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# L.f?~_J':e,terfs **@Cr~>tai/.c_o~** &/VLf3'1-3if3'f Thank you for creating this time to listen - we all !earn when diverse viewpoints are heard. My name is Ray Roberts and I am the father of 2 awesome daughters, ages 8 and 11. It 1S because of them that Icould no longer stay silent and why I haveworked to start a Pittsburgh chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby: a non-partisan group dedicated to creating the political will to address climate change.
I and Citizens Climate Lobby supportthe EPA and the ObamaAdministration in taking serious actions to address global warming. However Iam sad and angrythat congress hasfailed to act and forced the EPAto implement these rules. The costs ofcongressional inaction are growing each year and not in a linear way - the costs are growing exponentially. They are becoming moreand more personal, also. This year I suffered myfirst asthma attacks, so Ithankthe EPA for stepping up and doing what needs to be done. Unfortunately, EPA rules are a blunt club of a tool compared to the laser scalpel of a legislative solution. A recently published studyfrom MIT backs upthis statement and Iwantto introduce a copy with my statementtoday. Ical! on ourcongress to step up and enact a market-based, revenue neutral carbon tax using a fee and dividend approach such as Citizens Climate Lobby advocates. Comparing apples-toapples, the EPA's blunt rules will reduce only 12.7%ofC02 compared to a revenue-neutral carbon fee & dividend thatwould reduce C02 by 33% below 2005 levels by2020. I believe those legislators who are complaining the loudest about EPA's power plant rules need to do theirjobs and pass a lawthat does a betterjobthan these EPA rules. The independent economic modeling group REM! has studied this legislation recommended by Citizens Climate Lobby and found that itwould growour economy, create 2.1 millionjobs, and save 13,000 lives 

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### ~ s1',J_;e> 11 However, the EPA's power plant rules, while maybe not my first preference - I do supportthem, 

# " and they are are a genuine step in the right direction which is far betterthan the epicfailure of our congress io act.I have three requests. First. Iwish to introduce recently published research from the London School of Economics that raises three huge problems with the DICE model used bythe US governmentto set a price for the social costs of carbon: these problems are 1.) technology can't bounce back following repeated and increasing disasters, 2.) failing to consider climate tipping points which for global warming act like pouring gasoline on a bonfire. 3.) unexpected and unforeseen problems. When I leave my house each day, Idon'texpect itto burn down but I still have fire insurance. Currently, we're using math that assumes nothing unexpected ever goes wrong.

Ifthe DICE model for pricing carbon is adjusted it clearlypoints outthe EPA's current carbon price of$38 perton is way too low. Please increase your carbon price. I agree with the london School of Economics and I believe your price on carbon is dangerously low. Second, please include in your recommendations !or how states might satisfy the EPA rules a revenue-neutral carbon tax using a fee & dividend approach similarto the legislation Citizens Climate Lobby advocates. ! believethat ifthis form of carbon tax is implemented on a state-bystate level the economic benefits would push other states orour nationto follow suit. Third, I.believe there needs to be EPA rules to addressthe incredibly potent greenhouse gas. methane. Here in Pittsburgh, we have an aging infrastructure that leaks methane. For every ton of C02the EPA's rules prevent, an equivalent amount of methane is 

### 80 times more destructive in our atmosphere. Rules on other greenhouse gases are necessary nextsteps. The EPA is being forced to lead in taking action on climate change. It is a moral obligation not only to every citizen in our country, butto mydaughters, and all the children in our nation. The greed ofthe most profitable companies in the history ofthe planet are rallying againstyou. You aredoing the right thing and you have my support.