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Next Steps for the EPA’s Clean Power Plan
Setting the
record straight
by
M ary A nne H itt
On the heels o f the
Environm ental Protec
tion Agency unveiling
its proposed carbon pol
lution standard for ex
istin g p o w e r p la n ts,
cle an -e n erg y su p p o rte rs from
coast to coast are digging into the
details. As we work to under
stand how the plan will help us
tackle clim ate disruption, deep-
pocketed dirty-fuel supporters like
the Koch brothers are spreading
m a s siv e
a m o u n ts
of
disinformation.
So I’d like to set the record
straight on what the standard ac
tually does.
The E P A ’s Clean Pow er Plan
(that’s w hat the agency named
the new standard) calls for the
federal governm ent to limit car
bon pollution from all powerplants
for the first time. The plan creates
a roadm ap that w ould set our
country on a path to reduce car
bon pollution (com pared to 2005
levels) by 27 percent in 2020, 29
percent in 2025, and 30 percent in
2030.
Carbon pollution is the main
contributor to global w arm ing,
m aking extrem e w eather worse
— including m ore severe floods,
wildfires and droughts. It’s
also linked to life-threatening
air pollution, like the kind o f
sm og that can trigger asthm a
attacks.
The standard sets carbon
red u ctio n goals fo r every
state, and gives them several build
ing blocks to m eet those targets,
including increasing the use o f
renew able energy and energy ef
ficiency. Then, it’s up to each
state to write a plan that will m eet
its own goal. While the plan doesn ’ t
solve the problem o f clim ate dis
ruption by itself, it gives the states
a great fram ew ork to m ake sig
nificant progress.
The standard opens up the op
portunity for every state to chart
its own energy future. The EPA
set each state’s target by taking
into account the energy resources
available in each state to m eet the
30 percent goal.
The plan also requires energy
com panies to reduce their carbon
pollution by harnessing techno
logical innovation as they transi
tion to cleaner alternatives. Done
c o rre c tly , the u n d e rta k in g o f
m aking A m erica’s pow er gen extrem e rate hikes and m assive
eration more efficient will create jo b losses bound to result from
thousands o f new jo b s in con the E P A ’s new policy as “b o
stru ctio n , m an u fa ctu rin g , and g u s.”
other industries.
The Republican Party and the
Just as critical is that states Koch brothers are also ignoring
establish plans that will ensure a the concerns o f m ost A m ericans
fair and ju st transition if and when when they reject this standard:
pow er plants are retired. This N ew polls show that a large m a
m eans directly supporting w ork jority o f us support the E P A ’s
ers by providing wages, benefits, new approach to curbing pollu
training, and education. It also tion released by pow er plants.
m eans backing com m unities with Even people in so-called red states
resources to re-develop and di think it’s a good idea.
versify their econom ies, creating
Carbon pollution threatens our
good-paying jobs along the way. health, our econom y, and our
Buoyed by rapidly declining children’s future. By establishing
costs, solar and wind pow er con a pathw ay toward reductions in
tinue to grow exponentially na carbon pollution, the EPA can
tionw ide and around the world clean up and m odernize the way
for both sm all-scale and utility- we pow er our country.
scale installations. E very state
Every state will tailor this stan
should concentrate its carbon- dard to its distinct energy reality.
reduction efforts on truly renew The EPA intends to finalize its
able energy alternatives o f that new carbon standard next year
kind. L et’s create more produc and it will hold public hearings
tive jobs in industries that d o n ’t across the country, beginning with
pollute our air and w ater o r dis one on July 29 in Atlanta and
rupt the climate.
Denver.
Contrary to cries from its well-
So get involved and get ready
fu n d ed o p p o n e n ts, the C lean to help shape your state’s energy
Pow er Plan w on’t “raise rates” or future.
“killjobs.’T h e W ashington Post’s
Mary Anne Hitt is the director
fa c t-c h e c k e r h as a lre a d y d e o f Sierra Club's Beyond Coal
bunked big polluter attacks about campaign.