From: Seandra Pope seandrapope@gmail.com Subject: Your letterto Larry Uncoln Date: July23, 2014 4:37 PM

To: Dr. Gerald Durtey gerald.durley@gmail.com

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From:Seandra <Seandra@cleanenergy.ora> Subject:Thank you for pennitting meto add myvoiceexpres Dale: July23, 2014 at 10:12:41 AM EDT To: seandrapope@gmail.com Administrator Gina McCarthy, Thank you for permitting meto add myvoice expressing myfull support for the recently proposed plan to place lfson existing carbon polluting power plants. This is a bold and courageous stancethatwill be provento be right and long overdue. As a pastor. civil and human rights activist, and a psychologist I'm constantly in the midst of people who are negativelydisproportionatelyexperiencingthe impactof an overly polluted carbon environment. This "carbon cloud" has proven to be a major contributortothe health ofour children and senior citizens who must indoorthese horrible conditions on a daily basis. Polluted air and toxic water have virtually becometwin destructiveforces which are destroying the expected lifespan of all Americans. As a nation we have stood silently by and disregarded the obvious signs that our environment has and is changing drastically. Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, rising coastal waters, melting glaciers and witnessing this occurrences of disoriented wildlife and sea animals are but afew ofthe obviously observable indicators that the environment is under siege. Scientists have agreed that much ofwhat we are experiencing is directlycontributed to the continuous warming ofthe planet. Scientiststoo have concluded that carbon and other pollutants are major sources for climate change. It has become abundantly evidentthat special interest groups in their questfor greater profit have placed "profit over people". Our planet and its people are increasingly becoming more ill and dying at an unpredictable rate. People are finally becoming aware as to what is being done to the environment as well as their health. The environmental protection agency's position for limiting carbon pollutants 

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### if America isto live upto its creed ofbeing sensitive, protective and caring for all of its citizens. I believe that everyone has civil and human rights to unpolluted alr and water. It is a moral responsibility and obligation for businesses. educators. scientists, faith leaders, and the general population to collaborate with the EPA to redirect the course of climate change. Ifthe current trend is not attered and/orcorrected we will ultimately destroythe planet which we once nurtured appreciated and enjoyed. It is an extremelysad dayin America when we are forced to discuss and decidewhether to "choose betweenthe health of our economy and the health ofourchildren" said President Obama.

1join with countless other Georgians and Americans who are resolute in our unflinching support ofthe Environmental Protection Agency's time sensitive stance to improve the health of a nation, its people and the planet by imposing carbon emissions nmitations on power plants. Thank you, Administrator McCarthy, on behalf ofthe American people and the citizens around the world. Respectfully.

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Rev. Dr. Gerald L Durley

Seandra Pope 

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