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From: Cindy Montville [syndes2@aol.com]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 10:22 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Cindy Montville 

152 wilson ave 

Waukesha, WI 53816 
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From: Karen Pope [popekj@uwec.edu]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 9:23 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Karen Pope 

4018 Tokay Blvd 

Madison, WI 53711 
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From: Barbara Resheske [artsiebarbie@yahoo.com]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 9:11 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Barbara Resheske 

po box 183 

Lake Nebagamon, WI 54849 
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From: Scott Maslowski [S.maslowski@yahoo.com]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 8:29 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Scott Maslowski 

N61 W5325 Edgewater Drive 

Cedarburg, WI 53012 
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From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Steffi [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 7:01 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 
6

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Steffi 

Last Name: Finnerty 

Email: stef51@tampabay.rr.com 

Address: 1376 N. Spend a Buck Dr 

City: Hernando 

State: FL 

Zip: 34442 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1234 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 
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[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
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From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Pia [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 6:45 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 
9

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Pia 

Last Name: Jensen 

Email: greenspia@gmail.com 

Address: 2944 Yorktown Ct 

City: Marina 

State: California 

Zip: 93933 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1233 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 
10

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
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From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Rachael [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 5:36 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 
12

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Rachael 

Last Name: Roehl 

Email: Rachaeleroehl@hotmail.com 

Address: 364 Oxford way 

City: Santa Cruz 

State: California 

Zip: 95060 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1232 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 
13

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
14

From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Earl [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 5:32 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 
15

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Earl 

Last Name: Berg 

Email: earlberg@gmail.com 

Address: 1136 Willow Village Sq 

City: San Jose 

State: CA 

Zip: 95125 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1231 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 
16

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
17

From: John Vitek [jvitek1@wi.rr.com]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 5:26 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

John Vitek 

857 E Reservoir Ave 

Milwaukee, WI 53212 
18

From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Lindsey [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 5:23 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 
19

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Lindsey 

Last Name: Hutchison 

Email: lindseyhutchison@live.com 

Address: 1 chapin way box 8113 

City: Northampton 

State: Massachusetts 

Zip: 01063 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1230 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 
20

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
21

From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Maya [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 5:08 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 
22

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Maya 

Last Name: Salsedo 

Email: Msalsedo@mills.edu 

Address: 1933 Filbert st 

City: Oakland 

State: Ca 

Zip: 94607 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1229 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 
23

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
24

From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Erika [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 5:05 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 
25

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Erika 

Last Name: Minkowsky 

Email: Eminkowsky@gmail.com 

Address: 849 54th st. Apt A 

City: Oakland 

State: Ca 

Zip: 94608 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1228 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 
26

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
27

From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Erika [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 5:05 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 
28

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Erika 

Last Name: Minkowsky 

Email: Eminkowsky@gmail.com 

Address: 849 54th st. Apt A 

City: Oakland 

State: Ca 

Zip: 94608 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1227 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 
29

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
30

From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Erika [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 5:05 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 
31

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Erika 

Last Name: Minkowsky 

Email: Eminkowsky@gmail.com 

Address: 849 54th st. Apt A 

City: Oakland 

State: Ca 

Zip: 94608 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1226 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 
32

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
33

From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Tara [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 5:04 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 
34

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Tara 

Last Name: Holmes 

Email: Tmhol37@hotmail.com 

Address: 1505 Masonic ave 

City: San Francisco 

State: Ca 

Zip: 94117 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1225 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 
35

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
36

From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Colin [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 4:56 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 
37

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Colin 

Last Name: Miller 

Email: colin@baylocalize.org 

Address: 849 54th St Apt A 

City: Oakland 

State: California 

Zip: 94608 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1224 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 
38

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
39

From: Cassidy Messinger [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 4:29 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Cassidy Messinger Woodland Park, Colorado 

There are now 36 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

http://www.change.org/petitions/epa-limit-co2-emissions-from-existing-powerplants/responses/new?response=1e2ea64ba3d0 

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here to 

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From: Linda Melski [lmelski@charter.net]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 4:10 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Linda Melski 

1136 W Ives St 

Marshfield, WI 54449 
41

From: Keith Johnson [keithd.johnson@comcast.net]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 3:44 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Keith Johnson 

5421 E Kings Rd 

Bloomington, IN 47408 
42

From: Susan Hill [susanhill54@gmail.com]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 3:43 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Susan Hill 

645 S. Grove Street 

Ripon, WI 54971 
43

From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Kirsten [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 3:32 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 
44

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Kirsten 

Last Name: Schwind 

Email: kirsten@baylocalize.org 

Address: 6559 Heather Ridge Way 

City: Oakland 

State: CA 

Zip: 94611 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1223 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 
45

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
46

From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Peter [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 2:22 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 
47

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Peter 

Last Name: Wong 

Email: glorycompy@yahoo.com 

Address: 268 Joost Avenue 

City: San Francisco 

State: California 

Zip: 94131 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1222 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 
48

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
49

From: Reva Holmes [revaholmes@gmail.com]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 1:56 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Reva Holmes 

23936 Firefly Rd 

Florence, TX 76527 
50

From: Dan Cornwell [cdcornwell@tds.net]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 1:38 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Dan Cornwell 

33 W Main St. Unit 407 

Madison, WI 53703 
51

From: Linda Jorgenson [jorgensonla@gmail.com]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 1:22 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Completed

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Linda Jorgenson 

32560 Oak Rd 

Washburn, WI 54891 
52

From: John Mix [jmix4peace@hotmail.com]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 1:22 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

John Mix 

1002 N. Sunnyvale Ln. #B 

Madison, WI 53713 
53

From: Terry Taylor, RN [terrytlr01@gmail.com]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 1:01 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Re: EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0495

Dear EPA, 

I support a strong EPA rule limiting carbon emissions from fossil fuel-burning new power 

plants, with the goal of reducing the threats of climate change and related extreme weather 

events that ultimately jeopardize public health. The EPA's new proposal will especially help 

protect the health of children, seniors, individuals with cardiopulmonary disease, and those 

living in poverty. 

Terry Taylor, RN 

3053 Azalea Dr. 

Fort Mill,SC 29707, SC 29707 
54

From: lynn cameron [claylyn@plbb.us]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 12:46 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

lynn cameron 

336 e beloit st 

darien, WI 53114 
55

From: Sue Kartman [Drkartman@mac.com]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 12:16 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Sue Kartman 

W6746 west club rd 

Fifield, WI 54525 
56

From: Mary Jones-Giampalo [rivereye@gmail.com]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 11:35 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Mary Jones-Giampalo 

N7491 S. Stone Gate Dr. 

New Lisbon, WI 53950 
57

From: Mary Lee Maki [ibml@msn.com]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 11:07 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Mary Lee Maki 

901 Coolidge Ave 

Little Chute, WI 54140 
58

From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Leana [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 10:56 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 
59

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Leana 

Last Name: Rosetti 

Email: Leana_r@yahoo.com 

Address: 3835 Bayo st. 

City: Oakland 

State: Ca 

Zip: 94619 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1221 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 
60

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
61

From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Pat [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 10:56 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 
62

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Pat 

Last Name: Colburn 

Email: pat@patcolburn.com 

Address: 762 Stewart Ct 

City: Alameda 

State: CA 

Zip: 94501 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1220 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 
63

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
64

From: Dionne Pilachowski [dspcrunch@gmail.com]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 10:48 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Dionne Pilachowski 

N10180 Buckeye Dr 

Necedah, WI 54646 
65

From: Bethany Zimpel [BZBeeCreations@yahoo.com]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 10:35 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Bethany Zimpel 

1417 Kentucky Street 

Racine, WI 53405 
66

From: Dennis Conti [djconti17@yahoo.com]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 10:34 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Dennis Conti 

135 W. Norwich St. 

Milwaukee, WI 53207 
67

From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Loren [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 9:30 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 
68

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Loren 

Last Name: Martin 

Email: Lorenbma@hotmail.com 

Address: 405 be Bordner dr 

City: Lees Summit 

State: Mo 

Zip: 64086 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1219 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 
69

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
70

From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Carolyn [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 9:20 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 
71

technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Carolyn 

Last Name: Norr 

Email: carolynclara@gmail.com 

Address: 2725 26th 

City: Oakland 

State: CA 

Zip: 94601 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1218 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 
72

[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
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From: Catherine Bock [tinki.bock@gmail.com]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 1:39 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: CO2 emission regulation

Dear EPA, 

I urge you to implement strong regulations limiting CO2 emissions from existing coal-fired power plants to levels that put us on a path to limit global warming to no more than two degrees centigrade. These power plants are one of the major sources of CO2 emissions responsible for climate change. 

Climate change is jeopardizing the health, security and economic prosperity of Americans and people around the world. The coal industry should not be allowed to pollute for free at the expense of everyone else. It is time to transition to cleaner sources of energy, which will not only protect our health, but also create economic growth and generate more jobs than there currently are in the entire coal industry. 

Please move ahead expeditiously, this is the single most important action EPA can take to curb climate change. 

Thank you 

Catherine Bock 

Palo Alto, California 
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From: info@baylocalize.org on behalf of Mishwa [team@baylocalize.org]

Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 12:13 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Form submission from: EPA: Our People, Our Earth Need Carbon Caps NOW!

Dear EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, 

We appreciate the EPA’s efforts to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. We 

support the EPA regulating existing power plants in line with the best available scientific 

consensus[i], on the scale of the action needed now to confront the climate crisis. 

The Global Context of the Climate Crisis: 

We write this letter in the context of current climate events. Filipinos are suffering from 

the impacts of super typhoon Haiyan, the worse storm in recorded human history, which 

according to the UN has left an uncertain death toll of tens of thousands of people and left 

more than four million people homeless[ii]. In response to the suffering of his people, the 

Philippines lead negotiator at the UNFCCC negotiations Naderev Saño, has undertaken a 

voluntary fast until world leaders "stop the madness" of climate change[iii]. 

 With super storm Sandy just a year behind us and impacted communities in the U.S. still 

struggling to recover, climate change is real. The next disaster will be upon us sooner than 

we think so WE MUST ACT NOW. 

Recommendation for Carbon Caps and Carbon Fees: 

We are calling upon the EPA to take an ambitious approach to regulating carbon dioxide from 

existing power plants. The EPA should capitalize on this historic opportunity of regulating 

carbon emissions from existing power plants by imposing a series of annually-lowering carbon 

caps that would prevent new fossil fuel plants and phase out all existing fossil-fuel plants 

by 2020. We believe that a series of annually-lowering carbon caps, combined with carbon 

fees, represents the “best system of emission reduction (BSER)” available. 

Carbon Fees to Invest in Local Clean Energy Jobs for a Just Transition: 

Investing in local clean energy jobs and a just transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear 

energy would be an economic boon for economic and community development, especially for 

unemployed and under-employed people in the U.S. 

Workers employed by existing fossil fuel-fired and nuclear power plants must be provided with 

a just transition where they are trained and re-hired for careers in renewable energy, energy 

efficiency, and energy conservation. 

Aggressively investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could generate up 

to $4.5 trillion in revenue and create 40 million new jobs by the year 2030[iv]. Research 

demonstrates that renewable energy investments create significantly more jobs than fossil 

fuel energy investments, per dollar invested. Over the course of a 10-year period the solar 

industry creates 5.65 jobs per million dollars in investment, the wind energy industry 5.7 

jobs, and the coal industry only 3.96[v]. In the case of coal mining, wind and solar energy 

generate 40 percent more jobs per dollar invested[vi]. A study from the New York State Energy 

Office found that wind energy would create 27% more jobs than coal and 66% more than a 

natural gas plant, per kilowatt hour generated[vii]. 

Not only does investing in local clean energy create more jobs, it is also more costeffective for consumers of electricity. In 2009, the California Energy Commission (CEC) found 

that large-scale distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) in urban areas to be a cost-effective 

substitute for new gas turbine peaking capacity, denying the permit for construction of a new 

gas-fired peaker power plant[viii]. In its final report, the CEC recognized distributed 

generation of urban PV to be “more cost-effective than utility-scale solar thermal 
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technology” and also “identified urban PV as a potentially viable alternative to a 

conventional peaking gas turbine”[ix].. 

Clean Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund to Invest in Most-Impacted Communities: 

Energy companies that do not comply with each year’s lowering carbon cap through quantifiable 

emissions reductions (e.g, plant closures) should pay a carbon fee into a new federal Clean 

Energy Jobs Revolving Loan Fund. Revenues from this Fund would be invested into federallybacked grants and zero- to low-interest loans for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and 

local renewable energy public works projects. Companies that do not comply with each year’s 

annually lowering carbon cap should pay a hefty daily penalty in addition to the annual 

carbon fee. 

Loans from this Fund should be directed to climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and clean 

energy public works projects, with a priority for projects based in and benefiting 

disadvantaged low-income communities that are most-impacted by pollution and climate change. 

EPA’s Unique Responsibility and Opportunity for Climate Leadership: 

As both the world’s wealthiest industrial country and the most carbon-polluting nation per 

capita on the planet, the United States has a unique responsibility to take decisive action 

on climate change. With the U.S. Congress paralyzed by internal political fragmentation, the 

responsibility for assuming leadership and taking unprecedented meaningful action on climate 

change lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed new regulation of 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the EPA now has the unique opportunity 

to single-handedly undertake significant climate action, in line with the best available 

science. 

We believe in the EPA’s potential for unprecedented courage in the face of great political 

pressure to do nothing. At this juncture, the EPA has the opportunity to change the course 

of history for the U.S. and for the world. 

We thank you in advance for your leadership and initiative. 

Sincerely, 

First Name: Mishwa 

Last Name: Lee 

Email: mishwalee@gmail.com 

Address: 3 Ardath Ct. 

City: San Francisco 

State: California 

Zip: 94124 

The results of this submission may be viewed at: 

http://www.baylocalize.org/node/905/submission/1215 

[i] See the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate 

Change, released on 09/27/2013. Download the Summary Report for Policymakers 

athttp://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf 

[ii] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report on Typhoon 

Haiyan, available at http://www.unocha.org/crisis/typhoonhaiyan 

[iii] 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002548526/emotional-speech-by-philippinedelegate.html 

[iv] Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st 

Century, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. 

(MISI), 2007, iv,http://ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf 
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[v] Daniel Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many 

Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create?” UC Berkeley: 

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), April 2004 (updated January 2006), 12, 

http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/2004/Kammen-Renewable-Jobs-2004.pdf 

[vi] Virinder Singh, BBC Research and Consulting, and Jeffrey Fehrs, “The Work That Goes 

into Renewable Energy,” 

Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 2001, 8. 

[vii] A.K. Sanghi, Economic Impacts of Electricity Supply Options, New York State Energy 

Office, July 1992. 

[viii] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 

[ix] 

http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/documents/aug%2009_Nat%20Gas%20&%20Elec%20Jr.CEC%20cancels.p

df 
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From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of serge schneider 

[schneiderserge@yahoo.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 2:56 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 21, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Mr. serge schneider 

4052 meadowleigh way 

43230 
78

From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Lisa Kavanaugh 

[lkavanaugh@live.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 11:26 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 21, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Ms. Lisa Kavanaugh 

56 Shipherd Cir 

Oberlin, OH 44074-1325 

(440) 752-9672 
79

From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Sam Packard [stpackard@gmail.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 9:25 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Thu, 11/21/2013 - 09:24 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Sam Packard 

Email: stpackard@gmail.com

Comments: 

Dear Reader, 

Signs of climate change are here. Extraordinary storms, droughts, melting glaciers, and the 

average rise in temperatures show us that climate change is the issue. Not only this, but the 

large scale destruction of landscape and natural resource involved in mining coal has to stop 

sometime. 

We know that coal burning plants contribute 40% to atmosphere carbon. It's more feasible to 

limit coal burning than it is to take vehicles off the road or limit their pollution. 

Though there will all always be demand for electricity, sustainable energy is the solution. 

Automobiles and their pollution will stay in place as society continues to demand transport. 

It's 'easier' to limit power plant carbon than to limit automobile carbon. 

The 21st century calls for 21st century planning. Coal burning is an old and defunct 

technology. Though it impacts the industry, it is time to limit coal production and burning. 

It's unfortunate that EPA and US government gets put into the 'bad guy' position, but without 

this essential reach and initiative, climate change will continue to become more severe. Not 

only this, but leadership on this will set the example for other nations. 

While EPA's regulations are good for the long-term, it is difficult for some to see how they 

help in the short-term. 

EPA think tanks should have a clear answer for this and what is said of the "EPA's crippling 

regulatory measures." 

Thanks for your work on this. 

Sam Packard 

1911 S 26th St 

Lincoln, NE 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Glen Benjamin [soulroll@comcast.net]

Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 12:27 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Thu, 11/21/2013 - 00:26 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Glen Benjamin 

Email: soulroll@comcast.net

Comments: I live near the Schiller and worked as a welder there years ago and know how filthy 

it is and see first hand the pollution from the stacks. It needs to be rectified with green 

technology! 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: scottaj1@juno.com

Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 11:36 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: EPA Listening Session Input 

Dear EPA, 

Regulating carbon emissions from both new and existing power plants is cost-effective and 

necessary to protect all life on earth including human beings. 

While I was attending the People's Climate Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2009, that ran in 

parallel to the U.N. negotiations, I listened to first nation people who live on island 

nations and those who live in mountainous regions. They were pleading with those of us who 

live in the industrial countries to work to lower our Greenhouse Gas emissions so this would 

reduce future warming. The oceans have warmed sufficiently to cause a rise in sea level. The 

islanders will be forced to vacate their homes in the future while the source of water for 

people living in the mountains will eventually disappear. They too will have to migrate to 

another location that provides a source of life-giving water. 

How can we put off taking action or be slow to act when we know that limiting Greenhouse Gas 

emissions including Carbon Dioxide is part of the solution to bring the atmosphere and oceans 

back into equilibrium? 

It is not necessary to study the climate more before acting. All reduction of fossil-fuel 

energy use will provide multiple benefits such as improved health and reduced health care 

costs. 

A recent study found that there are more perils from elevated levels of carbon dioxide for 

plants than the benefit of the supposed growth potential of more carbon in the air. 

Please take swift and decisive action to promulgate new rules for allowable carbon emissions 

at both existing and new power plants. Also, please work to remove barriers and create costeffective incentives for renewable energy production and distribution. 

Thank you, 

Scott Johnson 

103 West 55th-1/2 St. 

Austin, Texas 78751-1228 
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From: Barbara Dornbush [BarbBD@Bellsouth.net]

Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 4:12 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: New Carbon Reduction Standards

I am writing to comment on the EPA's proposed new regulations to reduce carbon emissions from 

power plants. I highly encourage the EPA to set aggressive and enforceable carbon reduction 

standards for new and existing power plants. Power plants are the largest concentrated source 

of emissions in the United States, together accounting for roughly one-third of all domestic 

greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gas pollution from existing power plants threatens the 

health and welfare of all Americans' and is leading to long lasting changes in our climate 

that will have a range of negative effects on human health and the environment. As a person 

of faith I believe that it is our moral responsibility as interconnected humans on this 

planet to seek justice for our brothers and sisters across the globe and our brothers and 

sisters that live down the street and that starts with aggressive and enforceable carbon 

reduction standards for new and existing power plants. Taking the aggressive steps necessary 

to cut carbon pollution from new and existing power plants will protect children’s health and 

will move us toward a cleaner, more stable environment for future generations. Thank you for 

your time and consideration of my comments. 

Thank you, 
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From: karen@karenweiss.net

Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 11:23 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: coal

 Thank you for taking our comments into consideration and for giving us the 

opportunity to share out concerns about the coal industry.

 Through my work I come into contact with hundreds of children and 

expectant mothers on a regular basis, and it breaks my heart to think of the 

world we are handing them. Our generation must be responsible for 

increasing renewable energy and improving energy efficiency. I am counting 

on the leadership of the EPA to finalize a strong carbon rule and transform our 

electric sector into clean energy in an expedited manner.

 If we continue to use dirty energy, catastrophic floods, fires, droughts, 

disease, and economic burdens will magnify, further threatening the health 

and stability of all of us.

 Besides increasing dangerous levels of c02 in the atmosphere and increasing 

global temperatures, the use of coal also creates health problems by polluting 

our environment with toxins including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, 

mercury, lead, cadmium, carbon monoxide and arsenic.

 I believe that we must put a price on carbon and invest in new infrastructure 

for solar and wind energy and geothermal plants immediately.

The decision makers at the EPA are in a unique and privileged position. The 

policies you implement can reverse the trajectory of increased carbon dioxide 

poisoning of our environment, thus creating hope for the future of our children 

and all living creatures on our planet. 

Thank you

Karen Weiss

Dallas Texas
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From: Kathy Johnson [kathbjohnson09@gmail.com]

Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:27 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Carbon Reduction Standards

I am writing to comment on the EPA's proposed new regulations to reduce carbon emissions from 

power plants. I highly encourage the EPA to set aggressive and enforceable carbon reduction 

standards for new and existing power plants. Power plants are the largest concentrated source 

of emissions in the United States, together accounting for roughly one-third of all domestic 

greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gas pollution from existing power plants threatens the 

health and welfare of all Americans' and is leading to long lasting changes in our climate 

that will have a range of negative effects on human health and the environment. As a person 

of faith I believe that it is our moral responsibility as interconnected humans on this 

planet to seek justice for our brothers and sisters across the globe and our brothers and 

sisters that live down the street and that starts with aggressive and enforceable carbon 

reduction standards for new and existing power plants. Taking the aggressive steps necessary 

to cut carbon pollution from new and existing power plants will protect children’s health and 

will move us toward a cleaner, more stable environment for future generations. Thank you for 

your time and consideration of my comments. 

Thank you, 

 Katharine B. Johnson 

-- 

Kathy Johnson 

kathbjohnson09@gmail.com

404-371-4440 
85

From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Clarisse Perrette [clarissep@mac.com]

Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:00 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Wed, 11/20/2013 - 09:59 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Clarisse Perrette 

Email: clarissep@mac.com

Comments: 

PLEASE establish strong carbon pollution standards. Please make the US a leader in clean-er 

energy. Strong carbon pollution standards will save lives, money, health and our children's 

future. 

Best, 

Clarisse Perrette 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: Jake Tyler [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 8:32 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Jake Tyler Beverly, Massachusetts 

There are now 35 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

http://www.change.org/petitions/epa-limit-co2-emissions-from-existing-powerplants/responses/new?response=1e2ea64ba3d0 

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From: Environmental Law and Policy Center [elpcinfo@elpc.org] on behalf of Nancy Smith 

[nancyasmith@hotmail.com]

Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 3:18 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's time for strong carbon standards

Nov 20, 2013 

U.S. EPA 

Dear EPA, 

Thank you for conducting "listening sessions" across the country to allow citizens like 

myself to share our thoughts on the upcoming carbon pollution standards. I was pleased when 

President Obama announced his Climate Action Plan in June, and I hope U.S. EPA follows 

through with aggressive carbon pollution reduction standards that will make a difference in 

our fight against climate change. 

This is especially important in the Midwest, where we have a large concentration of old, 

dirty coal power plants that produce a lot of air pollution that contributes to our climate 

change problems and that affects our health. 

Climate change impacts are already starting to hurt people in the Midwest. More days of 

extreme heat are hard in old cities like Chicago, where lots of folks have asthma and other 

respiratory issues and where lots of folks don't have access to air conditioning. It's also 

very hard on Midwestern farmers, who deal with droughts one year and floods the next -- and 

that, in turn, can affect food prices for everyone. 

This is hurting our health and hurting our pocketbooks. And it's only going to get worse 

unless we do something about it. That's why I hope the U.S. EPA designs STRONG standards to 

curb carbon pollution. 

Sincerely, 

Ms. Nancy Smith 

2907 Shelter Island Dr 

San Diego, CA 92106-2743 
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From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Wiliam O'Brien [wobobr123

@yahoo.com]

Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 3:18 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 20, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Mr. Wiliam O'Brien 

12520 SW Gem Ln Apt 202 

Beaverton, OR 97005-1360 

(503) 679-5194 
89

From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Wendy Abrams [wabrams1@me.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 11:23 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Tue, 11/19/2013 - 23:23 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Wendy Abrams 

Email: wabrams1@me.com

Comments: I strongly support the EPA enacting limits on carbon emissions from coal plants in 

order to address the serious threat of climate change. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
90

From: Selden Prentice [seldenpre@comcast.net]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 8:44 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Greenhouse gas limits on new power plants

Please impose greenhouse gas limits on new power plants. There is little time left to make a 

difference on climate change. Let's do it now. Please. 

Selden Prentice 

Seattle, WA 
91

From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Susan Crawford 

[scahimsa@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 6:32 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 19, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Susan Crawford 

10418 Cambridge Pl 

Powell, OH 43065-8762 

(614) 659-0470 
92

From: Barbara Hill [b.c.hill@comcast.net]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:58 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Please write strong rules

Dear Reader: 

I urge you to create the very strongest rules limiting carbon pollution that you possibly can. We are beginning to see the 

costs of inaction on global warning: the strongest typhoon on record in the Philippines last week, tornados in Illinois this 

week, and the extraordinary droughts of recent years. If Illinois’s climate becomes unsuitable for growing corn, as could 

very well happen, the costs will dwarf those seen so far. We have green energy solutions available, and anything we can 

do to make our energy sources reflect their true costs will help us make the shift away from fossil fuels. 

Thank you for your attention. 

Barbara Hill 

1460 Joan Dr. 

Palatine, IL 60074 

847.991.3204 
93

From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Andy Knott [andy.knott@sierraclub.org]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 4:08 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Tue, 11/19/2013 - 16:07 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Andy Knott 

Email: andy.knott@sierraclub.org

Comments: 

My name is Andy Knott and I am the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign Representative for 

Missouri. The Sierra Club has more than 30,000 members and supporters in Missouri. 

I want to thank EPA for taking this unprecedented step of reaching out to communities that 

are on the front-lines of dealing with climate disruption impacts. We applaud President 

Obama’s Climate Action Plan released in June that calls for a 17% overall reduction of carbon 

pollution by 2020. 

The need for action by EPA has never been more urgent. From hurricane Sandy 

to increased frequency of drought and flooding disasters to more severe storm and tornado 

events, the evidence of climate disruption and its impacts on people, the economy and public 

budgets is undeniable. In 2011 and 2012, Missouri ranked 7th in the nation in federal 

disaster recovery spending at 

$2.5 billion. Missouri also has a long way to go to reduce its contribution to climate 

disruption, as 80% of its electricity comes from coal. 

Carbon pollution is also linked to life-threatening air pollution, such as smog, that can 

trigger asthma attacks. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, 

more than 381,000 adults and 143,000 children live with asthma. In 2012, the St. Louis metro 

area experienced 40 instances when the 8-hour ozone standard was exceeded and the Kansas City 

metro area experienced 29 instances when the standard was exceeded. 

We call on EPA to adopt strong safeguards that reduce power plant carbon 

pollution by 40% by 2020 from 2005 levels. This level of power plant 

reductions is needed to meet President Obama’s climate action plan goal of reducing 

nationwide emissions of carbon pollution by 17% by 2020. 

We also call on EPA to ensure that programs that implement these reductions do not 

disproportionately impact the most vulnerable communities among us. 

We call on the investment of public resources to ensure that the transition to a twenty-first 

century energy economy provides family-sustaining livelihoods to workers and regions 

traditionally tied to the coal sector. 

EPA’s actions should also promote energy efficiency and zero-carbon energy and avoid 

incentivizing natural gas and other climate-disrupting energy sources. 

Lastly, EPA must ensure the standard is regularly updated beyond 2020, to achieve emissions 

levels demanded by climate science. 

Thank you again for this opportunity. 

Respectfully submitted, 
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Andy Knott 

Beyond Coal Campaign Representative - Missouri Sierra Club 

7164 Manchester Ave 

St. Louis, MO 63143 

e-mail: andy.knott@sierraclub.org

cell: 231.714.1668 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
95

From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Akshai Singh 

[akshaisingh@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 3:57 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 19, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Mr. Akshai Singh 

2585 Euclid Heights Blvd 

Cleveland Heights, OH 44106-2760 

(216) 272-4286 
96

From: Frey Leigh [fleigh@att.net]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 2:56 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Cc: Frey Leigh

Subject: Regulating emissions from existing power plants

I strongly support the regulation of carbon dioxide and other pollutants from existing power 

plants. The time has come to do all we possibly can to slow global warming and climate 

change. The energy sector has flourished while everyday Americans have struggled. Its well 

past time for the energy industries to do their part in protecting the health of our planet 

and all its people. A global economy needs to take responsibility for its global effects. 

Connect the dots. 

Thank you for your attention, 

Frey Leigh, 

San Jose CA 
97

From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Martha Bonvillain 

[martha@bonv.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 1:27 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 19, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Martha Bonvillain 

7681 Athenia Dr 

Cincinnati, OH 45244-2957 

(513) 231-3552 
98

From: Kate Buckley [katebuckley620@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:19 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

I am writing to comment on the EPA's proposed new regulations to reduce carbon emissions from 

power plants. I highly encourage the EPA to set aggressive and enforceable carbon reduction 

standards for new and existing power plants. Power plants are the largest concentrated source of 

emissions in the United States, together accounting for roughly one-third of all domestic greenhouse 

gas emissions. Greenhouse gas pollution from existing power plants threatens the health and welfare 

of all Americans' and is leading to long lasting changes in our climate that will have a range of 

negative effects on human health and the environment. 

As a person of faith I believe that it is our moral responsibility as interconnected humans on this 

planet to seek justice for our brothers and sisters across the globe and our brothers and sisters that 

live down the street and that starts with aggressive and enforceable carbon reduction standards for 

new and existing power plants. Taking the aggressive steps necessary to cut carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants will protect children’s health and will move us toward a cleaner, more 

stable environment for future generations. Thank you for your time and consideration of my 

comments. 

Grace and Peace,

Kate Buckley
99

From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Kate King [katherinek42

@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 8:57 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 19, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Ms. Kate King 

3640 Stillwell Rd 

Dresden, OH 43821-9712 

(740) 624-3375 
100

From: Kristen Kaneb [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 7:10 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Kristen Kaneb Manchester, Massachusetts 

There are now 34 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

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From: Justin Eichenberger [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 6:29 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Justin Eichenberger Manchester, Massachusetts 

There are now 33 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

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From: Maddy Surette [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:30 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Maddy Surette Manchester, Massachusetts 

There are now 32 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

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From: Olivia Lantz [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 1:56 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Olivia Lantz Manchester, Massachusetts 

There are now 31 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

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From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Marketa Anderson 

[nolenz@aol.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:56 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 18, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Ms. Marketa Anderson 

1548 W Pekin Rd 

Lebanon, OH 45036-9786 

(937) 416-1970 
105

From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Stacy Grossman 

[stacygandadamg@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:56 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 18, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Stacy Grossman 

2745 Allegheny Ave 

Bexley, OH 43209-1013 
106

From: Dene Hager [jodene.hager@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 10:11 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Clean Air Act Regulations

Hello EPA - 

This is in regards to the Clean Air Act regulations. As a citizen concerned about carbon pollution and other 

pollution from power plants, I strongly urge you to tighten your regulations upon power plants in the US and 

instill high fines for violations. It is time to ask the producers of pollution to pay for the damage they are doing 

to the environment. 

If the polluters break your regulations, there should be stiff penalties that are newsworthy not negligible. Make 

the penalties really sting for the offenders. Please make this regulation strong and effective. Set the standard 

right this time. 

Thank you for listening. 

- Jodene Hager 
107

From: Joy Joyce [joyljoyce@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 9:48 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Taking protective action now

We need to implement strategies that will safe-guard our planet's future by ending the polluting techniques and 

resources and replacing them with ones that will not build up greenhouse gases. Recently, I heard about the 

impact of rising water temperatures on trout. What will be next if we don't act? 

Joy Joyce 

1416 Wendover Lane 

Wheaton, IL 60187 
108

From: Maddie Pomeroy [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 8:47 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Maddie Pomeroy Manchester, Massachusetts 

There are now 30 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

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From: cynthia Kegel [kegcynt@att.net]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 5:59 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: carbon pollution

The world cannot bear the high rate of pollution of the United 

States. 

please stop big polluters and introduce low pollution cars. 

Cynthia Kegel 
110

From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Beulah White [bswhite@att.net]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 3:25 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 18, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Ms. Beulah White 

2605 El Camino Dr 

Middletown, OH 45044-7127 
111

From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Michael White [mdwhite2

@att.net]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 3:25 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 18, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Mr. Michael White 

2605 El Camino Dr 

Middletown, OH 45044-7127 
112

From: Lora Hein [heinsight@earthlink.net]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 2:56 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Curtail carbon extraction and pollution immediately

Dear EPA, 

We cannot delay any longer. We may have already passed the tipping point beyond which getting 

the planetary atmospheric condition back to one that will sustain life as we know it may take 

more Herculean efforts than we would have needed had we heeded the warning signs earlier. 

Please exert all efforts possible to minimizing, eliminating and curtailing carbon pollution 

from all sources as soon as possible. 

As an individual, I am doing what I can to maintain the Honda insight I purchased in 2003 and 

to drive it as little as possible. We have insulated our home, converted to on-demand solar 

pre-heated water and a 2 kW photovoltaic system on our <1200 square foot house next to a bus 

line in a "walkable" community. I am growing what greens I can on our 6600 square foot lot to 

augment our diet and reduce transport emissions. I shop locally, avoid plastic packaging as 

much as I can and keep looking for more ways to reduce my use of petrochemicals. I wear used 

natural fiber clothing, only buying synthetics if they are previously used items. My list 

goes on and on, from carrying my re-usable bags with me EVERYWHERE to keeping my garden worm 

bin worms alive through the winter and composting all I can, reducing our household garbage 

to under 5 gallons a week (and most of that is cat litter, which I am working at finding an 

alternative to). 

I am not extreme, at least not for fellow citizens if this area. However, when I travel, I 

see that much of America is living on a different planet than I am when it comes to reducing 

the waste from fossil extraction. The EPA is in a position to launch a major crisis campaign 

akin to someone yelling "ICEBERG AHEAD" on the Titanic. We need to go full reverse and do it 

soon. Or, as my father was fond of saying "You need to get that done by yesterday". His other 

favorite saying, which I forgot had come from my childhood lips until my mother reminded me 

of the source, "Elbow Grease Does Not Pollute". 

It's time for Americans to be willing to get their hands dirty again and make this country 

the great land it once was once, again. 

Are you ready to lead the way? 

Sign me up to help. 

Sincerely, 

Lora Hein 

4725 108th Ave. NE 

Kirkland, WA 98033 
113

From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Beulah White [bswhite@att.net]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 1:55 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 18, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Ms. Beulah White 

2605 El Camino Dr 

Middletown, OH 45044-7127 
114

From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Beulah White [bswhite@att.net]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 1:25 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 18, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Ms. Beulah White 

2605 El Camino Dr 

Middletown, OH 45044-7127 
115

From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Caveman Etris [caveman01

@cincic.com]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 1:25 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 18, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Mr. Caveman Etris 

3060 Picwood Dr 

Cincinnati, OH 45248-5028 
116

From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Michael White [mdwhite2

@att.net]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 1:25 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 18, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Mr. Michael White 

2605 El Camino Dr 

Middletown, OH 45044-7127 
117

From: Molly Crehan [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 1:16 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Molly Crehan Manchester, Massachusetts 

There are now 29 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Virginia Snodgrass Rangel [redjetta82@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 12:57 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/18/2013 - 12:56 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Virginia Snodgrass Rangel 

Email: redjetta82@gmail.com

Comments: I look forward to stricter regulations for existing power plants. I live in 

Houston, an area where we pay the price for lax regulations and for Texas's decision to not 

comply with federal standards. Air pollution here is awful, comparable only to when I lived 

in Santiago, Chile, and local and state leaders have been clear they have no intention of 

doing anything to limit emissions. I hope the standards will include consequences for states 

and plants that do not comply. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
119

From: Brian Bansenauer [bansenauer@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 12:18 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: We need action now

Typhoon Haiyan should be a wake-up call about the tragic potential of a world ravaged by climate 

change. 

We need speedy action to strongly regulate carbon emissions from new and existing power plants. 

The world can't wait, please redouble your efforts. 

-- Brian 

 
120

From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Carolyn Nikkal Ed.D. [ni2k_c@fastmail.us]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 11:47 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/18/2013 - 11:46 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Carolyn Nikkal Ed.D. 

Email: ni2k_c@fastmail.us

Comments: 

I am writing due to my alarm at the latest scientific reports on catastrophic climate change. 

The science makes it clear that business as usual will devastate us all and that carbon 

emissions must be drastically reduced as soon as possible to avoid creating a climate unfit 

for human survival. Even immediate action will not spare us from the devastation that we are 

seeing today with ferocious storms, intractable drouths, severe ocean acidification, sea 

level rise and the dramatic increase of methane release from the Arctic Circle permafrost 

regions and the under water stores of methane being released due to the increased Arctic ice 

melting. 

We can however reduce the damage by moving quickly to fossil free electric power generation. 

Studies show that such a shift to carbon free power is economically feasible and desirable. 

To not make the shift is the largest possible crime against humanity and nature, especially 

since the cost of doing so is a mere fraction of the damage from inaction. 

Any rules that you formulate must be grounded in this irrefutable truth. No economic hardship 

to special interests can begin to out weigh the damage to life itself. 

Any rules must give science based goals of:eliminating carbon emissions from all power plants 

as rapidly as possible. A clear goal of no new carbon emitting power plants by 2020 and a 

clear goal of shutting existing p;ants by 

2025 would facilitate the needed shift to 100% renewable wind, solar, geothermal, 

hydroelectric and wave energy. Nothing short of such a shift will give the planet the 

breathing space to begin to heal from the damage that we have already done. 

We did not intend to create the kind of global destruction and degradation that is now 

underway. As a boomer, I was all to much a part of the cheap energy train that is now out of 

hand. We did not understand what we were doing or the magnitude of the damage. BUT NOW WE 

KNOW! Damage caused by ignorance is bad enough. To add an even greater burden to the planet 

when we know better is unforgivable and epitomizes the core of evil. 

You can make a big difference in reversing our destruction of the planet by taking bold, 

scientifically sound actions and formulation a clear, bold carbon reduction plan that will 

send clear economic signals to reduce carbon and to encourage the swift development of truly 

sustainable sources of 

energy: solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, and wave energy. Our country has pulled 

together in mass industrialization during WW11. We can pull together to stop climate change 

with a pivot to a carbon free future. The alternatives are too grim. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Ed Outlaw [outlaw@mindspring.com]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 11:33 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/18/2013 - 11:32 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Ed Outlaw 

Email: outlaw@mindspring.com

Comments: Reducing carbon from power plants is extremely important to our future. Climate 

change is a real problem and this is a significant way to have an impact. While those with 

economic interests in Coal Plants, like the EMC's and Georgia Power in my State of Georgia, 

deny that reducing carbon from coal plants can be done in a way that does not hurt us 

economically, they are incorrect. Through energy efficiency and renewables, we can have a 

positive impact, create jobs, and keep the cost of power reasonably low, even with a carbon 

tax. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
122

From: Lauren Coogan [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 2:34 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Lauren Coogan Manchester, Massachusetts 

There are now 28 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

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From: Livia Jackson [livijac@comcast.net]

Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:46 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: stop carbon pollution from existing power plants!

Greetings I'm Livia Jackson, and spoke at your hearings week before last... 

As you know, the existing coal plants in the US emit one/third of all greenhouse gases. We 

are reaching a tipping point. Our window to lower global warming is closing. It's time to 

phase out all fossil fuel plants. Germany just reported closing 2/3rds of their ff plants 

this year because solar is growing so fast there. Citizens own 50% of their renewable power 

sources. We have more sun, we can do this too. 

We are waking up and realizing what these dirty fuels have done to our NW and our planet. 

Globally 2-4 million people a year are dying from air pollution. 50-100,000 here in the US 

alone, Stanford reports. We see it now: how we have been paying the costs for all the floods, 

fires, droughts, loss of ocean and terrestrial ecosystems. Paying for the growing tragic 

crises in public health which has benefitted the profits of fossil fuel companies. We even 

give them 4 billion a year in subsidies. Even China is waking up- pollution is shutting down 

whole cities. Only now are we measuring particulate matter 1 micron or smaller. This is 90% 

of coal air pollution and now we know that it can cross the lung/bloodstream barrier and 

cause cardiovascular failure. Before only 2.5 microns was measured. 

Public health catastrophes are reaching us here- the insect and pest disease vectors are not 

dying off in a warm winter and so keep moving north. Already the pine bark beetle is 

destroying our forests, West Nile and Lyme disease are in Wa.; Now Dengue fever is here 

Yellow fever has reached Calif. Malaria is moving up from the south. Asthma and respiratory 

diseases are epidemic. 

Our fishing industries and oceans are in peril-Oceans are warming faster than in the last 

10,000 years. The plankton will die off with a 1 degree rise in ocean temperature. They are 

the basis of our food chain. Although only 1% of the biomass on earth, they create 50% of 

our oxygen. 

I hope for a carbon tax and dividend bill as Citizen Climate Lobby works for, but with broken 

govt. I urge you to reduce emissions to the fullest extent. Stanford's Energy and Atmosphere 

Program in Engineering has a brilliant transition plan to clean energy. We would save 

enormous money, create jobs and prevent massive suffering to build out solar and wind. 

Please act now to preserve and protect our country and our Planet Earth. 

Thank you, 

Livia Jackson 
124

From: Nextgalaxy@aol.com

Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 10:57 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Carbon pollution standards for existing power plants

Dear EPA: 

 

Please enact the strongest possible standards for reducing CO2 emissions from all power plants, existing and future. 

Please apply them equitably to all forms of energy generation, looking at life cycle emissions of power plants, from 

construction and operation through end-of-life disposal. A sensible metric to limit would be pounds of CO2 emitted per 

kilowatt hour generated (electric + useful heat), averaged over the power system's lifetime. If these standards are ramped 

up over a period of years, the power industry can deal with them without disruptive power outages or price spikes. 

Gradually tightening the standards will give the energy market time to transition away from fossil fuels and toward 

whatever mix of renewables and nuclear power makes the most economic sense. 

 

For years I had been meaning to tell somebody in government the following story, and now the time is right. When I first 

saw a mountain of coal sitting next to a coal-fired power plant, way back in the late 1950's, I was flabbergasted. I worried 

that burning mountains of coal like that would eventually ruin the atmosphere, until I was reassured by my parents that an 

up-and-coming alternative called nuclear power would soon displace coal burning as our main source of electricity. They 

gave me the book, "Our Friend the Atom", after which I was able to grow up without fearing for the future of life on Earth. 

 

Fifty years later, it's obvious that my worst childhood fears were not misplaced. In fact, things are even worse than I had 

feared, because CO2 emissions are ruining the oceans as well as the atmosphere. Why are we still burning coal? What 

kid growing up today would NOT fear for the future of life on Earth? 

 

Michael Pelizzari

nextgalaxy@aol.com

"Remember: only YOU can prevent global warming." 
125

From: Elizabeth Glidden [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 10:53 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Elizabeth Glidden Manchester, Massachusetts 

There are now 26 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

http://www.change.org/petitions/epa-limit-co2-emissions-from-existing-powerplants/responses/new?response=1e2ea64ba3d0 

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From: Judy Black [jwbblooms@gmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 10:38 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Reducing CO2 emissions

Dear EPA, 

Our CO2 emissions are dangerously high and our coal powered plants are contributing to much of this 

pollution. We have 

limited time to protect our world and prevent the disastrous consequences of climate change. We must limit the 

warming to 

less than 2 degrees Centigrade. We depend on the EPA to make decisions which will protect us. It is vital to 

make changes in 

our energy production and work toward renewable energy sources. 

Sincerely, 

Judy Black 
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From: Cameron Holley [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 10:02 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Cameron Holley Manchester, Massachusetts 

There are now 26 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

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From: Abbey Martin [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 9:35 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Abbey Martin Manchester, Massachusetts 

There are now 25 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Kory Davis [kdavis346@gmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 9:03 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Sun, 11/17/2013 - 21:02 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Kory Davis 

Email: kdavis346@gmail.com

Comments: The U.S. needs to strive to meet the Kyoto Protocol goals. Enacting strict carbon 

caps on existing and new power plants needs to happen immediately. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: Catherine C [cv_carter@hotmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 7:59 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: please choose courageously

EPA must regulate existing stationary sources — in the case of CO2, primarily power plants — under Section 

111(d). 

It will take courage to stand up to short-sighted profit-motivated souls who tout the loss of jobs or suffering of 

the poor under higher costs. 

Please do stand up to them on behalf of your grandchildren, or those of your friends. 

thanks, Catherine 
131

From: Robert von Tobel [rvon_tobel@hotmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 12:15 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: My Input re: Carbon Pollution

The USA, and the rest of the world too, have many major problems today. 

If we solve all of them except GLOBAL WARMING we will have accomplished absolutely NOTHING!!! Mankind 

will still go extinct on this planet. 

 

This is a scientific fact – unquestionable! Deniers of this are ignorant fools. 

 

Robert von Tobel 
132

From: Kathleen Thompson [katalinat@earthlink.net]

Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 11:47 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Please implement strong regulations limiting CO2 emissions

Dear EPA, 

It is critical that CO2 emissions be reduced as soon and as much as possible, and one of the 

most effective ways to do so is for government to ensure that polluters pay for the emissions 

they do not clean up. Please implement strong regulations on emissions from coal fired power 

plants, as a first and important step toward leveling the playing field so that clean 

renewable sources of energy can compete fairly. 

Respectfully, 

Kathleen Thompson 

Menlo Park, CA 94025 
133

From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Dr. Mona Mehdy [mcmehdy@gmail.com]

Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 5:39 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Sat, 11/16/2013 - 17:39 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Dr. Mona Mehdy 

Email: mcmehdy@gmail.com

Comments: As a professional biologist, I am well aware of the destabilization of the planet's 

cycles, ocean acidity, and ecosystems, agriculture and human societies by climate change. I 

urge immediate and urgent action to sharply curtail carbon dioxide from existing coal plants 

and also urge further reductions in other pollutants such as mercury, sulfur oxides which 

have caused cumulative damage here in Texas waterways and lands and nationally. 

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134

From: David Perk [davidperk@comcast.net]

Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 4:03 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Strengthen regulation of existing coal plants

To Whom It May Concern: 

I support strengthening the regulation of emissions, including carbon pollution, from existing power plants. 

As you must be aware, the International Panel on Climate Change has acknowledged that we have used the majority of 

the “carbon budget” available to us if we are going to maintain the climate that our species has evolved in. Only one 

third of that budget remains available to us, 20% of known carbon reserves. Only by consuming these reserves prudently 

can we transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Our use of the dirtiest, most carbon polluting forms of energy 

must be ended as quickly as possible. All coal fired power plants in the US should be closed over the next 15 years, 20 at 

most. 

I am glad to see that the EPA is taking steps to address carbon pollution. I wish those steps had begun sooner and were 

more dramatic. The transition from carbon polluting forms of energy to renewable energy is going to be disruptive and 

economically stressful. All branches of government should be working together with this transition as their top priority if 

we are going to leave future generations a climate that in any way resembles the one we have now. 

Sincerely yours, 

David Perk 

842 NE 67th St 

Seattle, WA 98115 
135

From: Elizabeth Ringstad [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 2:11 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Elizabeth Ringstad Greensburg, Pennsylvania 

There are now 23 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

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From: Michael Ratner [michaeli.ratner@gmail.com]

Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 1:38 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Comment on carbon emission from power plants

I write to urge the EPA to develop guidelines, rules, and enforcement mechanisms adequate to address the 

threat that carbon pollution poses to the health, safety, security, prosperity and quality of life of people all over 

the world. This threat arguably now exceeds that of all other sources of pollution combined. Since power 

plants are such a large source, and since the various available technologies have such vastly different carbon 

footprints, all living people, and even those unborn, should be considered stakeholders in the control of carbon 

pollution. 

As the most energy intensive nation on earth, we have both a moral obligation and a real-politic need to lead in 

the shift of 21st century civilization away from fossil fuels. If we fail to act to dramatically reduce our 

production of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, the worldwide costs will be not merely staggering, but 

unprecedented. The typhoon in the Philippines is just the latest example of a type of disaster that will become 

more frequent with climate change. The forest fires in the American West cannot be ignored. Likewise 

the recent floods in South Asia. And year by year, sea level rise due to global warming is eroding coastal 

farmland, beaches, homes and threatening large parts of major cities, including many of their most historic 

neighborhoods. Given these threats, as soberly and even conservatively described by the IPCC, even the major 

financial costs of pollution reduction pale in comparison to the costs of inaction. 

Fortunately, the power generation has a variety of options currently available to reduce carbon pollution. 

 Moreover, the increased efficiency of modern electrical devices ensures that higher generation costs will not 

cripple our future prosperity; to the contrary, good jobs will be created by a switch to renewable energy. I 

therefore ask that the EPA act to ensure that this switch occurs. I heartily support the idea of forbidding the 

construction of any new power plants as carbon emitting as existing coal-fire plants. I equally support the 

phasing out of existing inefficient plants with all deliberate speed. 

Sincerely, 

Michael Ratner, 

Arlington, Massachusetts 
137

From: Mark G Weatherhead [mgw@randm.us]

Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 1:35 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Contact Us Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Dear Environmental Protection Agency,

 

On November 7, 2013 I spoke at the Listening Session held in Washington, D.C. Right before it was my turn to speak I 

decided to discard my prepared detailed presentation and instead read from my scribbled notes I wrote on the bus in 

transit to the hearings from Pennsylvania.

 

 

Hello!, I am here from Pennsylvania to add my voice in support The Environmental Protection Agency and President 

Obama's Climate Action Plan.A step in the right direction.

 

I'm not new to environmental awareness. For 50 of my 63 years I have immersed myself into it. I can remember the day 

the creation of The Environmental Agency was announced. There was a power and message in the name 

alone,Environmental Protection.Just hearing the full title is an educational experence.

 

 

It seems to me the agency would be better off using ir's full title as much as possible rather than just EPA.

 

EPA sounds menacing and threating, almost like a decease, diminishing the full strenght and potental impact of the 

agency.

 

I am here to remind the agency to not be afraid to live up to it's name,Environmental Protection and make it a priority to 

enact strong and enforceable national standards to control and reduce carbon emissions, to protect our planet from 

worsening climate change. This is urgent, we can not delay any longer.

 

Sooner than later, should be the motto and goal.

 

For all those who have any doubt of human impact on the ecology of the planet and ultimatly it's climate need only look at 

the decades of accumulated scientific evidence. The truth is there, all you have to do is see it.

 

What ever is decided, we must be firm in our resolve to tackle and end dirty energy as we know it today. The time for 

action is now.

 

While sitting here listening I'm reminded of a few quotes I learned as a kid, that seem releavant and worth remembering. 

They have stuck in my mind, helping me stay focused, becoming part of my everyday consiousness.

 

The first one is from John Muir: "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world."

 

 

Concluding with two attributed to Chief Seattle: "The Earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the Eaeth.", and 

finally "We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."

 

Thank You, for the opportunity to have a voice in the conversation,as we move forward.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Ron Raz

525 Church Hill Road, P.O. Box 25
138

Ferndale, Pennsylvania 18921

 

215-806-1179

 
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From: Margaret Welke [mwelke@tds.net]

Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 1:06 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Carbon Pollution Reduction 

Thank you for proposing to limit carbon pollution from new power plants. Without these standards in place, 

polluters will continue to dump an unlimited amount of carbon pollution into our air -- pollution which is 

fueling the destruction of the planet. And this is not hyperbole – this is real and the devastation is happening 

now. It will only get worse. 

It is time, past time, that our government stands up for the people of this country, rather than aiding and 

abetting business as usual for the fossil fuel companies. Fossil fuel industries have poured millions of dollars 

into lobbying efforts to undermine your proposed life-saving protections. And their Congressional allies are 

even trying to roll back EPA authority to control carbon pollution. The whole scenario is unconscionable. 

Carbon pollution is acidifying our oceans, upon which all life depends. It is causing sea levels to rise, which will 

devastate coastlines around the world, where the majority of major cities are located, where the most people 

live and where most of our cultural treasures are located. Carbon pollution is causing ecosystem changes that 

are overwhelmingly negative and the mining and transportation of fossil fuels is poisoning our air, water and 

soil. Carbon pollution is increasing the frequency and intensity of storms and droughts. How much money are 

we spending year after year in a vain effort to repair the latest damage? Damage that all too often cannot be 

repaired. How much devastation can the people and other living things on this earth take from the continual 

battering of which Typhoon Haiyan and Hurricane Sandy are just two of the more recent egregious examples. 

How do we possibly repair the Kalamazoo River let alone the Gulf of Mexico? 

As a member of The Citizens Climate Lobby, 350.org and many other organizations devoted to saving the earth 

for its inhabitants, I have pledged my life to this endeavor. I hope that the EPA will stand with me and all the 

people on this precious earth who have the courage to face reality. Help us by demanding that we act 

immediately and substantively to reverse carbon pollution and engage our most brilliant minds to researching 

and capitalizing clean, safe renewables. 

I urge you to stand strong against the pressure of fossil fuel companies and those in Congress who are too 

frightened to do what must be done. As Dante wrote: “The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who 

maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.” I don't know where he would send those who actively work 

to create the crisis, but I do know that we face no greater crisis than this. 

Margaret Welke 

410 Clemons Avenue 

Madison, WI 53704 

608.246.2159 

mwelke@tds.net

 

THE EARTH -- PRICELESS!
140

From: Beth Funsch [bethfunsch@gmail.com]

Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 2:33 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: NO to carbon pollution from power plants.

Dear EPA, 

Please stop allowing pollution from existing power plants to pollute our air and water! 

thank you, 

 Beth Funsch 

Portland OR 

97214 
141

From: john mikus [mikuslaw@yahoo.com]

Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 2:32 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Stop the Burning of Coal at Aging Power Plants Like the Fayette Power Project of the LCRA

Please impose the new environmental regulations for new coal fired power plants on all old coal fired 

power plants like the Fayette Power Project in my home county of Fayette County, Texas. 

 

Irrigated pecan trees and cedar trees and now live oak trees that have survived repeated droughts 

are dead or dying in Fayette and surrounding counties because, in my opinion, of the acid rain and 

micro climate change produced by the LCRA's aging coal burning Fayette Power Project. The most 

severe drought stricken areas of Texas are typically located near a coal fired power plant. In the case 

of the Fayette Power Project the area east of the plant repeatedly experience rains born by cold 

fronts diminishing substantially as they approach the Fayette Power Project which minute by minute 

time elapsed radar graphically depicts to the viewer. 

 

Furthermore, there are indications that private and public water wells are being contaminated with 

arsenic and heavy metals due to leakage of its coal ash waste pond and that the problem has been 

ignored despite awareness by state agencies for decades now. Fayette County has one of the 

highest rates of cancer in the state. It has been reported that 10 out of 12 families living near the 

boundary of the Fayette Power Project have suffered from cancer. 

 

Farmers and being denied water from the Colorado River to grow our food and maintain our 

agricultural economy and protect our bays and wetlands in part because the Fayette Power Project 

wastes huge volumes of water taken from the river. 

 

The external cost of coal simply outweighs any of its alleged internal costs. To add insult to injury 

the Fayette Power Project is part of the almost 2 billion Texas dollars Texans send out of state each 

year to politically influential out of state coal companies at great loss to our economy and the green 

jobs alternative energy would create in Texas. 

 

Your failure to impose environmental regulations on these aging coal fired power plants in effect 

subsidizes the wealthy and politically well connected at great cost to the average taxpayer and their 

families - a cost far greater than the illusory internal savings of using coal to boil water to generate 

electricity especially when natural gas, solar, and wind are internally far more cost effective in the 

long term. 

 

Please do not make political compromises with the coal industry given the tremendous external costs 

and suffering such compromises entail for Texas not to mention our planet. 

 

Very truly yours, 

 

John W. Mikus 

Fayette County landowner and Houston resident 

8118 Neff St. 

Houston, Texas 77036 

832-212-1600 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Ben Taube [bentaube@gmail.com]

Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 2:24 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Fri, 11/15/2013 - 14:23 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Ben Taube 

Email: bentaube@gmail.com

Comments: Related to the carbon pollution standards, we should exhaust all cost effective 

energy efficiency measures as part of the solution to controlling plant emissions. Look at 

the success of other states that have energy efficiency as a generation resource competing 

directly with traditional generation sources. 

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143

From: Ashley Tanski [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 11:10 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Ashley Tanski Random lake, Wisconsin 

There are now 22 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

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From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Fred Penny 

[fredmpenny@yahoo.com]

Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 11:16 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 15, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Mr. Fred Penny 

2601 Martin Luther King Jr Dr 

Cleveland, OH 44104-3806 

(216) 229-5998 
145

From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Helen Schietinger [h.schietinger@verizon.net]

Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 10:57 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Fri, 11/15/2013 - 10:56 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Helen Schietinger 

Email: h.schietinger@verizon.net

Comments: 

In regard to developing the carbon pollution standard for existing power 

plants: The EPA has all the expertise it needs to set an appropriately strong standard. You 

know, based on scientific evidence, that coal-fired power, from extraction to combustion, has 

already had a devastating effect on the earth, contributing significantly to air pollution 

and global warming (aka climate change). Given the context in which you are functioning, 

though, receiving pressure from climate change nay-sayers as well as people concerned about 

carbon pollution, I feel a need to state what is obvious: 

The acronym EPA stands for Environmental Protection Agency: 

not U.S. Economic Interests Protection Agency, not Coal Company Protection Agency, and not 

Powerful Political Interests Protection Agency. 

Coal-fired plants should have been much more closely regulated, if not shut down, long ago. 

Our country has lost decades of time in the transfer to using renewable energy because 

powerful energy corporations resisted the process. We can’t afford to lose more time because 

power companies complain about their bottom line. The EPA knows the right thing to do. So 

do your job: Draft strong carbon reduction standards. 

I live in Washington DC. I am a taxpayer, I am an RN, and I am a citizen of this country. 

I am also a grateful inhabitant of this beautiful earth. I'm counting on you. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
146

From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Gabrielle Burton 

[gcb@fivesistersproductions.com]

Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 10:46 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 15, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Ms. Gabrielle Burton 

4361 Liberty Rd 

Delaware, OH 43015-8616 
147

From: Ohio Environmental Council [OEC@theOEC.org] on behalf of Staci Savage 

[savage_staci@yahoo.com]

Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 10:16 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's Time to Cut Carbon to Protect Our Health!

Nov 15, 2013 

President Obama 

Dear Obama, 

Industrial carbon pollution spewing from power plants threatens our health. 

It fuels global warming, which increases smog, permanently damaging our lungs and making it 

difficult for children to breathe. 

I urge you to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon pollution from 

new and existing power plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in 

clean energy, and unleash American innovation. 

Sincerely, 

Ms. Staci Savage 

1618 Springhill Ave 

Dayton, OH 45409-1864 
148

From: Patricia J Miller Schimpf [patti_mw@yahoo.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 11:39 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Patricia J Miller Schimpf 

1387 N. Oakwood Rd 

Oshkosh, WI 54904 
149

From: donna murphy [donnalee59@gmail.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 11:31 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

! 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

donna murphy 

6130 century avenue 

middleton, WI 53562 
150

From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Kristen [craft1681@gmail.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:22 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Thu, 11/14/2013 - 22:21 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Kristen 

Email: craft1681@gmail.com

Comments: As a student, I am frustrated with the lack of regulations on carbon pollution, a 

main cause of global warming. I am very passionate about this topic considering my generation 

will have to live in this world in the future, and I would like to keep our environment clean 

for not only me but any later generations. I feel that carbon emissions should be strictly 

monitored to slow the rate of pollution. Thank you! 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
151

From: litwits98@aol.com

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 9:48 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: clean up carbon pollution

I strongly support Environmental Protection Agency Standards to clean up carbon pollution from new and existing power 

plants because it will protect Americans' health, spur investment in clean energy and unleash American innovation. 

Linda Smoucha 

25 N. Waterman Ave. 

Arlington Heights, IL 60004 
152

From: Gerald Flynn [Admiralsqueaky@gmail.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 9:23 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Gerald Flynn 

3406 quam dr 

Stoughton, WI 53589 
153

From: Joan Hebert [joanheb@gmail.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 8:05 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Cc: Joan Hebert

Subject: strong regulations on CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants

Dear EPA, 

I urge you to implement strong regulations limiting CO2 emissions from existing coal-fired power plants to 

levels that put us on a path to limit global warming to no more than two degrees centigrade. These power plants 

are one of the major sources of CO2 emissions responsible for climate change. Climate change is jeopardizing 

the health, security and economic prosperity of Americans and people around the world. The coal industry 

should not be allowed to pollute for free at the expense of everyone else. It is time to transition to cleaner 

sources of energy, which will not only protect our health, but also create economic growth and generate more 

jobs than there currently are in the entire coal industry. Please move ahead expeditiously, this is the single most 

important action EPA can take to curb climate change. 

Sincerely, 

Joan Hebert 
154

From: Bobby Righi [bobby.righi@gmail.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 7:23 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Closing Coal-fired Power Plants.

Dear EPA: 

I urge you to close dirty coal-fired power plants. The Union of Concerned Scientists has listed 353 coal-fired 

power plants ready for retirement and if these were all closed, we would be avoiding 1.3 million tons of sulfur 

dioxide and 300,000 tons of nitrogen oxide emissions each year as well as significant amounts of mercury, 

particulates, and other toxic emissions. It would also keep 260 million tons of CO2 out of the atmosphere each 

year assuming they were replaced entirely with zero-emissions resources like wind and solar. 

The cleaner air will benefit children who are the main victims of asthma and developmental problems caused by 

lead and other toxic substances. It is a moral imperative to move strongly and quickly to close these power 

plants. 

Thank you, 

Bobby Righi 
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From: Bruce Sigmon [bruce.h.sigmon@gmail.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 7:01 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Carbon Pollution Standards for Existing Power Plants

I attended the public meeting in Atlanta October 23rd discussing plans to limit CO2 pollution for existing power 

plants. 

I was pleased that the introductory video indicated that these were changes that are coming and not that our 

input is being requested in order to decide whether to limit or not. If that is indeed the case, I have little to say 

on how to implement these changes. The economist who spoke probably gave good guidance, but you may be 

operating with political restraints. 

Anyway, I urge you to take a bold stance toward less CO2 emissions. The U.S. used to be a "can do" nation. 

 When I read of how we ramped up to the challenges of WWII or achieved a landing on the moon in 10 years 

and compare it with our lack of leadership on this effort which is necessary to prevent a new dark age, if not 

extinction, I wonder if we are the same nation. 

Finally, after enduring the countless ads for "clean coal", I am disappointed to see power company officials 

implying that that was all a lie. 

In short, please take bold action now and show the world that the U.S. can still lead on important efforts. 

-- 

"If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on 

earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced 

from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm" - http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174930 
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From: Jamie Horneman [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 6:15 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Jamie Horneman Park Forest, Illinois 

There are now 21 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Aly [Alytharp@gmail.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 5:57 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Thu, 11/14/2013 - 17:56 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Aly 

Email: Alytharp@gmail.com

Comments: There must be NO "grandfathering" whatsoever in these regulations. 

If a refinery cannot meet carbon pollution standards, it DESERVES to go out of business and 

make space for transition to better energy sources. If you start creating loopholes to your 

standards, you lose, and we all lose. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: Susan Missett-King [smissettking@gmail.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 5:14 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Susan Missett-King 

5106 Regent St. 

Madison, WI 53705 
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From: catrayl dalyan [catrayl@yahoo.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 5:04 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: No! to carbon pollution

Please, stop the dirty existing power plants in the USA! Help make change to stop the carbon pollution. There are lots of ways this needs to be addressed and few that we can do without your help.

Please help reduce then stop carbon pollution.

catrayl

Catrayl Atkyn

Seattle, WA 98115
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From: Susan Rosenzweig [srosenz@comcast.net]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 3:40 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Limiting CO2 emissions

Dear EPA, 

I urge you to implement strong regulations limiting CO2 emissions from existing coal-fired power plants to levels that put us on a path to limit global warming to no more than two degrees centigrade. These power plants are one of the major sources of CO2 emissions responsible for climate change. Climate change is jeopardizing the health, security and economic prosperity of Americans and people around the world. The coal industry should not be allowed to pollute for free at the expense of everyone else. It is time to transition to cleaner sources of energy, which will not only protect our health, but also 

create economic growth and generate more jobs than there currently are in the entire coal industry. Please move ahead expeditiously, this is an important action EPA can take to curb climate change... 

 

Susan Rosenzweig 

srosenz@comcast.net
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From: Mardel Rick [arick@chibardun.net]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:42 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Mardel Rick 

673 Beach ST. 

Barron, WI 54812 
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From: rick gorud [rags47@centuylink.net]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:35 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

rick gorud 

p,o, box 1 

Minong, WI 54859 
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From: Janice Doyle [doylejce@yahoo.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:32 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Janice Doyle 

3034 Acker Street 

Cross Plains, WI 53528 
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From: Kathy [kpimentel@att.net]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:05 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Coal-fired power plants

Dear EPA, 

 Please support strong regulations to limit CO2 emmisions from existing coal-fired power 

plants. We have already begun to feel the effects of climate change in devasting ways (ask 

the victims of Katrina, Sandy and Yolanda). We must institute strict measures to control and 

eventually reverse this trend. Along with the burning of fossil fuel, cola-fired power plants 

are a major contributor to carbon polution. In order to avoid frying the planet and all the 

animals and human beings living on it, we are counting on you to have to courage to regulate 

CO2 emissions. 

Sincerely, Kathleen Pimentel 
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From: Environmental Law and Policy Center [elpcinfo@elpc.org] on behalf of Jill Mittelhauser 

[jmittelhsr@hotmail.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 11:44 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's time for strong carbon standards

Nov 14, 2013 

U.S. EPA 

Dear EPA, 

I was pleased when President Obama announced his Climate Action Plan in June, and I hope U.S. 

EPA follows through with aggressive carbon pollution reduction standards that will make a 

difference in our fight against climate change. 

This is especially important in the Midwest, where we have a large concentration of old, 

dirty coal power plants that produce a lot of air pollution that contributes to our climate 

change problems and that affects our health. 

Climate change impacts are already starting to hurt people in the Midwest. More days of 

extreme heat are hard in old cities like Chicago, where lots of folks have asthma and other 

respiratory issues and where lots of folks don't have access to air conditioning. It's also 

very hard on Midwestern farmers, who deal with droughts one year and floods the next -- and 

that, in turn, can affect food prices for everyone. 

This is hurting our health and hurting our pocketbooks. And it's only going to get worse 

unless we do something about it. That's why I hope the U.S. EPA designs STRONG standards to 

curb carbon pollution. 

Sincerely, 

Ms. Jill Mittelhauser 

1314 Wilder St 

Evanston, IL 60202-1170 
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From: Jill Armentrout [jtroutcar@yahoo.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 11:37 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Jill Armentrout 

706 N. Main St. 

Lake Mills, WI 53551 
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From: Carol Johnson [cgjohnson3919@gmail.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:51 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Strong New Source Carbon Pollution Rules

Dear EPA: 

Like millions of fellow Americans, I support the draft limits on the carbon pollution that 

would be allowed to be emitted from new power plants. It is essential to the future of our 

health, environmental and quality of life that we make the transition from dirty coal-burning 

power plants to cleaner fuels and sources of energy such as solar and wind power. 

That’s why it’s so encouraging right now to see draft rules that would put a cap of 1,100 

pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, a sharp improvement considering the average plant 

produces an average of 1,768 pounds at that level. This a positive step in the right 

direction and we must uphold the strength of these draft rules. 

I cannot stress enough the critical need for this change. Already, we are feeling the impacts 

of climate change through more extreme weather. We’ve seen too many stories on the news about 

droughts, floods and the devastating impacts major storms have had on countless households, 

small businesses and families throughout our nation. 

I applaud the steps taken so far, but these pollution limits are long overdue and so we need 

to act NOW. Please don’t water down these carbon pollution limits in the final rule and keep 

this process on the right path toward a sustainable future. 

Sincerely, 

Carol Johnson 

2235 Point Rd 

spooner, WI 54801 
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From: eggleson [eggleson@centurytel.net]

Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:01 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Carbon Pollution Standards

I did not attend any of the recent hearings--I live almost 450 miles from the closest one in Chicago, and it seemed 

hypocritical to drive that far (even in my hybrid car), burning fossil fuels, to voice concern about carbon emissions. 

 

I am nonetheless, extremely concerned, so am writing to urge you to set the strongest possible standards to reduce 

carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants, the largest source of carbon emissions in the country. Strong emissions 

standards are a critical step in reducing the truly frightening threat of climate change, the impacts of which are already 

evident in tragedies like last week's typhoon in the Philippines.

 

I firmly believe that Americans, myself included, need to do much more to reduce our energy consumption levels, and I 

am committed to doing so. In the meantime, however, I hope you will work quickly to finalize strong carbon pollution 

standards for both new and existing power plants by June 2015.

 

Thank you for considering my comments.

 

Shari Eggleson

Washburn, WI
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From: Santussika Bhikkhuni [santussika@gmail.com]

Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:18 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: We need tight restrictions on carbon pollution - please do all you can

Dear friends at the EPA, 

Please set a high standard for low carbon emissions for coal-fired power plants. Our future depends upon a 

drastic reduction in CO2 pollution. This is your mission. I'm so happy that you are there doing the work you do. 

I want you to know that when you make tough standards, I'm behind you 100%. 

Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Laura DeYoung 

279 Aviador Ave., Millbrae CA 94030 

(650) 556-6427 
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From: Lynn Fitz-Hugh [lynn.fitzhugh@earthlink.net]

Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:11 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Yes stop coal plant carbon pollution

I was not able to go to the hearing you held last Thurs because I was at work but I want to add my voice to those who are 

begging you to do everything in your power to regulate carbon pollution from existing power plants. As you are well aware 

if we do not get back down to 350 parts per carbon per million we are facing the next great extinction only 100 years 

out...I shudder for my unborn and maybe never to be born grandchildren. It is nothing short of insanity for us not to act 

now and so all we can. My only ask is do it as quickly as you possibly can because every bit of carbon we don’t release 

determines how severe the problems my child and her peers will face! 

Thanks, 

Lynn Fitz-Hugh 
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From: sarah davidson [sarahcdavidson@gmail.com]

Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:06 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Comments on carbon pollution standards for existing power plants

To whom it may concern, 

Below is the testimony I read at the EPA Listening Session on Guidelines for Reducing Carbon Pollution from 

Existing Power Plants in Philadelphia, PA on November 8, 2013. I thank the EPA for holding these hearings 

and for providing a forum for public input as it prepares these new standards. My comments are based on my 

education in the earth sciences and my experience with stakeholder-based natural resources management. 

"As you consider how to regulate carbon emissions from existing fossil-fuel fired power plants, I know you are 

asked, and pressured, to make rules that will be easy for states and industry to comply with, and to minimize the 

consequences of non-compliance. You will be driven to come to a solution that balances the input of states, 

industry, environmentalists, and citizens. As you consider the concerns of all these groups, I urge you to 

remember that while you may come up with a standard that is acceptable to everyone, it won't matter if it 

doesn't lead to reduced greenhouse gas emissions. We cannot compromise with the sun or the atmosphere—we 

cannot ask physics or chemistry for more time because it might be expensive to comply with new regulation. 

Thus your proposed rules must above all be based on the best available science. This includes the most recent 

IPCC report and also science that addresses the possibility of non-linear climate feedbacks, such as ice sheet 

disintegration, that are not included in most global climate models. Your decisions must be based on what is 

most likely to prevent catastrophic climate change. 

If you choose to avoid the available information, and create regulations that meet the short-term interests of 

companies that have much more than three minutes to talk to you, remember that you cannot later pretend you 

didn't know what was happening. Changes to the climate are happening today and are being documented, 

analyzed, and made public. We have waited long enough to act—another 10 or 20 year delay before our 

emissions start to decrease is not acceptable. If the EPA, if the US, does not lead on this, it is not only our 

grandchildren's grandchildren who will pay the price. We are going to be answering to our own children. Our 

own grandchildren. 

The good news here is that those who worry primarily about economic consequences of reducing emissions are 

not only ignoring the economic costs of carbon pollution, they are also profoundly underestimating the 

creativity of the American people. You give us real incentives to replace outdated methods of powering our 

economy, and we will do it! We just need to be told, firmly, that it is time to get started. 

In closing, I urge the EPA to make strong emissions standards to regulate greenhouse gases from fossil-fuel 

fired power plants, without loopholes, and with concrete enforcement mechanisms. 

Thank you for your attention." 

I recognize that the implementation of these new regulations will be more successful if it is recognized that the 

public supports them. It was clear from the listening session in Philadelphia that the EPA has support from a 

wide range of constituencies. I see it as my responsibility to help raise awareness about the benefits of 

regulating carbon emissions within my community—friends, family and neighbors in the Philadelphia area and 
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across the US. In addition, please do not hesitate to contact me if there are other actions I can take to promote 

the new carbon pollution regulations. 

Best regards, 

Sarah C Davidson 

Swarthmore, PA 
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From: Krista Collard [krista.collard@sierraclub.org]

Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 4:53 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Cc: Michael Medler

Subject: Contact Us Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Dr. Michael Medler, EPA Statement, Seattle WA Nov. 7, 2013

Wildfire and Climate Change

My name is Dr. Michael Medler. I would like to limit my comments to just the relationship between wildfires 

and carbon in our atmosphere. I worked as a Forest Service fire fighter in the 1980s, I am the current chair of 

Environmental Studies at Western Washington University, I was founding editor of the peer reviewed scientific 

journal Fire Ecology, and I served as president of the Association for Fire Ecology. I have also been researching 

forest fires for 20 years, and I have testified for US congressional committees about the linkages between 

climate and wildfire. 

When I was fighting fire in the 1980s a 20,000-40,000 acre fire was considered huge and newsworthy. Now we 

are commonly seeing fires that are more than ten times that size and our total annual acreage burned in the US 

is more than double what I was seeing most years when I was fighting fire. 

There is a now considerable scientific consensus that climate change is effecting wildfires. Fires are getting 

bigger, hotter, and more expensive, and fire seasons are two months longer than they were just a few decades 

ago. 

The responses to this situation can no longer be politically driven, and it is no longer just scientists that are 

concerned. For example, Lloyds of London has put out several reports over the last few years recommending 

that the insurance industry start planning for considerable losses as climate change results in increased in 

wildfire losses in the wildland urban interface.

Climate and wildfire are complex processes and fire is an integral and natural part of most terrestrial 

ecosystems. However, as we build more and more communities into burnable landscapes we are setting 

ourselves for increasing numbers of large property destroying fires. If we continue to perturb our global climate 

systems we should expect these problems to increase dramatically.
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Fires larger than three hundred acres account for more than 95 percent of the area burned in the United States, 

and these fires are almost always associated with extreme weather. In fact, these large fires tend to happen in 

very narrow ranges of weather conditions that may only occur a few days a year in most places. The classic 

examples are the fires associated with the Santa Ana wind in California, or the large drought driven mega fires 

in the Rockies and Cascades that tend to explode on the hottest, driest, and windiest days of the year. For 

example, the Yarnell Hill fire that killed 19 fire fighters in Arizona last summer occurred while temperature 

records were being set nearby in Phoenix, and the huge fires that killed over 170 people in Australia in 2009 

occurred while temperature records were being shattered by several degrees. 

Many large fires are directly linked directly to extreme weather events. Unfortunately, subtle sounding changes 

in climate can cause profound changes in how often these conditions occur. A few degrees higher annual

average temperatures doesn’t just mean you will have a few days with higher temps. It means the temps you 

used to see only one or two days a year could now occur dozens of times, and the temps that used to happen 

every few decades can now happen every few years.

Right now, it is very rare to have the combination of temperatures, wind, humidity, and ignitions that cause 

large destructive fires. However, as we start increasing the numbers of days with these weather combinations, 

while increasing the number of people living in burnable landscapes, we should expect to see continued growth 

in the number and intensity of very large fires that are directly impacting our communities. 

For example, a recent study looked at how these changes are likely to effect the greater Yellowstone area. The 

result was that we could expect the entire region to be burned over in about a 30 year periods rather than the 

300-500 years we see in the history of the area. Changes like these could have profound effects on ecosystem 

and our towns and communities throughout the US.

Here in Washington we have some large west-side forests that have historically burned as infrequently as every 

500-1000 years. It would take very little change in our summer temperatures, or the lengths of our summer 

droughts, for these forests to start burning every few decades.

-- 

Krista Collard 

Northwest Regional Press Secretary 
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From: David Hohmann [fact.chair@gmail.com]

Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 2:37 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: supporting permanent shift away from carbon pollution

I'm strongly in favor of any actions that can be taken now to reduce our nation's carbon footprint. We are 

already past the tipping point of 350 ppm CO2. I've been a daily bike and transit commuter for the past 6 years 

in efforts to reduce my own personal carbon footprint. I buy carbon credits. I also buy 100 percent green 

renewable wind energy now through my local grid power utility. I'm tired of people saying sustainable energy 

steps are either impractical, or unworkable, or unaffordable. It's clear to me that such measures are reasonable 

and required. Fear of change is the biggest impediment to sustainable behavior change. Like it or not, climate is 

changing drastically now due to human inputs. It's past time we got our energy sources shifted away from 

unsustainable fossil fuels. Starting with old inefficient coal fired power plants. I live in a state (Ohio) that is 

full of coal fired power, and should know. I doubt you will come up with something that is strong enough to 

address the problem fully, but please don't fail to try with everything the US EPA can bring to bear on this 

matter. 

-- 

JD Hohmann 

Ohio 
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From: eileen menteer [ementeer@hotmail.com]

Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 2:18 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: breath and temperature

If you have children, and you care about their future, then you will take action now to 

curb the looming warmth. An added benefit will be cleaner air for all of us to breathe. 

Please set standards to limit carbon pollution. 

Eileen Menteer
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From: Herbert Fitzell [h_fitzell@hotmail.com]

Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 12:59 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support for Carbon Emissions Standards

Hello, 

I fully support the EPA and your attempts to limit carbon emissions. The crisis in the 

Phillipines underscores the urgent need for action. I have spoken with my congressional 

representatives, and they are truly frightened to say the science is legitimate. Rep. Randy 

Forbes would not admit that the science is valid. I asked state Senator Donald McEachin why 

so many elected officials in Washington are afraid to admit the validity of the science. He 

looked at my cell phone and asked if it was a recording device. Wow! Even stricter limits are 

needed than the ones currently proposed. Our elected officials are too afraid to take 

responsible action. That is why the EPA must take even stronger measures to prevent carbon 

pollution. Who will lead if the EPA does not? 

I know the EPA does brilliant work, and I thank each and every employee for all you do. But 

you must do even more. Please move well beyond the normal comfort zone and force the issue. 

The people will support you and follow. The EPA is certainly one of the world's greatest 

institutions and our best hope for leadership on this issue. 

I know you work long and hard. Thanks for all you do!! 

Herbert Fitzell 

14504 Rivermont Road 

Chester, VA 23836 

(804)530-3114 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Kurt Anderson [anderson.kurt@sbcglobal.net]

Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 12:54 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Wed, 11/13/2013 - 12:53 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Kurt Anderson 

Email: anderson.kurt@sbcglobal.net

Comments: I am very supportive of the EPA's efforts to reduce carbon pollution from existing 

power plants. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Michelle Knox [michelle@windsolarusa.com]

Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 12:26 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Wed, 11/13/2013 - 12:26 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Michelle Knox 

Email: michelle@windsolarusa.com

Comments: Renewable technologies offer an opportunity to produce clean energy and reduce 

harmful carbon reduction. By imposing and enforcing tough standards on "dirty" power plants, 

we stand to reduce the emissions they elicit. This coupled with advocacy, funding and 

development of clean energy alternatives will help to ensure a safer future for ourselves and 

future generations. We must be firm and not give in to the lobbying efforts and money thrown 

at those efforts by the utility industry. They have the ability to make decisions to invest 

in clean energy- we just need to make it an economic no-brainer for them to go this route 

versus continuing the status quo. Thank you! 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: Lawrence Lindley [lmlindley@att.net]

Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 12:21 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Written Comments

My name is Dr. Lawrence Lindley, with the Indianapolis Area Sierra Club. I’m a retired minister in New 

Palestine, Indiana. I am concerned for my grandchildren – what kind of world will they grow up in? We know 

that the atmosphere is well past the 350 ppm of Carbon dioxide that is safe for the Earth. Last summer we had 

an unprecedented drought in Indiana. Recently a devastating typhoon hit India and more recently a record 

breaking one caused extreme damage in the Philippines. Coal is one of the most significant contributors to co2

in the atmosphere, a driver in these changes in our climate. The Earth is unraveling before our eyes and 

everything we can do to slow the process must be done, including strong regulations on carbon emissions for 

existing coal-fired power plants. It’s for the sake of all our grandchildren. 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Lisa Albrecht [albrecht.lisa@gmail.com]

Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:43 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Wed, 11/13/2013 - 11:43 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Lisa Albrecht 

Email: albrecht.lisa@gmail.com

Comments: 

Provided in Chicago on 11/8 Listening: Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. My name 

is Lisa Albrecht and I am a Renewable Energy Specialist at Solar Service, a local solar 

installer that has been building solar energy here in Chicago since 1977. I serve on the 

Board of Directors for the Illinois Solar Energy Association, an organization dedicated to 

the education and proliferation of solar energy in our state. 

I am here today in support of strong emissions and pollution control standards for new power 

plants, particularly those using toxic, limited and dangerous fossil fuels. 

The role of government is complex. However I feel that a major responsibility of our local, 

state and federal entities, and therefore the EPA, is to safeguard our future, not just for 

tomorrow but for generations to come. Our planet is in peril and we are already witnessing 

the impacts of dirty energy. 

The risks threaten our health, food, water, weather and even political stability. I myself 

have asthma after living in Asia and being exposed for years to toxic coal emissions and many 

of those i know and love suffer from environmental illnesses. These new standards will ensure 

a healthier future. 

 Fossil fuels have had their place in history. They have developed the worlds economies and 

gotten us to where we are today as a civilization. But they are yesterday's technologies 

built on yesterday's understanding of the risks and environmental costs of the emissions 

spewing constant pollution into our atmosphere. 

It is time to embrace a new tomorrow. The new standards will offer a transition to a new 

energy era and an emerging economy, the clean energy economy. 

 Renewable energies offer a sustainable, economic and affordable energy solution. They are 

clean, efficient, stable, safe and offer solutions to the many challenges we face as a planet 

today. They are available everywhere, offering energy independence with abundant and free 

fuel source. 

The truth is that the more we invest in fossil fuels, the more expensive they become. We have 

mined the easiest fuels out of the ground and are now investing billions in extracting harder 

sources of energy in more vulnerable areas, threatening our very existence and vital 

resources we need for survival such as drinking water and farmland. 

But what is missed by many is that the more we invest in clean energy the less expensive and 

more efficient it becomes! Solar energy for example has delivered more power to the grid in 

the past two years than the prior 40. And that capacity will double in the next two years. 

Wind is already proving affordable energy to millions of us citizens. The opportunities for 

renewable energy are endless and logical. These are mulit-billion dollar industries and the 

combination of these with energy efficiency and new technologies we have yet to discover will 

employ those working today in displaced and aging industries. 
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I urge the EPA to stay strong in their mission to deliver a better future. 

I encourage president obama to continue to develop clean, renewable technologies and ask ALL 

public officials to not take the easy road of status quo but to stand for our future by 

enforcing standards that will ensure our survival. Thank you for you leadership and courage. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: Karen Burtness Prak [operanut13@gmail.com]

Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:33 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Reducing Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants Crucial Component of Global Warming 

Battle!

Dear EPA, 

It's crucial to our battle against global warming for the EPA to implement strong regulations which limit CO2 

emissions from existing coal-fired plants to levels which should limit global warming to a maximum of two 

degrees centigrade. 

We need to attack the major sources of CO2 emissions first, and forcefully, and it's well-known that these 

power plants are a major culprit in CO2 emissions and thus a major contributor to global warming and 

associated climate change. Since climate change, with its worldwide impact, jeopardizes the health, security 

and prosperity of not just Americans but people everywhere, no single industry, anywhere, should be given the 

freedom to impact it without penalty. We need to marginalize polluting industries and concentrate on moving 

to cleaner sources of energy which will protect and enhance our health as well as contributing to our prosperity 

by creating more jobs in research, development and industry. 

Combating large-scale CO2 emissions such as these is, it strikes me, the single most important action the EPA 

can take right now to combat climate change! 

Sincerely, 

Karen 

Karen L. Burtness Prak 

651 College Ave. 

Menlo Park, CA 94025-6201 

(650) 329-1374 
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From: Paula Stecker [paula.stecker@live.com]

Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:43 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Disaster preparedness versus addressing root causes

Dear EPA, 

I understand that you are listening to those of us who have seen climate change progressing and wonder at how slowly 

we are responding as a nation. 

While aiding with the relief and recovery following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, I was able to work with several 

mountain communities as well as those along the shore. One tool in the disaster/development toolkit at this point is 

disaster preparedness. Millions go into helping places in the tropics “prepare” for the continued assault of flood, 

typhoon, hurricane, drought, etc. Like putting a bandaid on an acid burn as one continues to pour acid on the exposed 

member, why are we willing to pay for these programs, but not willing to address the causes? 

Power plants continue to freely alter the atmosphere and we 

Profits are still made on industries that rely on nonrenewable resources. Industries continue to affect the climate at the 

expense of those on islands, and of animals whose ecologies are disappearing. The mountain forests of Haiti used to be 

full of birds and orchids, sheltered under the forest canopy. No more. 

I wish I had the money and thus power of the lobbyists that keep the government from doing its job, but I don’t. I only 

have one voice. I have seen the destruction we are doing to this planet and I believe that our government should be 

doing everything it can to reverse the damage. Our comfort has been at too high a price. Stop rewarding the destroyers 

with tax breaks. Reward those who find cleaner solutions to our needs. 

Peace, Paula Stecker 

Rev. Paula M. Stecker 

717-542-1270 
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From: Isabella Mohr [izzy@wt.net]

Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:16 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: please listen

To Whom It May Concern: 

 I am writing not only for myself, but for my friend who died from an asthma attack; for a 

son of a friend who had a fatal asthma attack; and for a child I know who was recently 

diagnosed with asthma. It is up to you to protect us from the air, water and earth polluters. 

Where were you for these people? You now have an opportunity to do something about it. I hope 

your conscience will guide you to do the correct thing and make the regulations stricter for 

coal and power plants and then enforce them. 

Thank you for listening, 

Isabella Mohr 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of JOANNE GROSS [grossj5715@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 10:49 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Tue, 11/12/2013 - 22:49 

Submitted values are: 

Name: JOANNE GROSS 

Email: grossj5715@gmail.com

Comments: 

Dear EPA Council, 

Please consider that your agency IS the ENVIRONMENTAL protection agency and we are facing the 

biggest environmental challenge ever with Climate Change and greenhouse gas pollution. 

Yesterday more than 2000 Filipinos died as a result of the biggest typhoon ever. The misery 

of those people will happen to 1000s of others because of the increasing energy and heat in 

the atmosphere. The average temperature will be hotter than any time during recorded history 

(hotter than it has been for 10000 years). You are compelled to act to decrease greenhouse 

gases in every way you can. You must. Thank you, Joanne Gross Web Area: Carbon Pollution 

Standards 
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From: K Y [cenonox@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 10:10 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Regulate CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants!

Dear EPA, 

I urge you to implement strong regulations limiting CO2 emissions from existing coal-fired power plants to levels that put us on a path to limit global warming to no more than two degrees centigrade. These power plants are one of the major sources of CO2 emissions responsible for climate change. Climate change is jeopardizing the health, security and economic prosperity of Americans and people around the world. The coal industry should not be allowed to pollute for free at the expense of everyone else. It is time to transition to cleaner sources of energy, which will not only protect our health, but also 

create economic growth and generate more jobs than there currently are in the entire coal industry. Please move ahead expeditiously, this is the single most important action EPA can take to curb climate change. 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Dave Bolding Sr [dboldingsr@yahoo.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 9:36 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Tue, 11/12/2013 - 21:36 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Dave Bolding Sr 

Email: dboldingsr@yahoo.com

Comments: 

EPA Panel- 

 Climate Change is happening "weather" or not we want to accept the fact or 

not. Hurricanes Sandy and Hurricane Katrina are some prime examples of this on going fact. 

Then look at the damage from the Typhoon that has destroyed parts of the Philippines and 

Vietnam. We have a moral obligation to protect this land that has been afforded us. We can 

think by being in a house, work facility and vehicle that Climate Change wont affect us but 

we are naïve if we think in that manner. Just take a look at how many citizens are becoming 

exposed to cancer, asthma and other life threatening illnesses. Just think Your Panel has the 

Power to change history for generations to come. Just think of how many Elders, Kids, 

Individuals with weak immune systems. They are depending on Your Panel to Protect Their 

Health and The Environment. Your Agency has been provided a Power to Save Lives so from one 

Life to another if you don't mind please start saving "Lives"! It could be very well someone 

in your own family and or friend life in which you may save by "Protecting Humanity" and Not 

Caving To Industry Business as Usual! I hope you have a wonderful evening. 

Sincerely, 

Mr. Bolding Sr. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
190

From: dvdpttmn@aol.com

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 9:35 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: EPA Listening Testimony

I was unable to attend in person the November 8,Chicago Illinois listening session but want to submit written testimony. 

 

my name is David Pittman. I am a resident of West Peoria, Illinois. My home and family live within five miles of the E D 

Edwards coal powered energy plant, one of the oldest and most polluting coal power plants in Illinois. this 

plant has limited emissions stack scrubbers and a new owner, Dynegy, who has expressed a complete lack of interest in 

improving air quality emissions of this 50 year old facility. 

The air quality in my area will continue to be harmed indefinitely unless there is intervention by government agencies such 

as EPA. 

 

There are bronchial dilator medical devices in my house, like the houses of nearly 40% of Americans. As a registered 

nurse and as a concerned husband I understand that the sudden onset of airway distress in my wife Teresa can be 

triggered by many things, including air pollution. Although there are many air polluters in my part of the world, the Toxic 

Release Inventory data for my area consistently ranks the coal powered energy plants as the biggest contributors to sulfur 

dioxide and carbon monoxide emissions. Sulfur dioxide emissions from sulfates that may precipitate as sufuric acid. My 

community's air quality is so bad that opacity violations are commonplace. It is a question of people's worsening health at 

eh expense of power company refusal to clean up their air emissions. 

 

Water Pollution is also a problem for central Illinois coal power plants. The E D Edwards plant, for example, has a huge 90 

acre coal ash pond on site that contains practically all of the coal ash generated in the past 50 years of operations. The 

same pond is used as a cooling water area with millions of gallons pumped into the nearby Illinois river every day. Carbon 

pollution standards should include the entire fuel cycle of carbon including safety requirements for coal ash and its 

eventual safe disposal. Current Illinois standards are neither enforced or measured for violations. There are no 

temperature measurements done, for example, to assess the efficacy of cooling water standards at the E D Edwards 

plant. Excess thermal discharge and heavy metals accumulating in the river silt should be evaluated but the Illinois 

Environmental Protection Agency has failed to obtain that data. Instead the Illlinois Pollution Control Board has 

historically always granted air quality variances allowing the power plant to continue witht he same old process, the same 

high levels of pollution with the same complete lack of data to justify its decision. Surely the promises of the power plant 

operator that they will operate at required safety levels is insufficient proof. 

 

Thank you for the opportunity to testify. 

David Pittman 

2422 West Moss Avenue 

West Peoria, Illinois 61604. email dvdpttmn@ol.com. 

 

 
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From: Brittany Joshua [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 9:11 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Brittany Joshua Chicago, Illinois 

There are now 20 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

http://www.change.org/petitions/epa-limit-co2-emissions-from-existing-powerplants/responses/new?response=1e2ea64ba3d0 

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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Mike Stoolmiller [mike.stoolmiller@yahoo.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 8:50 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Tue, 11/12/2013 - 20:49 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Mike Stoolmiller 

Email: mike.stoolmiller@yahoo.com

Comments: The confusion and disinformation campaign being waged by the fossil fuel industry, 

the Republican party and many other right wing groups is very sad. The scientific consensus 

is clear, humans are causing global warming, which will lead to more extreme weather and 

death and destruction that could have been avoided. I don't know how to design a program to 

reduce carbon pollution but I do know that we badly need a program that makes real changes. 

The rest of the world will follow if we have the courage and conviction to lead. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: Caitlin Will [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 8:30 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Caitlin Will Poughkeepsie, New York 

There are now 19 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

http://www.change.org/petitions/epa-limit-co2-emissions-from-existing-powerplants/responses/new?response=1e2ea64ba3d0 

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From: Karen Graf [grafks@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 7:43 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: My input

I attended the listening session in Lenexa, KS, but did not speak. 

But I would like to add my support to all those that spoke FOR strong controls on pollution. 

I agree with the voices I heard that are asking our government to keep fossil fuels in the ground - oil, gas, coal 

and encourage the knowledge capital of our country to seek alternative fuels, create new cleaner businesses. 

If we can put a man on the moon, we can solve these problems. Now is the time to start reversing our use of 

fossil fuels. 

Karen Graf 

Overland Park, KS 66210 
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From: Bigbillcutler@aol.com

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 7:23 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Limits on powerplant emissions of greenhouse gases

The most stringent feasible limits on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary powerplants are necessary to 

forestall the worst of climate disruption due to human activity. Global consensus holds 2 deg C as the upper limit of 

tolerable global warming. At current rates of consuming fossil fuels, enough GHG will be emitted in about a decade and a 

half to drive global warming beyond that value. Therefore, immediate action to reduce GHG emissions is necessary in 

order to avoid the catastrophic effects that we would otherwise be forced to bear. 

 

William H. Cutler 

4114 Park Blvd. 

Palo Alto, CA 94306 

650-493-8715 

bigbillcutler@aol.com
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From: TimMary747@aol.com

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 5:02 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Carbon Pollution Standards for existing power plants - comment

EPA: 

 

I have very good reasons for asking you to please establish the strongest possible guidelines limiting carbon pollution. I 

am an asthmatic, and I have children. I know what air pollution does to me, and the trouble I have breathing here in the 

Chicago area. I am concerned about the long term effects on my children. And finally, I worry about how climate change 

will affect all of us. Please act! 

 

Sincerely, Mary Mathews 
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From: Dave Bordenkircher [dabordenkircher@mindspring.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 5:01 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: comments to carbon dioxide regulations.

Dear EPA: 

These are my comments to public hearing on carbon from coal power plants: 

 

Require anything, especially power plants, that burn coal to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and 

other chemicals that increase global warming by trapping heat in the atmosphere. Take into consideration 

testimony from scientist like chemists, physicists and meteorologists. 

 

Sincerely, 

David Bordenkircher 

500 Paragon Mills Rd. 

G-6 

Nashville, TN 37211 

615.333.3377 
198

From: Sylvia De Rooy [oftheforest@att.net]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 4:35 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: stop the emissions

Power plants, particularly coal power plants, are rushing us into climate change at a 

frightening speed. Please do the job that you are supposed to do and put a stop to the dirty 

burning of coal among other things. 

Thank you, 

Sylvia De Rooy 

Eureka, CA 
199

From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Caitlin Lundquist [clundqui@gmu.edu]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 4:06 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Tue, 11/12/2013 - 16:05 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Caitlin Lundquist 

Email: clundqui@gmu.edu

Comments: 

For too long, the coal industry has been getting away with murder. They are blowing up 

mountains and destroying streams, causing our water to run dirty and making our air toxic, 

all without any regulation from the government. 

Thus far, the coal industry has been allowed to destroy Americans' homes and lives without 

penalties. We the people trust the government to ensure our land is safe to live in. By 

allowing carbon emissions to continue unregulated, fossil fuel industries threaten our living 

spaces while we bear the cost. Regulating emissions on carbon is a great first step, 

however, the proposed regulation is not stringent enough. Instead of the 100lb proposed 

limits on Natural Gas stations, the limit should be reduced by at least half to ensure the 

safety of the interested communities. 

Thank you for your consideration, 

Caitlin Lundquist 

GMU Student 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
200

From: Daniel Swid [da.swid@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 3:25 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I support strong CO2 regulations

Dear EPA, 

I urge you to implement strong regulations limiting CO2 emissions from existing coal-fired power plants to levels that put us on a path to limit global warming to no more than two degrees centigrade. These power plants are one of the major sources of CO2 emissions responsible for climate change. Climate change is jeopardizing the health, security and economic prosperity of Americans and people around the world. The coal industry should not be allowed to pollute for free at the expense of everyone else. It is time to transition to cleaner sources of energy, which will not only protect our health, but also 

create economic growth and generate more jobs than there currently are in the entire coal industry. Please move ahead expeditiously, this is the single most important action EPA can take to curb climate change. Thank you!! 

Sincerely, 

Daniel Swid 
201

From: Jenny Kuan [jwkuan@stanford.edu]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:34 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Comment on carbon pollution and coal-fired power plants

Dear EPA, 

I urge you to implement strong regulations limiting CO2 emissions from existing coal-fired 

power plants to levels that put us on a path to limit global warming to no more than two 

degrees centigrade. These power plants are one of the major sources of CO2 emissions 

responsible for climate change. Climate change is jeopardizing the health, security and 

economic prosperity of Americans and people around the world. The coal industry should not be 

allowed to pollute for free at the expense of everyone else. 

It is time to transition to cleaner sources of energy, which will not only protect our 

health, but also create economic growth and generate more jobs than there currently are in 

the entire coal industry. Please move ahead expeditiously, this is the single most important 

action EPA can take to curb climate change. 

--Jenny Kuan 
202

From: Cherie Walkowiak [cheriedj@yahoo.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:06 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: limiting carbon emissions from existing power plant

Dear EPA, 

As you consider limiting carbon emissions from existing power plants, I urge you to set stringent regulations. It is time to transition to green energy. 

As carbon emissions continue to increase to dangerous levels in the atmosphere, our planet is heating up. This is causing longer dry seasons, leading to increased draught and wildfire. It's also leading to the melting of arctic ice, weird weather patterns, super storms, and sea level rise. 

We live with our two small children in Mountain View, CA, which is situated at the southernmost tip of the San Francisco Bay. Most of our city will be under water if the sea level rises even a few feet, as the climate scientists predict will happen with a 2 degree rise in global temperatures. Let's limit carbon emissions so that the global temperature never reaches that 2 degree rise. 

This is an SOS. Our children's future lie in your hands. You have the power to change the course of history. Thank you for being bold and doing what it takes to make sure our planet continues to be habitable into the future. Please enact legislation that will put us on a path to limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees centigrade. 

Thank you for all you do!! 

Cherie Walkowiak 

of Mountain View, CA 
203

From: Nicole Kemeny [nicole.kemeny@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 1:14 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Coal-fired plant emissions

Dear EPA,

 The single greatest contribution the EPA can make to the livability of our planet is to 

limit CO2 emissions from existing coal-fired power plants. These power plants are one of 

the major sources of CO2 emissions responsible for climate change. Climate change 

endageres the health, security and economic prosperity of all people around the world. 

The coal industry should not be allowed to pollute for free at the expense of everyone 

else. It is time to transition to cleaner sources of energy, which will not only protect our 

health, but also create economic growth and generate more jobs than there currently are 

in the entire coal industry.

I urge you to take action on behalf of my children, and all people.

Sincerely,

Nicole Kemeny 
204

From: Terry Gamel [nsuterry@yahoo.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 1:07 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Public input on carbon emissions from power plants

Hello, 

Rather than simply signing a declaration of support, I thought I would add my personal thoughts about 

the reduced carbon emission requirements for power plants. 

If the issue was put before a vote of the people, I would gladly vote in favor of the new requirements 

from the EPA. 

However, I do not believe these requirements go remotely far enough. 17% will help, but it'll be a 

drop in the bucket. Let's shoot for 85%! 

Thank you, 

Terry Gamel 
205

From: Mark Garcia [mbglife@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 1:00 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Carbon Pollution Standards: Existing Power Plants

Dear EPA Representative: 

I urge the EPA to immediately implement strong regulations limiting CO2 emissions from existing coal-fired power plants to levels limit global warming to no more than two degrees centigrade or less, as even 2 degrees will be devastating and destructive. 

The coal industry pollutes for free. This madness must to stop. It impacts people's health and is destroying the ecological balance of the earth's climate system. 

We already have cleaner sources of energy and the technology is improving exponentially. We need to transition to these immediately. Doing so will also protect our health, create economic growth and generate more jobs than there currently are in the entire coal industry. 

Please make it a priority to quickly implement these regulations as time is running out to effectively address climate change. 

Thank you, 

Mark B. Garcia 

20 Willow Rd. #25 

Menlo Park, CA 94025 
206

From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Emilia Jones [mj.emilia@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 12:40 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Tue, 11/12/2013 - 12:39 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Emilia Jones 

Email: mj.emilia@gmail.com

Comments: I stand with many of my fellow citizens in encouraging the EPA to act quickly to 

set strong limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. A program that decreases 

the allowable amount of carbon pollution over several years will encourage power companies to 

either quickly decrease carbon emissions from existing power plants or phase out existing 

fossil fuel-fired power plants and transition towards clean energy. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
207

From: Lauren Zullo [lauren.zullo@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 11:33 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Contact Us Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Dear EPA,

 

Thank you for all of the hard work you have done over the past several decades to keep our air and water 

clean. However, there is much work still to be done. As a young person and soon to be mother, I am gravely 

concerned about climate change. Increasing weather variability, stronger storms, and deeper droughts 

continue to threaten our planet’s future. And on a more personal level, pollution threatens the health of our 

nation’s children. The time for drastic action is now. Every year we delay, power plants spew more deadly 

pollution and emissions into the atmosphere and create an exponentially larger mess for our children to 

inherit. The U.S. must be a leader in curbing emissions, and I am hopeful that EPA will use every resource at 

its disposal to do so – starting with limiting carbon pollution from power plants.

 

Thank you.

 

Lauren Zullo

New York, NY

-- 

Lauren Zullo 

(703) 609-1800 
208

From: Casey Cameron [alt.caseyc@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 11:30 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Regulate and Limit CO2 emissions

To the EPA: 

The single most important action EPA can take to curb climate change is to regulate CO2 

emissions from existing coal-fired power plants. Please take this important step to protect 

our health! 

Climate change threatens everyone. Personally threatening to me, my daughter and many of my 

friends live in geographical areas where climate change threatens to swamp the land with 

rising sea levels. 

The coal industry should not be allowed to pollute for free at the expense of everyone else. 

It is time to transition to cleaner sources of energy, which will not only protect our 

health, but also create economic growth and generate more jobs than there currently are in 

the entire coal industry. 

Thank you for taking this important step! 

Catherine Cameron 

San Jose, CA 95125 
209

From: Environmental Law and Policy Center [elpcinfo@elpc.org] on behalf of Cindi Martineau 

[cindimartineau@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 9:37 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's time for strong carbon standards

Nov 12, 2013 

U.S. EPA 

Dear EPA, 

Thank you for conducting "listening sessions" across the country to allow citizens like 

myself to share our thoughts on the upcoming carbon pollution standards. I was pleased when 

President Obama announced his Climate Action Plan in June, and I hope U.S. EPA follows 

through with aggressive carbon pollution reduction standards that will make a difference in 

our fight against climate change. 

We need strong standards for carbon pollution. Some might argue that we need to keep the 

economy going in a positive direction and stricter standards may not help that goal. To that 

I say that if we do not do all we can to block carbon from the atmosphere, there may not be 

an economy within several decades. 

The most powerful motivator for me is my own children. I am appalled at the state of the 

earth they are inheriting. They will encounter severe challenges and I believe it is the 

moral duty of those serving now to stand up and do all they can to mitigate future disaster. 

Sincerely, 

Ms. Cindi Martineau 

1125 Pennway Dr 

Lansing, MI 48910-4781 
210

From: Apar Patel [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:32 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Apar Patel Manhattan Beach, California 

There are now 18 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

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From: Dick Guldi [rlguldi@tx.rr.com]

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 10:28 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I support stronger guidelines on coal fired power plants

I support stronger guidelines on coal fired power plants. 

I was just backpacking in Big Bend National Park last weekend. After a rain, I saw the most 

wonderful blue sky imaginable. Then I recalled that the smog which obscures Big Bend has 

been traced largely to obsolete, coal-fired power plants in East Texas that should have been 

shut down years ago. 

Texas has the worst five polluting coal plants in the entire USA, and each one produces far 

more pollution than the next worst polluter. 

The State of Texas is so deeply controlled by fossil fuel interests that it won't shut down 

anything. 

Only strong regulations from the EPA will make Texas cleaner and healthier. 

Thank you, 

Richard Guldi, 

7228 La Sobrina Dr 

Dallas, TX 75248 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Lisa Marcus [lisa@emarcus.org]

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 9:43 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/11/2013 - 21:43 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Lisa Marcus 

Email: lisa@emarcus.org

Comments: 

Thank you for holding these listening sessions, and reading our comments to find out how we 

feel about the issue. I am a health care provider, a mother, an outdoor enthusiast, and an 

activist working to avert the climate catastrophe toward which almost every climate scientist 

agrees we're rapidly heading. I am deeply concerned about the impacts of climate change and 

ocean acidification, as well as local impacts from pollutants on human health, our food 

chain, the environment, our ecosystems, and future generations. 

Because CO2 in the atmosphere, ocean acidification, and global average temperature increase 

for decades, and remain for hundreds to thousands of years after we reduce emissions, we need 

to take note of what is already happening, and understand that we have to change course long 

before we see the full scope of the damage we have already caused. Each new study confirms 

and shows more effects than were predicted. This is because of feedback loops and previously 

unknown or unstudied sources (like methane being released from the ocean depths). Climate 

scientists predict that we are fast approaching a terrifying tipping point where mass 

extinction and the collapse of life as we know it will be inevitable. Please act quickly and 

decisively to assure that we don't reach it. 

I urge you to do your part to address the climate and ocean acidification emergencies along 

with local health issues by placing the strongest possible restrictions on carbon and other 

green house gas emissions from existing coal plants (and all other sources like the new 

dangerous fracked gas, Tar Sands Oil, and Baken Shale Oil) and phasing them out of operation 

over the next few years. Please also include in your guidelines a strict moratorium on 

Nuclear Power generation, which not only produces greenhouse gas, but has proven to be 

extremely dangerous with long term implications we can't even begin to foresee. Existing 

power plants produce about a third of the greenhouse gas pollution in the US, so restricting 

and then virtually eliminating their emissions is vitally important. King county currently 

gets 30% of our electricity from coal. We get 20% from Colstrip, one of the dirtiest plants 

in the US. Coal causes all kinds of health problems from mine, through transport, to power 

plant. We simply cannot afford to ignore the impacts or the hidden price of these pollutants 

any longer. Time has run out to make a slow transition off of these dangerous fuels. The cost 

to people not making a living off of the industry is by far greater every day it is in 

operation than the cost is to those who will have to find a new livelihood. Retraining and 

aid to those effected should be part of the guidelines, but we must not wait. The cost to all 

of us, to our children and grandchildren, and to all living things on earth, is far too high.

I urge you to make the strongest possible guidelines on emissions reductions from existing 

fossil fuel power plants (with a plan to shut them down completely by 2020), both coal and 

other fossil fuels including oil and natural gas' and substantial taxes on carbon pollution 

to pay for hidden costs that the public currently covers through our taxes, and suffers 

through degradation. On the demand side, please include guidelines with incentives for clean 

sustainable solutions like wind and solar; incentives for green building and appliances, and 

incentives and infrastructure for transportation alternatives including public, high 

efficiency, electric, and bike; large scale tree planting and stopping non-sustainable 
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cutting of trees; and encouragement of local economies including local food growing and 

resource sharing in public spaces. IF we adopt them right away, strong restrictions on 

existing power plant emissions will reduce local health issues and costs, limit greenhouse 

gases, and accelerate the speed of transition to clean and sustainable sources of energy like 

solar, wind, tidal, and wave, making possible a livable and diversity filled planet for us, 

our kids, and future generations. 

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From: susan_jack@juno.com

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 7:29 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: EPA Carbon Pollution Opinion

 

The American Lung Association maintains that Texas ranks first in the US for contributing to global warming 

emissions, and first for power plant carbon and poisonous mercury emissions. 

The air in the Dallas area does not meet the standards of the Clean Air Act. Indeed, a filthy shroud of air hangs 

low over our entire area, causing orange days and red days, especially in the summer. And Fort Worth has even 

experienced a Purple Day in recent years. 

Even worse, a large cluster of these proposed plants are dangerously close to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. 

It will be impossible to live in our cities; many of us will have to move, simply in order to breathe. Some of us 

who were born in this area have never taken in a breath of fresh, clean air. 

Even with strict regulations and new technology, coal fired power plants are filthy and pollute the air 

dangerously. 

It might be argued that the plants will use “clean coal technology.” No one can convince me that there is such a 

thing as “clean coal technology.” 

The most important consideration of all is that coal fired power plants will contribute to global warming. Global 

warming is bringing our Earth dangerously and precipitously close to the point of irreparable and irreversible 

damage. (Please see the movie, The Inconvenient Truth.) 

I urge you to stop this process before it goes any farther and instead consider solar and wind power as viable 

sources of alternative energy. 

Jack Cooper 

1116 Greencove Lane 

Richardson TX 75081-3715 
215

(972) 238-8653 

s.t.cooper@juno.com
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From: susan_jack@juno.com

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 7:24 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: EPA Listening Session -- Written Comment

 

I HAVE BRONCHIECTASIS AND GET FREQUENT BRONCHITIS, WITH FREQUENT 

SHORTNESS OF BREATH. I AM CONVINCED THAT AIR POLLUTION AND GLOBAL 

WARMING ARE EXACERBATING MY RESPIRATORY AFFLICTION.

COAL IS AMONG THE DIRTIEST OF FUELS, AND ITS PRODUCTION IS A 

SMOKESTACK INDUSTRY THAT BELCHES POLLUTION CARRYING TOXIC 

CHEMICALS FAR BEYOND ITS IMMEDIATE AREA INTO FAR-FLUNG COUNTIES AND 

CARRIED BY THE WINDS INTO NEIGHBORING STATES.

WE LIVE IN TEXAS WITH THE WEAKEST POLLUTION CONTROLS IN THE UNITED 

STATES AND A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF SUB-STANDARD COAL PLANTS.

THE COAL INDUSTRY IS NOTORIOUS FOR OPERATING FOR PROFIT WITHOUT 

THE LEAST CONSIDERATION FOR HUMAN WELFARE.

THEY ARE SO CALLOUS ABOUT POISONING OUR PRECIOUS RESOURCES.

HUMAN HEALTH SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THE FOREMOST PRIORITY. 

THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS STATES: NO SINGLE SOLUTION CAN 

MEET OUR SOCIETY'S FUTURE ENERGY NEEDS. THE ANSWER LIES INSTEAD IN A 

FAMILY OF DIVERSE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES THAT SHARE A COMMON THREAD: 

THEY DO NOT DEPLETE OUR NATURAL RESOURCES OR DESTROY OUR 

ENVIRONMENT.

THEN WHAT DO WE WANT?
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• ENERGY DERIVED FROM CLEAN AND RENEWABLE SOURCES – SOLAR 

POWER AND WIND POWER.

• HOMES AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS TO BE BUILT OR AFFORDABLY 

RETROFITTED TO USE SOLAR AND WIND POWER.

• CLEAN AIR AND BLUE SKIES.

• WE WANT TO CURB GLOBAL WARMING BEFORE WE REACH THE POINT OF 

IRREPARABILITY. NOW – THIS YEAR! 

I IMPLORE YOU TO UPHOLD THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR ALL COAL-FIRED 

POWER PLANTS AND TO ENFORCE LARGE AND MEANINGFUL PENALTIES FOR 

INFRACTIONS. 

EXISTING POWER PLANTS SHOULD BE HELD TO THE SAME HIGH STANDARDS. IF 

THEY CANNOT OR WILL NOT COMPLY, THEY SHOULD BE CLOSED.

ACTUALLY, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CLEAN COAL. SO I STRONGLY PREFER 

THAT COAL BE PHASED OUT QUICKLY AS A SOURCE OF ENERGY AND THAT 

SOLAR, WIND AND HYDROELECTRIC SOURCES OF ENERGY TO BE PHASED IN 

WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO AS CLEAN, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.

OUR CREATOR GAVE US THIS PLANET EARTH, OUR ONLY HOME. WE ARE 

OBLIGATED TO NURTURE IT AND CARE FOR IT. 

THE NAME OF YOUR DEPARTMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, 

COMMITS YOU TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT FROM THOSE WHO WOULD 

DESTROY IT.
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WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU. YOU ARE OUR LAST HOPE!

THANK YOU.

Susan Turitz Cooper

1116 Greencove Lane

Richardson TX 75081-3715

972 238-8653

susan_jack@juno.com
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Paul Atelsek [paul.atelsek@verizon.net]

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 7:22 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/11/2013 - 19:21 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Paul Atelsek 

Email: paul.atelsek@verizon.net

Comments: EPA should use the power that the US Supreme Court found that it had, and section 

111 of the Clean Air Act, to regulate carbon emissions. 

Public servants, it's your moral responsibility to your kids and mine to do what you know is 

the right thing for future generations. I know how this works, but don't let political 

considerations hinder you any more than absolutely necessary. Your job is to act based on 

science, not politics. 

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From: Edward Laurson [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 4:51 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Edward Laurson Denver, Colorado 

There are now 17 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

http://www.change.org/petitions/epa-limit-co2-emissions-from-existing-powerplants/responses/new?response=1e2ea64ba3d0 

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From: Andrew Clarke [aclarke5@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 3:48 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Carbon Pollution Citizen Comments

Hello, 

I have some comments on the issue of carbon pollution standards for existing (and new) power 

plants. 

I am an unpaid volunteer with the Sierra Club, but I am also speaking for myself here. 

I have a Ph.D. in Materials Science and have been following the issue of climate change for 

nearly 25 years. Back in the 1980s and even into the 1990s, it was hard to tell if climate 

change was really as dire as many people made it out to be. But over the past 10-15 years, it 

has become obvious to any rational person that not only is climate change real, but that the 

scientists actually got it wrong. It is happening much faster than they predicted, and it is 

accelerating. This year we reached 400 parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere. We are 

increasing CO2 in the atmosphere at a rate of about 2 PPM, and that could increase at some 

point. Within 25 years we will reach 450 PPM, and within 50 years we will be over 500 PPM. 

Scientists agree that at some point the climate could go unstable. We could be less than 50 

years from that point. My 13 year old nephew will be 63. What kind of a world will he face? 

Will the United States become a dustbowl? Will we have any winter at all? Will forest fires 

and violent storms and insect outbreaks be the norm in 50 years? Will we be able to grow 

enough food to feed our own country? It is frightening to even think of such things, but the 

fact is these are becoming more and likely every day we waste by not addressing carbon 

pollution. 

I urge the EPA to take the lead on this issue. Please design, implement, and enforce tough 

rules on carbon pollution. You cannot solve the problem with one ruling, but you can set the 

tone for the future. And while coal is the most obvious problem right now, natural gas and 

oil are also major sources. These will have to be included soon, even if not right now. 

Thank you for listening. 

Andrew Clarke 

Chicago, IL 60601 
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From: Neil McQueen [svtranquilo@hotmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 2:59 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Support Carbon Regulation

I'm not able to make the listening session in Dallas this week, so would like to submit some short comments: 

I strongly support the EPA's efforts to establish a new regulation for carbon generated by coal-fired power 

plants. With all respect to Texas Railroad Commissioner Craddick's forum piece in today's Corpus Christi 

Caller Times (http://www.caller.com/news/2013/nov/07/forum-epa-coal-policy-needs-texans-input/) I 

am very concerned about climate change and believe that now is the time to act. As a Gulf Coast 

resident, I think about the impact of sea level rise and consider what my boys will have to deal with in the 

next 50 - 75 years. 

In addition to the carbon issue, there are the issues of mercury pollution, particulate matter and coal ash. 

More than 10 Texas waterways are listed as impaired under the Clean Water Act due to unacceptable 

mercury levels. This is inexcusable in a state with so many fishermen. Last month, the International 

Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) issued a report stating that particulate matter is a leading 

environmental cause of cancer deaths (www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/iarcnews/pdf/pr221_E.pdf). The 13 

coal fired power plants in Texas put out thousands of tons of soot each year. Lastly, spills of coal ash like 

that which happened in Tennessee can pollute waters and wreak havoc on the lives of people living near 

power plants.

Texas already leads the nation in wind energy and, if state politicians would support it, could be a major 

generator of solar photovoltaic electricity. We need to move beyond dirty fossil fuels for electrical power 

generation.

Neil McQueen

4213 Estate Dr. 

Corpus Christi, TX 78412 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Mary Lehmann [mary.lehmann1@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 2:33 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/11/2013 - 14:33 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Mary Lehmann 

Email: mary.lehmann1@gmail.com

Comments: You have already been advised by climate scientists to set a goal of maximum limit 

of 350 ppm concentration of CO2. If you can't clean up coal-fired power plants to reach this 

maximum allowable, you will have to start fining them out of existence for noncompliance over 

time. However it is my understanding that the political will is not there, since the 

government is subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, which the public will see as making a 

farce out of the search for commentaries about cleaning coal-fired power plants, especially 

as no way has been found to clean them. 

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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Shelly Leitheiser [shelly.leit@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 2:32 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/11/2013 - 14:32 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Shelly Leitheiser 

Email: shelly.leit@gmail.com

Comments: Who chooses the locations for the coal listening sessions? I live in Minnesota and 

there are no listening sessions near me, yet I live near a HORRIBLE COAL fired power plant 

that pollutes our air and water on a daily basis. Who is going to listen to us? We have lots 

of bad quality air days because of this plant, which is in Becker. It's adding to global 

warming. 

It's filthy and no one from the EPA even cares? Come on. We expect more from our government. 

The plant is called SHERCO. Can we have a listening session in Central Minnesota for this 

polluter??? 

http://www.startribune.com/business/228667541.html

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From: Sam Koufman [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 2:23 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Sam Koufman Manchester, Massachusetts 

There are now 16 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

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From: annie@nwpassage.com on behalf of Annie Aggens [annie@polarexplorers.com]

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 12:45 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: To the North Pole in support of strict EPA carbon regulations

Dear EPA, 

As you can see from my signature below I have a very unique profession- I organize and guide expeditions to 

the North Pole and South Poles. From my home base in Wilmette, IL I organize an annual migration of 

explorers to the top and bottom of the world to participate in ski and dogsled expeditions. Since our first 

expedition to the North Pole in 1993 we have seen a dramatic change in sea ice conditions. Our first expeditions 

in 1993 and 1995 (which were approximately 18 days each) ocrrurred entirely in the month of May. Now we 

need to be completely off the ice by April 22 or no pilots will come pick us up! This is a big change in a very 

short amount of time. We are not scientists but we don't need advanced degrees in science or policy to observe, 

with our own eyes, the sudden and irrevocable changes taking place in the Arctic. 

What does this have to do with limiting carbon pollution in Illinois and elsewhere in the USA? Everything. The 

Arctic is changing not because of industry in the Arctic. It is changing because of high levels of carbon 

pollution generated in cities, states and regions in the rest of the world. I love my profession and I love the 

Arctic. On behalf of all explorers the world over, and all future generations of explorers who deserve a healthy 

planet which they can discover, I charge you to impost strict regulations limiting the carbon pollution from 

power plants in Illinois and elsewhere in the nation. 

Thank you, and may God bless America (and the Arctic) and may YOU help him! 

-- 

Annie Aggens 

PolarExplorers 

Phone: +1-847-256-4409 

Fax: +1-847-256-4476 

www.polarexplorers.com

annie@polarexplorers.com

www.facebook.com/polarexplorers

Twitter: @polarexplorers 

Skype: polarexplorers 

 

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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Robert C. Stephens [robert_stephens45@hotmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 12:32 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/11/2013 - 12:32 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Robert C. Stephens 

Email: robert_stephens45@hotmail.com

Comments: 

Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0495 

I am submitting these comments in support of the EPA issuing strong regulations limiting 

carbon emissions from existing power plants. 

Robert Stephens, Chicago IL 60657 

CARBON EMISSIONS ARE DESTROYING MUCH OF OUR OCEAN LIFE 

 (Source: Chicago Tribune, October 21 and November 4, 2013 

 reprinted from the Seattle Times) 

Carbon emissions from existing power plants and other sources are killing many life forms in 

our oceans. This die off will only increase in the future until we greatly reduce our carbon 

emissions through stronger emission controls on carbon energy sources and increase the use of 

clean energy sources such as wind, solar, hydroelectric, and geothermal. 

 As highlighted in several articles from the Seattle Times reprinted recently in the 

Chicago Tribune, the increased carbon dioxide in our atmosphere from power plants using 

carbon based fuels, especially coal, and from vehicles and other sources not only is changing 

our atmosphere. It is changing our oceans. One fourth of the carbon dioxide is dissolving 

in our oceans, making ocean water much more acidic. 

 The Seattle Times interviewed 150 experts and people most likely to be affected by the 

loss of sea life and found that ocean chemistry is changing faster than at any time in human 

history due to dissolved CO2 in the oceans 

waters Billions of oysters along the Washington State coast and nearby 

hatcheries have died due to the acidic water resulting from carbon dioxide pollution 

dissolving in the ocean’s water. 

 Experts have found that one reason for the die off of sea life is that when carbon 

dioxide mixes with the sea water, it takes on a corrosive power that erodes some animals’ 

shells or skeletons. It also robs the water of ingredients animals use to grow shells in the 

first place. 

In an experiment conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, baby 

Alaskan King Crabs were exposed to CO2 levels expected by mid-century. The young crabs died 

at twice the rate that the same type crabs did that were raised in normal sea water. The 

carbon dioxide lowers the water’s pH level and alters the availability of carbonate ions 

which the crabs rely on to grow their shell and exoskeletons. 

Other experiments have shown that high levels of carbon dioxide in sea water alter ability to 

smell in some fish, an important sense that helps those fish avoid predators. 

In a precursor of what could be coming, experts have observed devastated coral reefs near 

carbon dioxide vents on the sea floor. The loss of the coral kills off small fish that feed 

on the coral, which in turn kills off large fish that feed on the small fish. This endangers 

the supply of fish for human consumption. Fish are the source for one-sixth of the animal 

protein that humans consume. 

Climate change driven by carbon emissions is not only changing our atmosphere 

and weather. It is also changing our oceans by warming its temperatures and 
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through increased acidity caused by increased carbon dioxide dissolving in the ocean. We 

can’t let a vital resource like the ocean be degraded and must take strong action to reduce 

carbon emissions from existing power plants and other sources. Thank you. 

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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Kathy Seal [Kathyseal@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 12:19 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Mon, 11/11/2013 - 12:19 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Kathy Seal 

Email: Kathyseal@gmail.com

Comments: 

We have an obligation to protect our children and future generations from the effects of 

climate change by addressing its causes and impacts -- including carbon pollution from power 

plants. 

In the U.S., power plants account for 40% of the carbon pollution that causes climate change. 

While we currently protect public health with limits on arsenic, lead, mercury, soot and 

other pollution from power plants, there are no existing national limits on carbon pollution. 

That must change. 

Please propose a strong carbon pollution standard for existing power plants, 

to protect public health and oppose climate change, because we have a moral 

obligation to our children and future generations to do so. 

Thank you for all you do to protect our health and our planet. 

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From: Chad Boomgaarden [boomgaarden@boomarch.com]

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 11:18 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Limit Carbon Pollution

The EPA hosted listening sessions in Chicago last Friday to gauge support for taking action to limit carbon pollution from 

power plants. Those of us who were at the hearing got to hear dozens and dozens of pro-coal advocates advising the 

EPA NOT to pass stricter regulations. 

I disagree, and would like stricter regulations to be PASSED. 

Please take this under consideration when you vote. 

Regards,

Chad Boomgaarden, AIA

Principal 

Boomgaarden Architects

1315 Central Avenue 

Wilmette, Illinois 60091 

847.226.3230 tel 

847.256.3837 fax 

www.boomarch.com
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From: Sarah Hidder [sarah.hidder@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 11:03 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Limit carbon pollution from power plants

I was unable to attend the listening session last Friday, but I would like to voice my feelings that the EPA 

should take action to limit carbon pollution from power plants throughout the nation. Global climate change is 

the single biggest threat facing the health and longevity of the human race, and carbon emissions are one of the 

greatest contributors to climate change that we know of. We have the knowledge and the power to limit climate 

emissions from power plants, and I say that we must put this power into action. 

-- 

Sarah Hidder 

(847) 924-8064 
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From: Shirley Young [shirleywyoung@yahoo.com]

Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 10:26 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: EPA hearings in Chicago

Dear EPA: 

My name is Shirley Weese Young. 

Your name is Environmental Protection Agency. 

I am one person. You are many. 

Your job is to protect me and ensure that I have clean air to breathe and clean water to 

drink. 

I understand the democratic process, including transparency, for these hearings. 

At the same time I think it is insane that I have to ask you to protect the two things that 

support life. 

The fossil fuel industry should never trump life on earth. 

Please do your job and remember who it is you are protecting. 

Thank you. 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of shari [shariwilkinson@att.net]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:54 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Sun, 11/10/2013 - 21:53 

Submitted values are: 

Name: shari 

Email: shariwilkinson@att.net

Comments: stop carbon pollution 

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From: Mary and Brad [stellabl@pacbell.net]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:04 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Contact Us Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Dear EPA:

I ask you to finalize strong carbon standards that reduce carbon pollution from new and existing power plants. 

Carbon pollution standards are a significant next step in tackling climate change and protecting our air, health, 

and economy. 

Please also consider the critical role that renewable energy can play in moving from fossil fuel-based energy to a 

low-carbon energy future. A natural gas-dominated electricity system poses significant climate, economic, and 

public health risks.

In 1974, when the EPA was young and Nixon was president, I visited Congress, where the bill on the floor 

concerned strengthening requirements for seatbelts in new cars, to include 3-point front seatbelts. The auto 

industry objected on the grounds of higher costs to consumers. Now, nearly 40 years later, we all take seatbelts 

for granted in new cars, and seatbelts are estimated to save over 10,000 lives a year in the US. I hope in another 

40 years we will take for granted that power plants operate in an environmentally friendly fashion, and you at 

the EPA will be able to look back with pride at your decision to make that possible. 

Just FYI, I attended your public input session in San Francisco on November 5th, but was not able to stay long 

enough to give my comments in person. 

Thank you for your work!

Mary Linton
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From: Kris Billmaier [krisbillmaier@gmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:01 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Stop burning coal 

We need strong protection from carbon pollution. Stop burning coal now. Plant trees, conserve 

energy, and invest in clean energy instead. To protect life as we know it, demand the 

strongest plan to end burning all fossil fuels by 2035 at the very latest. 

Kris Billmaier 
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From: mcniff.erin@gmail.com

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 8:23 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Stop burning coal 

We need strong protection from carbon pollution. Stop burning coal now. Plant trees, conserve 

energy, and invest in clean energy instead. To protect life as we know it, demand the 

strongest plan to end burning all fossil fuels by 2035 at the very latest. 
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From: Brad Griffith [braddgriffith@gmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 8:12 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: EPA Protection

We need strong protection from carbon pollution. Stop burning coal now. Plant trees, conserve energy, and invest in clean energy instead. To protect life as we know it, demand the strongest plan to end burning all fossil fuels by 2035 at the very latest.

Thanks,

Brad
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From: Environmental Law and Policy Center [elpcinfo@elpc.org] on behalf of Nichole Benincase 

[nmb0701@gmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 8:02 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's time for strong carbon standards

Nov 10, 2013 

U.S. EPA 

Dear EPA, 

Thank you for conducting "listening sessions" across the country to allow citizens like 

myself to share our thoughts on the upcoming carbon pollution standards. I was pleased when 

President Obama announced his Climate Action Plan in June, and I hope U.S. EPA follows 

through with aggressive carbon pollution reduction standards that will make a difference in 

our fight against climate change. 

This is especially important in the Midwest, where we have a large concentration of old, 

dirty coal power plants that produce a lot of air pollution that contributes to our climate 

change problems and that affects our health. 

Climate change impacts are already starting to hurt people in the Midwest. More days of 

extreme heat are hard in old cities like Chicago, where lots of folks have asthma and other 

respiratory issues and where lots of folks don't have access to air conditioning. It's also 

very hard on Midwestern farmers, who deal with droughts one year and floods the next -- and 

that, in turn, can affect food prices for everyone. 

This is hurting our health and hurting our pocketbooks. And it's only going to get worse 

unless we do something about it. That's why I hope the U.S. EPA designs STRONG standards to 

curb carbon pollution. 

Sincerely, 

Miss Nichole Benincase 

740 Morningstar Dr 

Ellwood City, PA 16117-3019 
239

From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Jennifer Byer [jen.byer@gmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 7:22 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Sun, 11/10/2013 - 19:21 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Jennifer Byer 

Email: jen.byer@gmail.com

Comments: What is the deadline date for submission of comments? End of November? 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Kathy Clarke [kathysadr@yahoo.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 5:48 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Sun, 11/10/2013 - 17:48 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Kathy Clarke 

Email: kathysadr@yahoo.com

Comments: PLEASE design and implement a plan to reduce use of fossil fuels in power plants, 

to reduce emissions by private and commercial vehicles, and to reduce emissions by ships and 

trains as well as in industrial sources. Only by using a multifaceted approach can we create 

meaningful change to avoid the catastrophic effects of climate change. Do not allow corporate 

power through corruption to be a barrier to rapid, decisive and far-reaching action needed to 

protect our future interests. We are far behind the rest of the developed world in creating 

and implementing an action plan, which should focus on developing widespread use of renewable 

resources such as wind and solar power. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: Tom Wallace [tomwallace1@sbcglobal.net]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 4:43 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Carbon Polution

It is SO essential that we drastically reduce the man made carbon pollution we are dumping the environment. 

Tons upon tons. 

How can any rationally mature person ignore the present as well as the overwhelming costs of this needless destruction of this planet upon which we all live. 

I want for this to have an immediate stop, so I urge you to come from your heart in addressing the multitude of ways we can accomplish this turn around in carbon pollution. 

Coal has NO business in this equasion and MUST be eliminated. 

Sincerely, 

Tom Wallace 

 
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From: James Mulcare [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 4:16 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

James Mulcare Clarkston, Washington 

There are now 15 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

http://www.change.org/petitions/epa-limit-co2-emissions-from-existing-powerplants/responses/new?response=1e2ea64ba3d0 

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From: Britt Billmaier [britt.billmaier@gmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 4:04 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Carbon Pollution

We need strong protection from carbon pollution. Stop burning coal now. Plant trees, conserve 

energy, and invest in clean energy instead. To protect life as we know it, demand the strongest plan 

to end burning all fossil fuels by 2035 at the very latest. 

Thank you, 

Britt Billmaier 
244

From: Mike Arney [iammike2350@gmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 3:38 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Please pass strong carbon pollution standards!

Hello EPA, 

My wife was at the EPA listening session on reducing carbon from power plants. She testified, but I had to 

work. Here are my thoughts: 

We need to cut our carbon pollution really fast and really soon. According to climate scientist Kevin Anderson 

of England's Tyndall Center, rich nations like ours need to be reducing our carbon emissions by 10% per year 

within a few years, just to hit the internationally agreed target of 2 degrees warming. 

The Clean Air Act was not designed to mitigate global warming. I'd rather see a really strong and rising carbon 

tax than EPA regulations. 

But regulations are what we have, indeed what the Supreme Court has said the EPA is required to promulgate. 

So promulgate away! Power plants are around a long time -- make regulations that will still make sense 20 

years from now. That means, make regulations that prevent new coal power without CSS, that account fully for 

the methane leakage as well as carbon emissions from natural gas, and that appropriately penalize any power 

source that creates carbon pollution. 

I appreciate the clamor to maintain the status quo that you need to deal with. But please stick to your guns and 

hear the clamor from the future, from the children being born in Bangladesh who will be flooded out from rising 

seas, from the incredulous voices of future people who will look at what we are doing now and ask, "What were 

they thinking?" 

Thank you for standing strong for a livable planet. 

Michael Arney 

1447 Saint Charles St 

Wauwatosa, WI 53213 
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From: claire gomez [mail@changemail.org]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 3:18 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: I just signed "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants"

Dear EPA, 

I just signed Solve The Climate Crisis's petition "EPA: Limit CO2 Emissions From Existing Power Plants" on 

Change.org. 

I strongly support strict limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas 

emissions from both new and existing power plants is vital if we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate 

change. I urge EPA to implement the strongest possible carbon standards as soon as possible. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

claire gomez westchester, Illinois 

There are now 14 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Solve The 

Climate Crisis by clicking here: 

http://www.change.org/petitions/epa-limit-co2-emissions-from-existing-powerplants/responses/new?response=1e2ea64ba3d0 

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From: Terri Siddons [terrisiddons@earthlink.net]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 2:45 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0495 & RE: EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0009

Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mail Code: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, 

Washington, DC, 20460 

carbonpollutioninput@epa.gov

Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0495 & RE: EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0009 

Dear EPA, 

My name is Terri Siddons. I have lived in Arizona since 1953, and I am concerned about the EPA’s proposed rules 

regarding carbon regulations in areas surrounding the Navajo Generating Station in northern Arizona, and other coal fired 

power plants in Arizona. 

The Clean Air Act gives both EPA and states a role in reducing air pollution from power plants that are already in 

operation. The law directs EPA to establish guidelines, which states use to design their own programs to reduce 

emissions. 

We object to the Carbon regulation proposed for existing coal fired power plant that does not take into account the costs 

involved in different geographies. 

AZ has no oil wells to pump CO2 into which makes it unfeasible in the state. 

AZ has no natural gas supplies and new carbon regulations that force the replacement of coal with Natural Gas plants 

only work in states that have Natural Gas. AZ has no such option. 

The States implementation plan is the best solution for long term transition to less carbon, and the 10th Amendment 

requires the EPA to use the State Plan in these regulations. 

We are opposed to the stacking of regulations on power plants that force them to close, switch to Natural Gas or join a 

Carbon CAP and TAX marketplace like the one in California or REGI. 

Because the EPA's proposed rules are unworkable on several levels at NGS, we urge the EPA to adopt the TWG BART 

Proposal as the final rule for NGS. We also urge the EPA to give exclusions to the rules that damage tribal and state 

economies. We have no Gas no Oil no choice in AZ. 

Sincerely, 

Terri Siddons 

Taxpayer from AZ
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From: james billmaier [james@cityguru.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 2:22 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants

We need strong protection from carbon pollution. Stop burning coal NOW. Plant trees, conserve energy, and invest in clean energy instead. To protect life as we know it, demand the strongest plan to end burning all fossil fuels by 2035 at the very latest.

James Billmaier
248

From: Beth Drucker [bstolley@aol.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 2:22 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Pro regulation comments

I strongly urge the EPA to impose stricter regulations on carbon pollution. 

My father railed against ever increasing EPA clean water standards while his company, Hammermill Paper 

Company, continued to pollute Lake Erie in the 1970's . At the age of 80, he admitted that the paper industry 

would NEVER have cleaned up its act without the EPA regulations. The EPA serves a critical role in the fight 

against carbon pollution today. Please help protect the environment for future generations. 

This is the quote you should might want to use to justify your actions: 

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by 

evading it today.

Abraham Lincoln 

Thanks to all of you at the EPA for working on behalf of all Americans under very challenging circumstances.

Beth Drucker 

President 

Go Green Wilmette 
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From: michelle billmaier [michellebillmaier@gmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 2:07 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Please put a stop to Carbon Pollution from Power plants

 Please limit or, even better, eliminate carbon emissions from existing power plant in the USA. We need to clean up our polluted world...let's start here! Global warming is the biggest problem of our day. At 400 parts per million and rising, we need to reverse this catastrophic trend we're on...for our lives and those of our children.

Stop dirty power plants in the USA!

Thank you,

Michelle Billmaier 
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From: C E [crystal.elinski@gmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 1:59 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Re: deadline was Friday, but maybe they'll take more over the weekend...

I had RSVP'd for the Seattle listening sessions but was unable to make it. Could you consider my comments for the Friday deadline? 

I am very interested in following the EPA development on carbon guidelines-- if you could add me to an email list, I will also give 

input on the proposal later. 

For now, I just want to commend the EPA on the relatively tight reign they've considered when it comes to Mercury pollution and I'd 

like to see the same sorts of standards applied to Carbon. I realise there has been a backlash by industry, but the public is definitely 

behind it. Also "cost-effective" should include the damage to the environment and public health, as if (as they should) the polluters 

paid insurance and fees on the whole impact of their industry. Most small businesses have to take into consideration the Large and 

Long view. "Cost-effective" should in no way disregard ethics. 

Crystal Elinski 

POB8973PDX97207OR 

On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 10:32 AM, April Burris <peacefulpresence@gmail.com> wrote: 

http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards/public-listening-sessions

Carbon Pollution Standards 

• Contact Us

You are here: 

EPA Home » Carbon Pollution Standards » Public Listening Sessions 

Public Listening Sessions 

Listening Sessions Postponed 

Because of the government shutdown, EPA has postponed two public listening sessions on its carbon pollution 

standards that were scheduled for October 15 in Boston, MA, and October 18 in Philadelphia, PA. We will 

reschedule these sessions when the government reopens; please check this page then for updates. 

EPA will hold 11 public listening sessions across the country to solicit ideas and input from the public and 

stakeholders about the best Clean Air Act approaches to reducing carbon pollution from existing power plants. 

The Clean Air Act gives both EPA and states a role in reducing air pollution from power plants that are already 

in operation. The law directs EPA to establish guidelines, which states use to design their own programs to 

reduce emissions. Before proposing guidelines, EPA must consider how power plants with a variety of 

different configurations would be able to reduce carbon pollution in a cost-effective way. 
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The feedback from these 11 public listening sessions will play an important role in helping EPA develop smart, 

cost-effective guidelines that reflect the latest and best information available. The agency will seek additional 

public input during the notice and comment period once it issues a proposal by June 2014. 

Below please find a list of listening sessions offered around the country and a point of contact for each if you 

have any questions. You may sign up for one or more sessions. Registration is highly encouraged due to large 

expected turn outs. If you are unable to attend one of these listening sessions, EPA is accepting input through 

the Contact Us page or at carbonpollutioninput@epa.gov until November 8, 2013. 

-- 

 april burris 

 peacefulpresence@gmail.com

 503-231-0601

-- 

Crystal Elinski 

POB 8973 

Portland, OR 97207 

503/821.7473 

"We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates 

patience, and patience creates unity." 

— Malcolm X 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Brian Anderson [co2.350@gmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 1:33 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Sun, 11/10/2013 - 13:32 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Brian Anderson 

Email: co2.350@gmail.com

Comments: 

I am a member of a group called Coal Free Bainbridge. 

The many people who support us want you to find a way to convince or force Puget Sound Energy 

to phase out the use of coal for the electricity they generate. 

The only coal plant in Washington State, the one in Centralia, is scheduled to begin closing 

in 2020. Closing down this coal plant is real progress but we need to deal with the other 

major source of coal fired power for our state, Puget Sound Energy's coal plant in Montana. 

PSE provides electricity to over 1 million customers in WA State and 30% of that power comes 

from coal. This plant is the second largest emitter of co2 in the western US. 

You may think that it will cost a lot of money to replace the 30% of PSE' 

power that comes from coal but by PSE's own estimate the power generated by the Colstrip 

plant can be replaced with only a 5 percent increase in electricity rates. 

And the only reason that PSE can charge less for their coal fired power is that they are not 

playing the true cost of burning coal. They don't pay the cost to clean up the ground water 

they pollute. They don't pay the cost to remove the mercury from the fish we eat. They don't 

pay the medical bills of the people who get sick from arsenic, soot, and other pollutants, 

some of whom even die. And they pay no price for the millions of tons of carbon that their 

plant spew's into the atmosphere every year that contributes to global warming. 

PSE just submitted their plan for generating electricity for the next 20 years. Unfortunately 

their plan assumes that they will continue to generate electricity from this dirty old coal 

plant for the next 20 years. It is clear that PSE is not going to change its coal burning 

ways without public pressure and action from government agencies like the EPA. 

It’s clear to many of us that PSE needs to stop using coal to generate electricity and switch 

to alternative forms of energy. Please find a way to do this. 

Please set the pollution limits for exiting coal plants high enough that they will need to be 

phased out over time. Its our best hope of staving off catastrophic global warming. This is a 

moral issue. You must act and take effective, decisive action. 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: Environmental Law and Policy Center [elpcinfo@elpc.org] on behalf of Alisa Megit [nabu1998

@aol.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:31 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: It's time for strong carbon standards

Nov 10, 2013 

U.S. EPA 

Dear EPA, 

Thank you for conducting "listening sessions" across the country to allow citizens like 

myself to share our thoughts on the upcoming carbon pollution standards. I was pleased when 

President Obama announced his Climate Action Plan in June, and I hope U.S. EPA follows 

through with aggressive carbon pollution reduction standards that will make a difference in 

our fight against climate change. 

This is especially important in the Midwest, where we have a large concentration of old, 

dirty coal power plants that produce a lot of air pollution that contributes to our climate 

change problems and that affects our health. 

Climate change impacts are already starting to hurt people in the Midwest. More days of 

extreme heat are hard in old cities like Chicago, where lots of folks have asthma and other 

respiratory issues and where lots of folks don't have access to air conditioning. It's also 

very hard on Midwestern farmers, who deal with droughts one year and floods the next -- and 

that, in turn, can affect food prices for everyone. 

This is hurting our health and hurting our pocketbooks. And it's only going to get worse 

unless we do something about it. That's why I hope the U.S. EPA designs STRONG standards to 

curb carbon pollution. 

Sincerely, 

Ms. Alisa Megit 

Newport 

Iowa city, IA 52240 
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From: drupal_admin@epa.gov on behalf of Steve Drake [steve.drake@yandex.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 7:22 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Webform Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Submitted on Sun, 11/10/2013 - 07:21 

Submitted values are: 

Name: Steve Drake 

Email: steve.drake@yandex.com

Comments: 

Hello, 

I believe that the US EPA should take responsible action toward curbing carbon pollution by 

putting tighter regulations on existing power plants. If coal plants cannot meet those new 

standards, they will have to find ways to adapt. There is simply no excuse for delaying this 

action any longer. 

Thank you, 

Steve Drake 

Web Area: Carbon Pollution Standards 
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From: Hig [hig314@gmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 3:52 AM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Cc: Erin Mckittrick; Andrew Mattox

Subject: Bring climate impact into permitting processes

My hope is that classifying CO2 as a pollutant will help bring climate impacts into the permitting process. 

I live in Alaska, and fossil fuel development is a big part of our economy. The benefits of this development are 

central to our political reality. Those benefits are real. High paying fossil fuel jobs help many in Alaska live 

happy lives, taxes from those jobs run our government, and natural gas provides much of our electricity. 

However, the climate impact of fossil fuel extraction has been nearly absent from the public conversation. State 

bureaucracies responsible for ensuring beneficial industrial development usually completely neglect climate 

impacts as part of their analysis. 

I think it is critical that we confront the climate consequences when making decisions about fossil fuel 

development in Alaska. These consequences are likely to include the displacement of many villages in the 

north and west of the state, and dramatic declines in salmon and other key commercial, subsistence, and sport 

fisheries. Further fossil fuel development in Alaska exacerbates these looming crises. 

Because the new EPA regulations apply only to power plants, they will not directly address many areas where 

the consequences of fossil fuel development could be better illuminated. However, I hope it will bring the 

conversation more out into the open - so we can begin to consider climate impact more broadly in decisions 

about industrial development. 

Sincerely, 

Hig (Bretwood Higman, PhD) 

hig314@gmail.com

Ground Truth Trekking (www.groundtruthtrekking.org) 
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From: Fran Ludwig [fludwig12@yahoo.com]

Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 10:12 PM

To: Carbon Pollution Input

Subject: Contact Us Comment: Carbon Pollution Standards Website

Nov. 4, 2013 

Remarks from Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition in regard to EPA's plan to issue rules on carbon pollution from 

existing power plants. 

I represent the citizen led Lexington MA Global Warming Action Coalition. Our organization educates and raises awareness about climate change and its impacts. We promote actions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and safeguard the health of our planet. 

 

And that is why we are here today, to ask the EPA to fulfill its legal obligation to issue rules that will rapidly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. 

 

We are experiencing the effects of climate change today – right here in Massachusetts, in the form of extreme storms – five once in a 100 year storms in the last 3 years. We’ve been affected by extreme flooding for two weeks in the spring of 2010, Hurricane Irene which devastated the region, closely followed by the Snow October storm that knocked out electric power for 700,000 Massachusetts homes and cancelled Halloween, Hurricane Sandy and finally, Nemo or the Blizzard of 2013. 

 

And we know from the most recent IPCC report that humans are the main cause of global warming, with 95% certainty. 

 

According to the US EIA (Energy Information Administration), existing power plants produce 39% of total US energy related CO2 emissions – more CO2emissions than from any other source. 

 

But we know we have viable options for a cleaner future. Our state’s largest utilities recently signed long-term contracts to purchase 565 Megawatts of wind power at prices below the cost of power from coal and nuclear plants, lowering our utility bills.In addition, the success of the RGGI program in ourregion provides evidence of the economic benefits of a transition to cleaner power sources. These actions in combination with successful energy efficiency programs have driven significant carbon dioxide reductions. 

 

The EPA has a mandate to provide safeguards to limit carbon pollution. 

In 2007, the Supreme Court established in Massachusetts vs. EPA that CO2 qualifies as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act. In 2009, the EPA issued an endangerment finding declaring that CO2emissions are a threat to public health. Those two actions established EPA’s legal obligation to issue rules limiting CO2 emissions. We stand here today, 4 years later, asking the EPA to fulfill your legal obligation to protect the public health from the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions –existing power plants as quickly as 

possible. 

 

We do not have time to waste. We are fast approaching a tipping point. The health and welfare of our own and future generations and in fact all life on Earth depend on action NOW to establish limits on carbon pollution from power plants and other sources. 

Fran Ludwig 

 
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