Good afternoon. My name is Tony Fuller and I'm avolunteerwith the Chicago Group ofthe Sierra Club and chair the Group's Air & Energy committee. I've come today to support the EPA Carbon Rule. There are many scientific reason to support this rule but Iam no scientist so Iwill focus on my personal reasons. I'm here because I believe in science and the science clearly states that carbon dioxide causes climate change. I also think thatthe science shows that climate change is here and that further disruption is coming ifwe do not start cutting ouremissions soon. We must start taking action now or we will not only threaten ourway of life, butthe lives offuture generations and existence oflife on the planet. The carbon rule limits on new power plants is afirst step towards taking responsibility forthe carbon problem. We also need to take more steps toward regulating existing sources of carbon dioxide and othergreenhouse gases. We also eventually need comprehensive legislation to address the climate problem. But in the absence ofcomprehensive legislation, this is agood first step. We have to take action now. About ayear before Hurricane Katrina hit Iwatched a program on television that discussed what would happen ifa large storm hit New Orleans. It showed a storm emergency preparedness drill thatthe government puttogetherto address the consequences ofthe storm. At the end ofthe program, itwas pointed outthat while evacuation was the main means for addressing the threat what would happen to those who did notdrive or access totransportation. There was no response. Sure enough not long afterthe real thing hit and those who were most severely hit were those who did not have the resources to leave. I have extended family that lives in Louisiana and we lost touch with many ofthem because they had to move and were focused on their own survival. Carbon emissions have the potential to notonly cause more storms like Katrina but also global climate disruption. Ifwe do nottake action, future generations will ask, "Why didn't you do something?" "Why didn'tyou protect us from harm?" I sit here now and speak to you today because I don'twant to be like those government officials who knew about an huge upcoming storm butthey did not take stepsto help everyone. Our planet in peril and we must protectthe world for us and future generations. I am going to go out a step further and state that we must notonly limitcarbon emissions forourown benefit butforthe benefit of all life on Earth. Istrongly believe that all life on earth his precious. This planet is the home ofamazing variety ofdiverse forms of life and ecosystems. The climate change induced by carbon dioxide threatens the climate thatthese living systems depend on. Not only will climate change threatens these systems it could cause mass extinctions to many forms of life by making theironly habitat in hospitable. While global warming is a challenging problem, we do know its cause and we know howto address it by cutting emissions. Wejust need the will to take action. Today I'm asking you to take this action because it will notonly protect us and ourfamilies but because we have a moral obligation to protect all life on earth. By taking action now, we will start down the path ofa healthy clean energy future that we can be proud offorfuture generations will have fulfilled our dutyto protect the Earth. Tony Fuller ftone13@gmail.com