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New Carbon Pollution Standard is Good for Our Health, Our Economy and Our Planet


NRDC Hails “Historic, Win-Win-Win Proposition” 

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012 – The following is a statement from Frances Beinecke, president of Natural Resources Defense Council, on the industrial carbon pollution standard proposed by the Obama administration.

“This historic step is a win-win-win proposition.

“It’s good for our health because it’s a critical step toward protecting the most vulnerable among us—including the elderly and our children—from smog worsened by carbon-fueled climate change.

“It’s good for our economy because it will lead to cleaner, more modern, more efficient power plants.

“It’s good for our planet because it will help head off the catastrophic effects of climate change.

“This Environmental Protection Agency action means any new coal plants built in America must use modern, state-of-the-art carbon pollution controls.”

“The logical next step is to improve the aging fleet of existing coal-fired power plants, which remain the major source of industrial carbon pollution in our country.’’

Please see Frances Beinecke’s blog about this historic proposal: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/fbeinecke/new_limits_on_carbon_pollution.html and this blog by NRDC’s Climate and Clean Air Program Policy Director David Doniger: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ddoniger/cleaner_power_starts_today_epa.html 

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 1.3 million members and online activists. Since 1970, our lawyers, scientists, and other environmental specialists have worked to protect the world’s natural resources, public health, and the environment. NRDC has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Livingston, Montana, and Beijing. Visit us at www.nrdc.org
 
Source: nrdc.org

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