Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Environmental Quality
 
Board
Air Pollution Control Board
 
chapter
Regulation for Emissions Trading [9 VAC 5 ‑ 140]
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
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6/29/17  5:43 pm
Commenter: Sarah Gertler

Emission caps are a NECESSITY for VA's survival!
 

Being that climate change is an absolutely undeniable fact of life that is already killing (not only polar bears, but) human beings in the US, whether through heat waves, numerous diseases caused by air pollution, asthma attacks, flooding, etc., it is so absolutely clear that Virginia must put caps on the CO2 emissions that are largely causing all these terrors.

Energy companies have more than enough resources and brainpower to figure out solutions for CO2 caps. It is their resposibility to provide energy in a way that is not directly detrimental to the lives of its customers. Similarly, it is the responsibility of lawmakers to give these DIRELY-needed guidelines to energy companies so that their constituents are safe under their care. These are responsiblities that have been thrown aside many a time in the past, but that are absolutely critical to be upheld now.

Please, give Virginia a chance to breathe. We do not deserve to be killed off because of very regulatable CO2 output. Thank you.

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