Subject: Complaints and Hand Waving Are Not a Legal Basis for Setting Carbon Pollution Standards and other news from Dan Lashof, NextGen Climate America
From: Daniel Lashof <[email-masked]>
To: Lauren Terrazas <[email-masked]>
Cc: Daniel Lashof <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 14:41:17 +0000

EPA has received almost 4 million comments on the Clean Power Plan. Most support EPA's proposal to end unlimited dumping of carbon pollution into our atmosphere, but some big coal-burning power companies want more time before they have to clean up. EPA has to consider all the comments it received by the deadline, but it should only act on the ones that are supported by data and analysis. My latest post compares the arguments for slowing down to the case for making the final rule stronger:

https://nextgenamerica.org/epa-rule/complaints-and-hand-waving-are-not-a-legal-basis-for-setting-carbon-pollution-standards/

Implementing the Clean Power Plan will not only reduce pollution, it will make our electricity system smarter and more resilient, as a slew of recent reports show. David Weiskopf takes a deep dive into what it takes to keep the lights on.

https://nextgenamerica.org/epa-rule/the-clean-power-plan-can-help-make-the-grid-stronger-smarter-and-more-resilient/

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