Action.coop & Contacting the EPA
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Action.coop & Contacting the EPA
The EPA Issue – How We Got Here
• The President announced his Climate Action Plan
• EPA released proposal to limit CO2 emissions from new coal and natural gas plants. - Essentially bans new coal plants.
• Now, EPA is working on rules for existing plants.
• We are concerned that all coal generation will disappear.
June 25th 2013 - Climate Address
Sept. 20th, 2013 - The EPA Proposes New Standards
Our Message to the EPA• Abandoning the All-of-the-
Above Strategy
• CCS Technology not Commercially Viable, Estimated to be Prohibitively Expensive
• Coal: A Plentiful, Domestic Energy Source
• History Repeats: 1970’s Mandate: No Natural Gas … 2013 Mandate: No Coal?
Abandons All-of-the-Above
Strategy
• The Presidents Climate Plan directs the EPA to enforce limits on CO2 emissions from coal plants
• Abandoning All of the Above for an All but One plan
Technology Gamble • CCS Technology not
Commercially Viable
• Estimated to be Prohibitively Expensive
Limits Access to Affordable Domestic
Energy
• The United States has 236 years remaining of recoverable coal reserves
• Coal is the most used energy source in the United States, accounting for 37 % of all electricity generated
History Repeats: All-But-One
Doesn’t Work
• A 1978 act prohibited burning natural gas to generate electricity – essentially forcing co-ops to invest solely in coal-based generating plants
• 9 years later Congress repealed its mistake. There is no reason to repeat the mistakes of the past.
What “CAN” You Do Now?
SHARE – action.coop with membership
SEND – Your message to the EPA at action.coop
ASK – Others to send their messages
POST – Calls to action on social media
Why Now?
Environmental community will send in millions of comments.
EPA must hear the voice of Co-op Nation!