 9:39 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Carbon Pollution and the EPA

I for one believe the 97 percent of climate scientists who say that in order to protect our planet and our loved ones we 

need to take dramatic steps to reduce the amount of carbon we dump into the atmosphere. I am convinced that this will 

soon be everyone's number issue and the more you can do now to regulate the coal industry and regulate greenhouse 

gas emissions the better off my daughter will be. 

Sincerely, 

Mark Mesle 

Chicago, IL 
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From: joellen@youngcanine.com [joyoung@dslextreme.com] on behalf of Jo Ellen Young 

[joellen@youngcanine.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 8:20 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: carbon emissions

Reducing carbon emissions is critical to staving off climate crisis, preserving our quality 

of life, and saving our planet. 

Please ensure that carbon emissions are reduced in order to address dangerous climate change 

impacts like drought, wildfires, rising sea levels and increasingly unpredictable weather 

patterns and super-storms. 

Thank you. 

Jo Ellen Young 

Culver City, CA 
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From: Climbing Sun [sunclimber1@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 8:18 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Mercury Pollution

Please require scrubbers on all plants immediately to eliminate mercury release into the atmosphere. And we 

must get away from the annual dumping of tons of carbon-based compounds into the skies. The climate is 

changing and it is already effecting our ability to produce food, control ocean levels, and protect reefs and sea 

life. Very truly yours, 

 

Climbing Sun, 

 

Civil Engineer and Building Designer 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of David Liu [dtliu@hotmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 8:11 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 20:11 

Submitted values are: 

Name: David Liu 

Email: dtliu@hotmail.com

Comments: 

Hello, as I'm sure many of the comments you are receiving will reflect, I am in favor of 

acting swiftly to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants. The quickest way to 

change behaviors in our market-based economy is of course to make a behavior costly or 

otherwise unjustifiably costly. To that end, requiring equipment to sequestrate carbon from 

new power plants is a good first step. A carbon tax, or fee, if one prefers, would easily be 

the simplest and far-reaching initiative the administration could put forth in order to make 

major cuts to our current levels of fossil fuel consumption at power plants. Such taxes or 

fees could be directly redistributed to citizens so that any argument of rising prices become 

a moot point. Keep up the good work and know that it is helping to protect the future of 

untold generations to come. 

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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Sharon Murphy [paiwf@aol.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 7:37 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 19:36 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Sharon Murphy 

Email: paiwf@aol.com

Comments: 

Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0495 - Because Coal-fired power plants are 

responsible for 40% of our country's CO2 emissions, as well as a large part of the mercury 

and other toxic air pollution in our air and rivers, causing cancer and other severe health 

risks, IT IS CRITICAL THAT CO2 REDUCTION STANDARDS BE PUT IN PLACE, FOR OUR SAKES AND THOSE 

OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. 

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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Sandi Garrison [slandra.garrison@kcenergy.org]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 7:27 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 19:26 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Sandi Garrison 

Email: slandra.garrison@kcenergy.org

Comments: I have worked at a non-profit entity Metropolitan Energy Ctr that promotes energy 

efficiency for almost 3 years. What I have learned is education is of utmost importance to 

teach people within their homes and the commercial industry to tighten up their buildings so 

they do not need so much energy to live comfortably. We are a very wasteful country and we 

need to fight the war of poverty and get homes safer for it's inhabitants. Insulating and 

tightening up buildings so people need less electricity is what needs to happen. Teach people 

to be mindful of using less energy. Educate energy efficiency in churches, schools and at the 

lunch table at work. Why not insure that people who are so concerned about job loss with 

tighter environmental laws will be put in and trained to learn new skills in the sustainable 

energy fields that are in dire need of being developed that are healthier for our country and 

citizens. Educate people, get rid of the good old boys that don't want to change. Business is 

not as usual. 

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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Joseph E Long [joweldsalot@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 7:17 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 19:16 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Joseph E Long 

Email: joweldsalot@gmail.com

Comments: 

all standards need upgraded 

funding provided to upgrade all emisions on every burning unit no matter the product that is 

burned 

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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Maria Kline [pflrecords@yahoo.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 7:14 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 19:14 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Maria Kline 

Email: pflrecords@yahoo.com

Comments: I just want to make sure what ever the choice EPA makes just know it's about our 

future which are our children. We can't take jobs away but we got to make more jobs with 

these choices that is made. The health of the people is so important as the cost is to for 

many families are of living on a very low income. We have to make choice that going to move 

the county forward for all and not for just same. Clean air is needed more so now then it 

ever have been for there is more people living on earth but don't take the people to the poor 

house doing this. Important to live with clean air,important to be able to feed our families 

with safe food but most of all important for jobs for the future of our children that we 

leave behind. 

coming after u 

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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Gary Blankers [gary@mjbpr.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 7:12 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 19:11 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Gary Blankers 

Email: gary@mjbpr.com

Comments: 

I urge the EPA to make strong rules to cap the amount of polutates into the atmosphere. 

The price arguments do not recognized the breaks given to the Coal and Oil industries 

currently. 

Strong restriction will give clean energy a chance. 

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From: vao2@comcast.net

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 6:55 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: need a strong carbon pollution rule

Dear Sir: 

We cannot afford the costs any longer – the health costs from illnesses related to carbon pollution in the air; the 

costs related to climate change such as those we are still experiencing from the storm a year ago in Sandy Hook. 

We need a strong carbon pollution rule for power plants. We must pay the full cost of the energy we use and 

that includes the cost to produce it in a way that does not make the world worse. We only have 1 world. 

Sincerely, 

Ed and Vickie Oles 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Shirley Ingalls [ingallssk@yahoo.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 6:39 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 18:38 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Shirley Ingalls 

Email: ingallssk@yahoo.com

Comments: Please do everything you can to impose environmental controls on existing coalfired power plants which will make them too expensive to continue using, thus spurring the 

development of environmentally friendly alternatives. 

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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of diane morgan [diane.morgan@tmcmed.org]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 6:37 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 18:36 

Submitted values are: 

Name: diane morgan 

Email: diane.morgan@tmcmed.org

Comments: We depend on you, the EPA, as a crucial part of our Federal Government, to set 

policies and laws that will protect the US population. 

Most of us do not have the finances to try to influence policy for further short sighted 

financial gain such as many of the Utility companies have been able to do. My main concern 

is that they have not always been held to the strict guidelines to protect the public as is 

expected to be put in place by our government. I truly respect and hold the EPA as a higher 

dept. of our govt in this manner and truly expect and hope you will cont. to put in place the 

strongest carbon pollution rules and guidelines, especially with the old power plants. 

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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Trevor Hawkins [Trevor@Mammothmedia.tv]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 6:36 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 18:35 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Trevor Hawkins 

Email: Trevor@Mammothmedia.tv

Comments: 

I don't know why so many of you have been speaking only about local issues. 

Pollution is not a local issue. It's not a money issue, it's not a power issue, it's not a 

jobs issue, And it's definitely not an "it's too hot to walk my dog now" issue. It's a world 

issue. It's a human issue. And it's a problem for every species on Earth. The problem is SO 

much bigger. 

Fluctuations in temperature and climate are natural throughout earths geological history. The 

earth's climate heats up and cools down regularly and we just happen to find ourselves in a 

particularly comfortable time. That being said, right now through pollution from these 

unnecessary factories we are doing more than our fair share to make sure the earth is 

uninhabitable as soon as possible. Yes global warming is real despite what Fox News tells 

you, and we are currently destroying our home at an unrepairable rate. Unregulated pollution 

will literally kill the human race, and we will die out taking everything living along with 

us. But make no mistake, the earth would actually survive. It would eventually bounce back, 

and move on without us. We just won't be around to enjoy it because we ruined it for 

ourselves. 

Right now, the technology exists to supply the world with clean power. And if everyone worked 

together, imagine what we could achieve if we all invested our money together for the long 

term sustainability of the human species, instead of short term financial gain. The ignorance 

of these pollution supporters is remarkable. Who cares how much it costs to save the world? 

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From: Rachel Gita Schiff [rachelgita@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 6:11 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: public listening session in San Francisco

Hello, 

I will be unable to make it tomorrow, but I am writing to urge you to use these rules to reduce climate pollution in the coming years. The US really needs and I really want tough new stricter regulations on coal plants. 

Coal is bad for our health, bad for our communities, and bad for the climate. From Appalachia, where the tops of mountains are blown off to mine coal, to communities living with respiratory diseases and cancers in the shadow of power plants, the coal industry has run ragged over our country. Coal CEOs continue to reap profits while ripping off workers and the planet -- and it's past time to move our country and our planet beyond fossil fuels. 

Thank you, 

Rachel Gita Schiff 
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From: Faith Clifford [fmclifford@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 5:45 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Coal-fired Power Plant EPA Public Listening Session

I am unable to attend this public session, but want the EPA to continue with its new rules on 

the Coal-Fired Power Plants. It is important for all of us to have cleaner air. 

Thank you. 

Faith Clifford 
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From: Jennifer Roche [jenniferroche@yahoo.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 5:28 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Comments on Carbon Pollution 

Dear Members of the EPA, 

 

 

“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the 

fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a 

thing as being too late. Procrastination is the thief of time. Life often leaves us 

standing bare, naked, and dejected with a lost opportunity. . . Over the bleached 

bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words, 

‘Too late.’"

 

--Martin Luther King, Jr.

As a concerned citizen of our shared planet, a never-miss voter, someone who cares very much 

about my community, country, and our natural world, a Chicagoan and a loving mom of two children, 

I feel compelled to speak out strongly in favor of reducing carbon emissions from all power sources 

as drastically as possible as soon as possible. 

 

The planet is indisputably in peril from carbon emissions. History will judge us by the actions we take 

now. That is why I call on you to begin requiring immediate zero carbon emissions from all power 

plants or shut them down permanently. Solar and wind, among other renewables, have proven their 

ability to contribute to the planet's carbon-free energy and can make up for this lost power. They 

simply need the same govenrmental support fossil fuels had at the onset of that industry. 

 

Thank you for this opportunity to share my point of view. I also thank you in advance for your 

courage and excellent stewardship of our country’s resources. I trust you will do the right thing and 

act before we all must bear hearing the pathetic words, “Too late.” 

 

Sincerely yours, 

 

Jennifer Roche 

Chicago, IL 60657 

JenniferRoche@yahoo.com

 

Jennifer Roche
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From: duane niatum [niatumd@hotmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 5:14 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Coal fire power plants

My wife and I are both against the continued use of these filthy plants. Let us see you 

finally do something for our health and the planet's. 

Sincerely, 

Duane Niatum and Martha Spencer 

Sent from my iPad 
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From: Angela Smith [smithang1@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 4:40 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Clean Air Act and Existing Power Plants

To Whom It May Concern: 

I live in rural Minnesota and am a member of an electric cooperative (People's Energy Cooperative/PEC) there. 

A few weeks ago my family received their quarterly newsletter which contained a letter from JoAnn Emerson, 

CEO of the Natioanl Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) that was highly critical of the Obama 

administration's instructions to the EPA to use the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. 

According to Ms. Emerson's letter, regulating GHG emissions from existing fossil-fuel burning power plants 

will raise electric prices for consumers while doing little to actually curb carbon dioxide emissions. 

I would just like to weigh in that I am strongly in favor of using the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas 

emissions, and I am in complete disagreement with the NRECA. Although I receive my electricity from a 

cooperative that is a member of the NRECA, I am one of the few in the PEC who pays extra for wind energy 

precisely because I think that our country ought to do something about curbing climate change. No matter what 

happens from here on out, it is clear that the United States' decades of inertia on this issue will force us to pay 

more in one way or another. I work in agriculture and in public health, and the costs of inaction (in the form of 

reduced food security, flooding, storms, spreading diseases, national security, etc.) greatly outweigh any 

additional monies that will need to be spent to reduce emissions by power plants should we continue to do 

business as usual. I realize that these costs will be passed on to me, as the consumer. However, this is more than 

about money. I believe that we are responsible to future generations and the billions of other people who live on 

this planet who have not enjoyed our standard of living but who are now dealing with rising sea levels and other 

ecological problems because we have been doing little to nothing on our end. We must also be mindful of the 

other species with whom we share this world and who are in peril thanks to climate change. 

It is unfortunate that in these economic times, there will be those among us who will have some financial 

difficulty with even a small increase in their electric bills, and we must also consider them. Ms. Emerson's letter 

makes it a point to talk about how regulating the industry will be a hardship to the rural poor. I do not pretend to 

know how to ease increased costs for them, especially given the cuts being made to Food Stamps this week, but 

I do know that poor people will - ultimately - suffer the most and have the least means available to adapt to 

climate change as greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. 

I urge you to make complete use of the Clean Air Act to regulate existing power plants. You do have residents 

in the rural heartland who believe that this is much needed and will fully support such efforts. 

Thank you for your consideration. 

Sincerely, 

Angela Smith 

 
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From: Paul Smith [waddysmith@sbcglobal.net]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 3:42 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Coal fired power plants

Hello, i am writing to state my opposition to coal fires power plants. They are bad for the 

environment, you know. And there are alternatives, you know. Please consider your legacy and 

vote against coal-fired power plants. thank you. 

Paul Smith 

Sent from my iPhone 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Joseph Elcock [joe_elcock@yahoo.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 3:25 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 15:25 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Joseph Elcock 

Email: joe_elcock@yahoo.com

Comments: 

To the EPA: 

I would like to applaud you for the new proposed rules for carbon from new power plants. It 

is long past the time that we should be addressing the horrible impacts that carbon pollution 

is having on our habitat. 

As we move into the new century, it is important to embrace clean technology, and I support 

EPA efforts 100% 

Thank you, 

Joe Elcock 

Dedham, MA 

603.568-5666 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Mark A. York [mark_y48@msn.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 3:18 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 15:18 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Mark A. York 

Email: mark_y48@msn.com

Comments: We need to phase out coal as fast as possible. Coal plants should be converted to 

natural gas in the interim as a bridge to more alternative energies such as solar and wind. 

Reducing carbon from electrical generation is where we get the biggest bang for the buck as 

it were. We must do this in a significant way. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Jon Ghilino [jghilino@hotmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 2:53 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 14:52 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Jon Ghilino 

Email: jghilino@hotmail.com

Comments: I agree with increasing the carbon pollution standards to reduce carbon emissions. 

It will produce cleaner air and create many new jobs / temporary jobs benefiting our 

economy. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: Alana Tartaro [atartaro@haverford.edu]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 2:51 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: My Carbon Input

To whomever it may concern, 

 I will be unable to attend the public session on Friday to voice my opinion in person, but I hope you 

seriously consider my written message. I urge you to stand strong against the coal industry. The coal industry 

may have more money on its side, but we have right on our side. The fight against coal is a fight for a livable 

future and present. We talk about the effects of fossil fuels as if they were distant, but in actuality people are 

developing asthma and cancer from the effects of coal mining, and burning today. Anything that can be done to 

limit the effects of coal is a step in the right direction, as it will force us towards cleaner, greener forms of 

energy and away from the sickness of dirty air and water. It is for these reasons and many more that I will be 

deeply appreciative of any effort on the part of the EPA to reduce the impact of coal. 

Thank you for your time, 

Alana Tartaro 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Robert Ruskin [robert.ruskin@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 2:36 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 14:36 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Robert Ruskin 

Email: robert.ruskin@gmail.com

Comments: Continue closing coal fired plants starting with the most polluting. Promote new 

gas fired plants, wind and solar. Consider nuclear with the latest safety precautions. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: Judith Ross [judithar321@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 2:34 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Reducing Carbon pollution

To whom it may concern, 

I made the following statement at today's listening session in Boston. 

Good morning. 

 

Two years ago, a friend and I drove to Vermont to help clean up the wreckage left by Hurricane Irene. What I 

saw there was something out of a post-apocalyptic movie. One house had been pushed off its foundation and 

severed in half. The top floor sat on the ground like a disembodied head, and the rest of the home was nowhere 

in sight. 

 

Later, I met the home’s owner. She told me that they had lost everything. Their garden, their cars, and the two 

businesses that she and her husband had run from inside their home, all swept away in a powerful surge of 

water. She said she was grateful to have escaped with her life. 

This past June, the health impacts of climate change hit even closer to home. We were in Brooklyn visiting 

our son to celebrate his 30th birthday. It was a good visit, except for his terrible coughing jags. He may be 

an adult, but I’m still his mother. I gave him no peace until he agreed to see a doctor.

The diagnosis? “Cough-variant asthma, which is likely triggered by allergies,” my son told me. “It's not 

permanent, it'll probably go away.” And then he said, “The doctor gave me an inhaler and some pills.”

Allergies, asthma, an inhaler? While these words are all too common in many households — and on a 

permanent basis — this is a startling diagnosis for a normally healthy adult with no history of either 

seasonal allergies or asthma. 

And he wasn’t alone. According to allergists, heavy rains the previous fall, combined with standing water 

left by Hurricane Sandy triggered a surge in pollen and mold problems that resulted in an intense allergy 

season, introducing many of the area’s residents to nasal congestion, watery, itchy eyes, and, yes, 

persistent coughs.

The fact is that rising Co2 levels are hurting all of us. Superstorms like Irene and Sandy are more likely to 

occur if climate change and carbon pollution are left unaddressed. 

As a mother, a concerned citizen, and someone deeply in love with this planet, I urge EPA to propose a strong 

carbon pollution standard for existing power plants. We cannot allow them to continue dumping unlimited 

amounts of dangerous carbon pollution into our air. 
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My sons are old enough to have grown up with nearly the same natural cycles that I did. I want the same 

experience for my grandchildren. The phrase “new normal” is really just code for chaos and illness across our 

planet. 

 

Addressing climate change is our obligation to our children and future generations. I urge the EPA to take the 

largest step our country has ever taken in that effort by aggressively limiting carbon pollution from power 

plants. 

 

My name is Judith Ross. I am a life-long resident of Massachusetts, and a member of Moms Clean Air Force. 

 

Thank you for listening. 

-- 

Judith A. Ross 

www.judithaross.com

Follow me on twitter @judithaross 
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From: ICDesk R1 [R1.Icdesk@epa.gov]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 12:35 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Public Listening Session Comment

November 4th Public Listening Session

I appreciate this opportunity to comment as a caring citizen. According to a recently released report by the EPA, 55% of 

our rivers & streams are in poor biological condition. You have a mandate under the Clean Water Act to fix this problem, 

which is directly related to public health, since drinking water can easily be polluted and from a moral standpoint, people 

no matter where they live deserve and need clean healthy water. Therefore, Federal standards must be upgraded to 

capture and treat rainwater where it falls to keep polluted runoff out of lakes, rivers and streams in a proven cost effective 

way. 

Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA is due by June 2014 to propose guidelines for existing power plants. The standard you 

propose should be strong and flexible to allow renewable energy like wind and solar, and energy efficiency to play a 

significant role in achieving deep carbon emission reductions at an affordable cost. Power plants are our largest source of 

carbon emissions at 40% of the carbon that causes climate change and there are numerous health concerns associated 

with climate change. Worsening ozone pollution is causing respiratory and lung ailments, heat waves are increasing in 

number along with illness and deaths, and more occurrences of extreme weather events is increasing injuries and deaths. 

 Public health should be your primary concern; I emphasize that "protection" in the title of your organization's name needs

to be your top priority. You can act to save lives.

We can get back to a low carbon energy future. I stand up with the majority of our leading scientists, in advising that we 

rapidly change over our gas as well as our coal plants into places that produce wind and solar. We already have the 

technology, just listen to our scientists; we must make sure we aren't relying on a natural gas dominated electricity 

system that possesses significant climate, economic and public health risk and would not be a long term solution to 

global warming. Remember you are committed to deliver on President Obama's Climate action plan in order to do your 

duty for a viably healthy future.

Oil refineries, after power plants, are the next largest stationary source of global warming emissions. The EPA should 

also consider additional standards for cement kilns, fertilizer plants, crude oil and natural gas production, and possibly 

steel plants and lead smelters.

There are other actions which need to be fully implemented to address health threats from coal fired plants. These 

include the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard to control hazardous pollution from coal & oil fired plants. These emissions 

can lead to cancer, heart disease, neurological damage, birth defects, asthma attacks and even premature deaths.

Lastly,I strongly urge you to fully regulate the disposal and management of coal ash, a toxic by-product of coal fired 

plants, that can cause ground & surface water contamination. And please make sure the power plant cooling water intake 

structures are meeting the standards you've already set to reduce their harmful environmental impacts. Please listen to 

your conscience; the planet's future depends on it.

Carol Walker, carwalker@comcast.net

Winthrop, MA 02152
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From: michelle billmaier [michellebillmaier@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 2:00 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Keep coal in the ground!

Please create the strongest possible regulations to help us cut carbon emissions and shut down existing coal plants (including the coal plants from which PSE now gets 30% of the electricity it sells to King County). Burning coal is one of the single biggest contributors in the US to the climate emergency, as well as being extremely harmful locally to human health and ecosystems.

Thank you,

Michelle Billmaier
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From: minaconrad16@comcast.net

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 1:35 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Air pollution

Dear one in charge, 

Please think of our pollution as a subject of greed ignorance and lack of education. 

Greed from the power thirsty companies, ignorance from mass consumers and lack of education of 

the public to take charge of their environment. 

As the ones in power you have the responsibility to bring awareness to the public and the big 

corporations about the importance of clean air. There are not enough trees on the planet to clean the 

amount of pollution produced by cars and factories. 

Pollution is suffocating what is left of the trees. Life in this planet is in jeopardy and we are the care 

takers of this beautiful world which has been given to us as a gift for the time being. 

Please be considerate with your choices between material profit that is limited and the the fulfillment 

you get from bettering the world. 

Thank you 

Mina Webb 
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From: Don Fisher [dfisher@secondpres.org]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 1:27 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Nov 4 Lenexa KS hearings

Dear EPA, as one who cares about the future of the planet and not so much about the profits of the coal industry, I 

encourage you to put in place and enforce the strictest possible air quality standards. We must, we must, move toward 

sustainable energy sources, and if regulation (rather than conscience) is what it is going to take to force the energy 

industries to move that direction, then regulate. 

Also, I highly encourage you to ask each person who speaks before your panel to tell his/her home address and to state 

who it is who provided his/her travel expenses to the event. 

Don Fisher 

101 W. 109th St. 

Kansas City, MO 64114 
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From: Lynda Swanson [lyndaswanson@me.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 1:05 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Cc: Lynda Swanson

Subject: EPA listening tour on carbon reduction from CURRENT plants

Yes...Anything! Do it now! My children, my godchildren, my grandchildren and all the children 

everywhere must survive this nightmare. Also, spare the oceans, the botanical and 

agricultural plants, the trees, the enormous aquatic mammals, the food chain...it HAS TO 

STOP! We have to LEAD! We cannot keep pointing the finger at China and India etc...we have 

to help curb everywhere. 

Give people a scorecard to keep track of their own carbon footprint; show them how a small 

amount of investment now will yield enormous improvements in 10-30 years. 

I, too, am limiting my airplane travel to one trip/year; drive less than 5 miles a week; live 

in a small house which I keep "cool"; walk as much as I can; and recycle, reduce, and avoid 

purchasing overly-packaged junk. 

DO NOT FAIL US! 

Lynda Swanson, 571-3 Pointe Pacific Drive, Daly City CA 94014-3439; Lyndaswanson @comcast.net
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From: ICDesk R1 [R1.Icdesk@epa.gov]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 12:37 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Public Listening Session Comment

November 4th Public Listening Session

Thank you for taking action on climate change! As a business person and parent I am very grateful that the Obama 

administration is taking this important step towards a carbon free future. I'm hopeful that this action will be followed by 

many other important and positive steps such as denying the Keystone XL pipeline, increasing our investments in 

renewable energy and transitioning away completely from fossil fuel energy sources over the next several decades.

Quinton Y. Zondervan

Executive Director

Climate Action Liaison Coalition
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Stew Plock [kathystew@comcast.net]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 12:23 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 12:23 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Stew Plock 

Email: kathystew@comcast.net

Comments: As a teenager, I saw all the cigarette ads that motivated me to take up smoking for 

more than 10 years. During that period, the FDA bravely took on the deception and dishonesty 

of the cigarette industry as science proved the link between smoking and lung cancer. In the 

same way, the EPA now has the opportunity to listen to the vast majority of environmental 

scientists and stop or severely limit the harm to our atmosphere by burning coal. The impact 

on the quality of life of Americans and peoples around the world depends on drastic fossil 

fuel reductions, and the most effective way is to limit coal power plant emissions over the 

next 20 years. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: ICDesk R1 [R1.Icdesk@epa.gov]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 11:20 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Public Listening Session Comment

November 4th Public Listening Session

Global climate disruption has become a reality for Americans across the country we have seen first hand the effects. I am 

a Veteran of the USA. and feel that we as humans need to do more to hold the corporations accountable that do not 

 abide the environmental law and fined very heavily so it hurts them financially and start a trust and the fine money should 

be used to help fund the EPA to help correct the damages that have been done by negligent corporations and to be used 

only for that cause.

My concerns are for the fundamental recreational activities that all Americans should have and enjoy like Hunting, 

Fishing, Swimming and enjoyment of all Nature and State parks.

So that's why I support a strong carbon pollution protection plan from the EPA.

Sincerely,

Gerald Slade

635 26th Ct.

Vero Beach, Fl 32962

veteran1960@att.net
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From: Paul and/or Cindy Wackerbarth [phwchw@erols.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 11:20 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Stop coal now. 

Dear EPA, 

As a person who suffers from asthma, I really need clean air. 

As a teacher, I know that there are more and more children with asthma. It is your duty to protect the public by 

continuing to support and enforce clean air initiatives. 

With great dismay, I see destruction that occurs to mountain tops, streams, and habitats as a result of mountain top 

removal for coal. I realize there is an employment/ economic issue here. The long range plan has to include reduced 

use of coal and enforcement of penalties to those who do not comply with laws. 

Thank you for what you do. Keep on! 

Sincerely yours, 

Cynthia Wackerbarth 

Falls Church VA 
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From: Windows Live Team [ch_a_alex@hotmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 11:20 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

I support placing the strongest possible standards re: carbon pollution on power plants. They are responsible 

for 40 percent of carbon pollution in the U.S., which is driving very damaging environmental change. Soon, if 

we do not act in the strongest possible way, this change will be irreversible. For this reason alone, the 

strongest possible action is necessary. Economic costs to the dirty power industry is not nearly as bad as 

economic losses that wouls come about as the result of permanent climate change. 

 

 

Sincerely, 

 

 

Charles Alexander 
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From: Pam Drew [drew.pam@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 10:41 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Standards for power plants

I endorse strong carbon pollution reduction by new power plants and existing power plants, 

particularly regarding coal power production but also for all types. This is long overdue. 

Pam Drew 
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From: Justine Tenzeldam [eastbayjustine@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 8:54 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Fwd: Tuesday in SF: Coal lobbyists don't want you to come.

I am writing to oppose any sort of coal operations in California, or the world for that matter. I cannot understand 

why coal is still being used today, when there are so many options that are much safer and cleaner. As a Grand 

Mother, and Mother of a Daughter with Asthma, it has hit home for me. But, remember -- we're all connected to 

each other and the environment. Science proves it. Don't you want YOUR air and water to be clean? Do the 

right thing folks. 

Thanks for allowing the input. 

Justine tenZeldam 

1600 E. 31st Street 

Oakland, CA 94602 

510-230-8270 

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 

From: Justine Tenzeldam <eastbayjustine@gmail.com> 

Date: Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 5:50 AM 

Subject: Re: Tuesday in SF: Coal lobbyists don't want you to come. 

To: 350@350.org, cmahan@audubon.org

Is this on Facebook? Would you like me to post it, if not?! 

On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Anna Goldstein - 350.org <350@350.org> wrote: 

Friends, 

Sorry for the short notice on this one, but we've got a rapid-response moment on our hands. 

On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency is holding a public listening session in San Francisco about their new rules on coal-fired power plants. These new EPA rules could be a powerful way to reduce climate pollution in the coming years -- and these hearings were designed to gather community input. 

Predictably, the fossil fuel industry is pulling out all the stops to weaken, block, or delay these rules. We've heard reports that they're flying in coal lobbyists and corporate shills to make the EPA think that the public doesn't really want tough new regulations on coal plants. We can't let that happen -- and that's where you come in. 

Will you join us in San Francisco this Tuesday November 5th for the EPA public listening session on coal-fired power plants? Together, we can prevent corporate polluters from hijacking this event. 

Here are the details:

What: Rally and Public Listening Session on coal-fired plants 

Who: You, your friends, and people representing a diverse coalition of climate activists. 

When: Tuesday, November 5th, 9:00am-4:00pm 

Where: U.S. EPA Region 9 Offices, 75 Hawthorne St., San Francisco (Click here for a map) 

Sign Up: Click here to register with the EPA. 

We know that coal-fired electricity is one of the largest sources of carbon emissions in the US, and that we need to make a just transition to clean energy as soon as possible. These EPA rules can help make that transition happen -- but not if we let the coal industry stand in the way. 

Coal is bad for our health, bad for our communities, and bad for the climate. From Appalachia, where the tops of mountains are blown off to mine coal, to communities living with respiratory diseases and cancers in the shadow of power plants, the coal industry has run ragged over our country. Coal CEOs continue to reap profits while ripping off workers and the planet -- and it's past time to move our country and our planet beyond fossil fuels. 

Hope you can join us on Tuesday, 

Anna Goldstein for the 350.org team 

P.S. If you can volunteer to take notes, help with hand-outs, and hold signs, please email Connie Mahon at cmahan@audubon.org. 

P.P.S. Can't make it? If you are unable to attend the listening session in person, the EPA is also accepting input by email at carbonpollutioninput@epa.gov. 
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@JustinetZ @BicycleArtSalon

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