As a Virginian, I appreciate the initiative taken by Governor McAuliffe, but I know our work

does not stop here. I request that the Department of Environmental Quality uses its authority

to:

• Create a rule — based on the strongest available science — that significantly reduces carbon pollution from Virginia’s power plants.
• Ensure that Virginians — not utilities — benefit from any profits from carbon regulations.
• Address the disproportionate environmental effects experienced by our most vulnerable communities.
• Grow the economy and reduce carbon pollution by maximizing  investments in zero-carbon wind, solar, and energy efficiency.

I am supporting the reduction and cap of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel fired electric power generating facilities. This issue (and many others) must be addressed in order to even remotely provide a just, equitable and livable earth for future generations of the human species.

Thank you for allowing public comment.