Thank you for giving us an opportunityto voice our opinions regardLUg new powerplant emissions. My name is Tanya Roland. I was born in the District, grew up tn Arltngton and currentlyJive inFalls Church_ I am not a specialist, or any sort ofexpert inthe fields be

LUg discussed today so I apologize up front for my limitedknowledge. I'm merely a profoundly concerned member ofhumanity. When I was preparingthis statement, I was floored to learn that the power industryhas had NO REGULATION on carbon emissions to date. Are youkidding me? And this, the number one carbon pollutingindustry? Well, this certainlyexpla.ins A LOT! It's not rocket science to be able to understand and appreciate that we can't thrive, much less survive while poisonLUg our air. Humans, animals, flora, all living things share the same buildingblocks ofnature; earth, water, fire, air and space. All livingthings (like the elements) 

### are interconnected, Interdependent. This is easy to see. We desperately need a paradigm shift from systems that DON'T fundamental.ly protectthese buildingblocks oflife, (toxin spewingpowerplants, for example), to ones that do. We need to move from a view that we 

### are betterthan nature to the realization that we ARE nature. ThiS Is wisdom in action. It is common sense. AJJy child can appreciate this. Ifour arrogance and ignorancekeep us from this realization, things will get undoubtablyget veryrough. The current paradigm has no Wisdom. Wisdom would atbest eliminate toxic concentrations ofpollutants at their sources, and AT LEAST merit regular moratoria on dubious practices that can threaten our air, water, soil. Those who desperately cling to the statusquo addiction to fossil fuels argue It Isn't the government's role to choose "winners". And yet we all know that laws and regulations are created to support some chosenindustry, iSsue or activity for someone'sbenefit_ And this is a good thing. The enttre industrial revolution was able to manifestbecause the industries ofcoal, electricity, ga.s, steel, etc

...were all at some point givenbroad support. And one ofthe beauties ofour governmentis that 

### we can change course when It becomes SELFEVIDENT' that old practices can not and do not apply to currentcircumstance. The fossil fuel para.digm 

### as 1S has run

### its course. One role ofthe governmentis to have laws that protectus from substances and practices that induce harm. The need to hold an industry accountable for poisoning the purity ofthe elements. and dramatically limiting their ability to do so in the first place is straightforward, and again, SELF-EVIDENT. Yet our culture ha.s beenliterallyrailroaded into letting these industries steerthe ship and remain unaccountable for 

### tar too long. I have no problem whatsoever with our rights to make profit. However, allowing powerplants to gush toxic particulates forces everyone to ingest them. These substances also absorb into soil and water. No living thing is safe from them. Bynot restricting them (much less eliminating them), not only is everyone literally drinking the kool-aid, butthe government ts in essence dishing tt out. Ifwe continue to force a narrow view that strips unabated nature's wealth, she gets 

### weak, ill (and we right there with her), and systems collapse and die. Civilizations throughout history have collapsed. overuse and depletion ofresources iS 

### a primary commonfactor. Our modern contributionto the historical formula 

### are toxic poisons and deadly efficiency. Are we so arrogant to believe that we're somehow magically immune? Energy, health and medicine, agriculture, economy,....are also interdependent and interconnected. Ifwe examined and implemented these industries and practioesfrom a baseline ofecological protection, it would be so easyto solve many ofthe problems 

### we face. It goes without saying that I fully support strict standards tbr new power plant emlBstons. And absolutely, emiSsions at existing power plants need to be dramaticallyregulated and reduced. Our legal systemuses standards ofproofcalled 'rea.sonable doubt'. While there lB more than enough reasonable doubt as to the dangers offossil fuels, widespread chemical use, nuclear waste, nano particles, genetically altered products and other dangerous and deadly human made substances, 

### we blithely allow them into our ecology, into our bodies Wi.thout making companies prove outrighttheir safety on a long termbasisbeforehand. ThiS, to me, ts not only summarilyunwiSe, it's suicidal. Ifwe do NOT turn the ship, with everyone onboard, 

### well, fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night! Tanya Roland Falls Church, 22042 TeacherjartiSt 5.23.12

A few tdea.s: -Don't allow DOT to wipe outtrees and ecosystems around and between roads. On the contrary, protect them and plant more. These help absorb harmful emissions. Same thing around polluting sources like powerplants and building sites. I usually see, (especially in NVA) whole tracks oflivtnglandbulldozed to put up roads, buildings and houses. Everylittle eco-system that we lose increases overall harm -Black absorbs heat. The maJorityofourroads are covered inblack asphalt. Ifwe switch to white top the heat w1ll be reflected back out away from the earth. -Use all peacetime civll servants to planttrees

....billions ofthem, all around the country. It will brLUgjobs, educate the populace and be another blg factor in cleaning our air, water and soil, and give a boost to bio-diversity and ecosystemhealth.