Action | Reduce and Cap Carbon Dioxide from Fossil Fuel Fired Electric Power Generating Facilities (Rev. C17) |
Stage | NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 7/26/2017 |
As Virginians, we appreciate the initiative taken by Governor McAuliffe, but we know our work does not stop here. We request that the Department of Environmental Quality use its authority to:
1. Create a rule — based on the strongest available science — that significantly reduces carbon pollution from Virginia’s power plants.
2. Ensure that Virginians — not utilities — benefit from any profits from carbon regulations.
3. Address the disproportionate environmental effects experienced by our most vulnerable communities.
4. Reduce carbon pollution by incentivizing investments in zero-carbon solar, wind and energy efficiency.
Please, DEQ people, be our heroes and saviors in the matter of climate efforts for Virginia -- and thus for our part in the planet's health, as well as Virginians' health. Do not destroy what's good with allowing something so bad! Thank you.