Testimony at the EPA Hearing in Atlanta, Georgia 

July 29, 2014 

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My name if Tim Darst. ~am the Executive Director of Kentucky Interfaith Power & Light. I represent the 

nearly 3,0QO members at 74 congregations in Kentucky who care for God's creation and care about the 

people of this earth and want a healthy future for our children. We support strong carbon safeguards 

under the Clean Energy Plan. 

I bring with me a petition with over 200 signatures from people of faith in Kentucky who applaud strong 

carbon pollution standards that come at a pivotal time when more people than ever have recognized 

the threat to their health and safety from unregulated pollution. These rules will safeguard our 

communities, our climate, and our children's future. As people of faith called to care for God's people 

and creation, especially the most vulnerable, we have a moral obligation to address the profound 

impacts of the way we use energy. 

In addition to protecting our climate, curbing pollution offers many important benefits, including saving 

lives and reducing health risks to those suffering from heart disease and respiratory ailments such as 

asthma. 

Many signing this petition are religious leaders: priests, ministers, religious sisters, and other faith 

leaders who know that we cannot continue to pollute God's creation wit~erious consequences to the 

health of the people of this earth. 

The Clean Power Plan proposes common sense solutions, and we support these first-ever limits on 

carbon pollution from power plants. Our congregations are already taking action, in some cases 

• \) .. ~reducing emissions from their operations more than 30%, while saving money. They are installing 

s\~ \ m efficient lighting, programmable thermostats, and energy efficient heating and air conditioning units. 

~t 5~." . .,... They have even installed solar panels and encouraged their members to do the same. People of faith 

jt ~Uil\lp'l' know the importance of loving their neighbor by not polluting their neighbor's air and water. 

f~tf' In Kentucky we have some of the worst air in the nation due to our more than 90% reliance on coal for 

electricity. Asthma rates are wreaking havoc on our children. 

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We cannot continue to burn fossil fuels without having serious health effects that prey upon the most 

vulnerable of our population. We need serious energy efficiency measures to reduce the horrible waste 

we are seeing in this country and particularly in Kentucky. We also need incentives for renewable 

energy sources like wind, solar, geothermal, and hydroelectric. Strict standards for carbon pollution will 

move us in the right direction. Kentucky is one of the worst states in terms of the percentage of our 

energy we get from fossil fuels. Consequently we have some of the worst air in the nation. As a seventh 

generation Kentuckian, I believe we need this Clean Power Plan and we don't need to give Kentucky any 

breaks on it. We need the clean air benefits more than most other states. 
We have a moral obligation to protect our children and future generations from the impacts of climate 

change by addressing the single largest source of carbon pollution in our country: power plants. 

Drawing on the strength and ingenuity of American innovation, the EPA's Clean Power Plan helps drive 

investment in energy efficiency and clean energy that will power the 21st century. The Clean Power Plan 

means we will never have to choose between healthy communities and a healthy economy. 

America will benefit from energy innovation with lower energy costs, more diversified and safer energy 

supplies and cleaner energy. This energy innovation will build new companies, create jobs and produce 

clean energy. 

Every year, power plants dump more than two billion tons of dangerous carbon pollution and other 

toxic pollutants into the air. We currently have limits on mercury, arsenic, particulates and other toxic 

pollution from power plants, but there are no federal limits on carbon pollution. With the Clean Power 

Plan we can finally have that. 

For the health of our children and grandchildren, in the interest of clean air and clean water, so that we 

can stop the warming of the planet, I urge you to implement strong carbon standards to protect God's 

creation. 

Thank you. 
Kentucky Interfaith Power & light 

We applaud strong carbon pollution standards that come at a pivotal time when more people than ever have recognized the threat to their health and safety from unregulated pollution. 

These rules will safeguard our communities, our climate, and our children's future. 

As people of faith called to care for God's people and creation, especially the most vulnerable, we have a moral obligation to address the profound impacts of the way we use energy. 

In addition to protecting our climate, curbing pollution from power plants offers many important benefits, including saving lives and reducing health risks to those suffering from heart 

disease and respiratory ailments such as asthma. 

First Name Last Name Email Zip State Organization Comment 

1. Tim Darst timdarst@yahoo.com 4020S KY St. William We need these standards to stop climate change! 

2. JP Brantley jpjane@bellsouth.net 40422 KY 

3. Celeste flo res cfloresOl@bellarmine.edu 40456 KY 

4. Kate Davidson lrisprite@gmail.com 40205 KY LPTS 

5. Lindsay Sant Lindsaymsant@gmail.com 40206 KY Drepung Gomang 

6. Joseph Mitchell jmitchellcp@yahoo.com 40205 KY Earth and Spirit Center 

7. Mark Steiner ma rk.steiner@twc .com 40207 KY Clifton Unitarian 

8. Wallace McMullen mcmulw@gmail.com 40206 KY St. Clements Episcopal 

9. JoY Jamison joyjamison@twc.com 40219 KY Keep up the good work- and don't let us down. 

10. Katherine Thackeray margituu@yahoo.com 40205 KY 

11. Barbara Warner bkwarner@windstream.net 40033 KY 

12. Susan Classen seclassen@gmail.com 40049 KY 

13. Betsy Coffey Bbbramlett@aol.com 40206 KY 

14. Andy McDonald andyboeke@yahoo.com 40601 KY 

15. Beth Zangari bethmitchellzangari@gmail.com 40222 KY Church of the Advent 

16. Henson Mary ma ryhenson14@ya hoo.com 40503 KY 

17. Terry Huey terry .huey@uky.edu 40522 KY 

18. kathleen kaelin kathlee nkaeli n@gmail.com 40204 KY 

19. Mary Love mbloveky@yahoo.com 40031 KY Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church 

20. Myrtle Bingham myrtlebingham@gmail.com 40203 KY Central Presbyterian 

21. Thomas Meacham tom.meacham@wku.edu 42103 KY 

22. J. Milburn Thompson jthompson@ bellarmine .edu 40205 KY 

23. andrew kang bartlet andrew. ka ng ba rtl ett@ pcusa. o rg 40202 KY Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church Thank you! 

24. Linda Carter linda @wolfordclan.com 40220 KY 

25. Lucy Langman fonsvitaeky@aol.com 40207 KY 

26. Elwood Sturtevant elwood@tjuc.org 40241 KY Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church 

27. Eileen Downard eileendownard@hotmail.com 40299 KY 

28. Amelia Stenger amel'la.stenger@maplemount.org 42356 KY Mount sa·~nt Joseph Center 

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30. Peggy Hinds peggychinds@gmail.com 

31. Thomas Rambo rambot@nku.edu 

32. Barbara Warner bkwarner@windstream.net 

33. Barbara Mercer barb.mercer@louisville .edu 

34. Harriet Mays hmays4@ bellsouth. net 

35. Ingrid Lilly ingrid.e.lilly@gmail.com 

36. Ann Marie Quinn amqosf@gmail.com 

37. laura Stricklen laura.stricklen@pcusa.org 

38. Usa May revlisahmay@gmail.com 

39. Kathleen Lyons kathleenvlyons@gmall.com 

40. Mary Fustlng mfustlng@stbernardlou.com 

41. Wilson Dickinson td ickinson@ trans y. ed u 

42. Lewis Miller macbeast@att.net 

43. Rosemary Cavanaugh rcavanaugh@ascension-pa rish.com 

40217 KY St. William 

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40222 KY Epiphany 

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40026 KY Shiloh UMC 

40202 KY Center for Interfaith Relations 

40220 KY St. Bernard 

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40220 KY Ascension Catholic Church 

EPA Thank you for your courage and foresight and 

compassion for putting in palce strong carbon 

pollution standards It's the right thing to do. 

People will be healthier, medical bills decrease 

,they will be happier, more creative, more 

productive, tess likely to smoke, drink, steal, abuse 

their children, wives, themselves Our Mother 

Earth has gently been encouraging us to take 

much better care of our home The amount of free 

services that the earth provides for us each year is 

30,000,000,000 (that's 30 trillion) FOR FREE ie 

water, sun, oxygen, removes some Co2, trees 

beautify the list goes on and on We will make 

money, save money {to put in mere economic 

terms) a lot of money if we protect the earth and 

learn from HER Thanks for listening 

The new standards are written so that even 

Kentucky can work with them. The goal is 

essential for our future. 

My Faith teaches that the Earth and all that is in it 

are sacred because they are loved by God. The 

Earth is a point of encounter with the divine and 

should therefore be treated with reverence. 

We are called to be stewards of the Earth and all 

that Inhabit it. By respecting God's creation we say 

yes to our health and to that of the Earth which 

sustains us. 

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45. Martha Hannifan 

46. Richard Mitchell 

47. Kathleen C. Harnett 

48. Dwight Billings 

49. Bobbie Moore 

50. Kitty Darst 

51. Eva Garrett 

52. Jan Garrett 

53. Pat Sullivan 

54. Leslie Lawson 

55. Rebecca Barnes 

56. Mary Beth Williams 

57. Delvan Ramey 

58. Susan Kute 

59. George Perkinsw 

60. Emily Boone 

61. Halida Hatic 

62. Ellen Morell 

63. Tracy Irwin 

64. sandra rippetoe 

65. ed farmer 

66. Annette Hayden 

67. Betsy Ruhe 

68. Claire McGowan 

69. Joe & Jane Roehrig 

70. Claudia Hayden 

71. Sharon Tepe 

72. Miriam Corcoran 

73. Jeff Farmer 

74. Nancy Givens 

75. Jill Hissom 

76. laura Bomar 

77. Aaron Tornes 

78. Steve Boyce 

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kjdarst@yahoo.com 

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psullivanop@gmail.com 

leslie.lawson@live.com 

rebecca. ba rnes@ pcu sa .o rg 

marybethwilliams8@hotmail.com 

del. ramey@ ieee.org 

Susanscornerl@ hotma il.com 

gg_pe rk@ be II south. net 

emilyboone@aol.com 

halida @i nterfaithrelations.org 

motherellen@ymail.com 

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edtfarmer@gmail.com 

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claudia. hayden @rna plemount.org 

s haron.tepe@fuse. net 

mco rcora n3 20@ bellsou th. net 

Farmerjr77@hotmail.com 

nancy.givens @wku.edu 

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bandlbomar@yahoo.com 

aarontornes@gmail.com 

steve_ boyce@ berea.edu 

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Midway Baptist 

Memorial Methodist 

Lexington Friends Quaker Meeting 

university of kentucky 

Church of the Epiphany 

St. Francis of Assisi 

Unitarian Universalist- Bowling Green 

Unitarian Universalist- Bowling Green 

St. William 

St. William 

Epiphany 

Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph 

Jeff Street Baptist 

Bridgeport Christian Church 

Dominican Sisters of Peace 

St. William Church 

Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph 

Sisters of Charity of Nazareth 

WKU Sustainability Programs Development 

Coordinator 

St. Matthews Episcopal 

Kentucky IPL 

Church of Christ Union 

I'm forgetting why I love Kentucky. It is so hard for 

me to understand why people think that because 

one way of heating was more acceptable when we 

were not yet aware of the options, now that we 

know better they have no right to condemn us to 

unclean air and water just to perpetuate a way of 

life we need to help them change. It is obscene 

that the fossil fuels industry has prevented other 

ways from having the same opportunity to 

develop that they have-- and these was won't 

make us sick which, yes, thank you very much Sen. 

McConnell, coal does\ 

Thank you 

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80. angela lincoln angela .lincoln @ahsrockets.org 40205 KY Assumption High School 19:51.0 

81. Rebecca Johnson johnson392708@bellsouth. net 40204 KY 25:43.0 

82. Drew Foley bdrewf@yahoo.com 40241 KY 3SO.org 14:47.0 

83. Bob Smither bsmithel@hotmail.com 40206 KY Clifton Unitarian 35:18.0 

84. Jerry Hardt jhardt56@gmail.com 40214 KY St. William 37:25.0 

85. Christina liggett liggetcr@miamioh.edu 40447 KY 12:49.0 

86. Kathy Wallace kwlangel@yahoo.com 40205 KY St. William 08:45.0 

87. Joetta Venneman jven neman @scnazarethky .org 40048 KY Sisters of Charity of Nazareth 34:43.0 

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88. Justin Mog justinmog@gmail.com 40204 KY Management 38:13.0 

89. Terry Huey terry .huey@u ky.edu 40522 KY 34:37.0 

90. Laura Bomar bandlbomar@yahoo.com 40220 KY St. Matthews Episcopal 35:03.0 

91. Janice Downs jdowns@fhclouisville.o rg 40202 KY 40c33.0 

Don't let it fool you that I'm a Kentuckian. Some of 

us understand that the coal industry is not only an 

energy dinosaur taking revenge on the climate, but 

it's ruining our mountains, streams and 

92. Judy Schroeder judy.schroeder@metrounitedway.org 40212 KY Good Shepherd Parish communities. 47:28.0 

93. Claudia Ramisch h erm i tstuff@ be II south. net 42303 KY Unitarian Universalist 32:48.0 

94. Eileen Downard eileendownard@hotmail.com 40299 KY 38:22.0 

95. Joy Jamison joyjamison@twc.com 40219 KY 29:28.0 

This is not a war on coal, but a search for solutions 

96. Sophia Clark srudol ph@stpaulchurch.net 40203 KY that can save jobs and our planet 43:11.0 

97. Bobbie Moore robertapmoore@yahoo.com 40223 KY Church of the Epiphany 58:27.0 

98. Allen Schroering Agschro@aol.com 40223 KY 10:00.0 

99. Douglas Fowler dfowlerS17 @twc.com 40218 KY Salem UCC 24:20.0 

100. Suzanne Dunne scdunne@yahoo.com 40205 KY 28:23.0 

101. Rev. C. Wayne Shannon wayner1964@hotmail.com 40223 KY 33:15.0 

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102. Nancy Givens nancy .givens@wku.edu 42104 KY Coordinator 38:16.0 

103. Bill Bowman billb2623@ bellsouth.net 40205 KY Bardstown Road Presbyterian 44:59.0 

104. Geri Collecchia gericolle@aol.com 33027 KY 46:08.0 

105. Barbara Rioux barbnanrx@juno.com 40061 KY 33:42.0 

106. s. Fields s bfi e ld s 2001 @yahoo. com 40362 KY Paris, Ky. 55:15.0 

107. jill harmer jharmer81@hotmail.com 40205 KY First Unitarian Church 49:20.0 

108. Marcia Torpey torpey@ bellsouth.net 40205 KY St. Bernard Catholic Church 49:57.0 

109. Kitty Darst kjdarst@yahoo.com 40205 KY St. Francis of Assisi 30:37.0 

110. Beth Thorpe beth.thorpe@mac.com 40205 KY 46:20.0 

111. Jennifer Tran Jannyfer42@yahoo.com 40228 KY 41:45.0 

As a member and Ky State lay-leader of the DOC 

Green Chalice, it is time we take a stand on 

responsible energy in Kentucky. We need to 

consider the impact of dirty energy sources on all 

people and the Earth, before profit and big 

112. Kim Cowherd GreenKim@fewpb.net 40601 KY economic power drivers. 40:55.0 

113. Nancy Walton Nwalton@ihlic.com 40601 KY 15:57.0 
114. Hope 

115. Regina-Wink 

116. Eva 

117. Leah 

Hager 

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Ellis 

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hhager816@gmail.com 

rwsseptima@gmail.com 

lellis19 @fewpb.net 

Lcmacs@aol.com 

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40601 KY 

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I realize KY benefits from cheaper energy rates 

because of coal but it's past time to start the 

transition to sustainable sources of energy. Coal 

mines used to provide a lot of jobs but they were 

not good jobs in terms of pay or employee safety. 

There are far fewer jobs now. It's time to move up 

to sustainable energy and decent employment for 

eastern Kentucky. It will be tough in the short run 

but the longer we put it off the harder it will be. 

I am willing to pay more for electricity to 

safeguard the health and safety of my fellow 

Kentuckians, our land, and our water. 

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