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### Hello, My name is Robert Emery. Thank you for allowing me to comment on the carbon pollution standards for existing power plants. I moved to Denver, Colorado from Denver, North Carolina a year ago. The money and power of fossil fuel related companies was evident in North Carolina and my move was in part related to air pollution's negative effect on the health of my wife and me. We lived near a coal fired power plant and were affected by coal plant air pollution from the nearby plant as well as plants 

# ragiof us that delivered their air pollution through the eastward moving weather air masses. However, I can't say that I moved away from the fossil fuel industry money and influence. Though I am glad I moved before coal ash was dumped into my drinking water. I am extremely disappointed in the fossil fuel industry position that Anthropengenic (human caused) Global Warming (AGW) is unproven or a hoax. There is no scientific evidence to support a natural cause, non AGW that is, of the accelerated climate change we are experiencing. There are reams of studies and about 98% of climate scientists validating that AGW is real. It is obvious that the fossil fuel industry is only interested in making money on oil, gas and coal and are not interested in the devastating impact it is beginning to have on our planet and ourselves. Remember DDT, tobacco and asbestos? I do not know why with all the money they have that they haven't put research and development into renewable technologies and been the leaders, taking us to new technologies and a possible continuance of the human race (read the Sixth Extinction). The impacts of this warming are many and various but an obvious one is the increase in the number of climate related loss events. Below is a chart produced by Munich Re, a worldwide insurance risk resource. It is easy to see the trend of weather incidents which I believe is the result of AGW. These climate related events have cost the State of Colorado over $600 Million in federal disaster aid in 2011 and 2012.

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## Weather-related loss events worldwide 1980 — 2013 Number of events Munich RE _= • - f -77-

102014 Kinchener Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschatt, Geo Risks Research, Na1CatSERVICE - As at February 2014



### Note: I wouldn't be buying beachfront property right now.

### Coal burning for power is the worst offender. I know that there are people that have no other living

than to mine the coal, a filthy, dangerous, job that doesn't pay much but they will need to adapt. There should be a program to move them to other job opportunities though I can see the coal companies do not have an incentive to help here. I think we all have to feel a little embarrassed that Germany leads in Photovoltaic solar energy production with projections that China will beat Germany within the decade. Where is the US leadership in renewable energy production? Why aren't we leading in this technology arena? We have the expertise but if we don't use it, we WILL lose it. Even stopping the CO2 emissions now will not change the fact that we have added significant amounts of greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere and will continue to experience the negative impacts of this. I applaud the EPA's carbon pollution standards and whole heartily support them and hope others will see the folly of continuing to add carbon to the atmosphere. This is a first step.

Robert Emery 1738 Keamey Street Denver, CO 80220 303-862-9661