Action | Reduce and Cap Carbon Dioxide from Fossil Fuel Fired Electric Power Generating Facilities (Rev. C17) |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 3/6/2019 |
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Thank you for this opportunity to again speak to the roadmap to Virginia’s energy that will be created if we limit carbon emissions. I know and appreciate how important it is to listen to your community.
Reasons to leave natural gas and coal in the ground ...
More gas and new pipelines are not required ....
Alternatives to gas and coal can meet Virginia’s need for energy.
When measuring the level of tolerable risk contained in the continued use of fossil fuel, Climate Change is the greatest risk. Hampton Roads in now a national leader in designing ways to address the effects of climate change the area is beginning to experience; the recurrent flooding that comes with sea level rise. Norfolk, where sea level rise is combined with land subsidence, is one of the worst positioned places on our U.S. coastline. The area has help from the Navy, but their problems are not theirs alone. The rest of the state needs to step up and address our contributions to climate change, including our continued reliance on fossil fuels.
Your leadership, as one of our regulators, is absolutely necessary. Carbon trading with increasing limits on carbon emissions is a start.
Thank you
Jane Maxwell Twitmyer