Sierra Friends:

I think you will want to know of the ruling below...

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Lyle Krewson
Sierra Club, Iowa Chapter Lobbyist

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West Des Moines, IA 50265

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Begin forwarded message:
> Date: November 13, 2008 6:07:16 p CST
> Subject: Fw: "Ruling: Coal Plants Must Limit C02"
>
> ----- Forwarded by Paula Carrell/Sierraclub on 11/13/2008 04:06 PM  
> -----
>
> November 13, 2008
> Contact: Virginia Cramer, 804-225-9113 x 102
>
>                    Ruling: Coal Plants Must Limit C02
>
> In a move that signals the start of the our clean energy future, the
> Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board (EAB)  
> ruled
> today EPA had no valid reason for refusing to limit from new coal- 
> fired
> power plants the carbon dioxide emissions that cause global  
> warming.  The
> decision means that all new and proposed coal plants nationwide must  
> go
> back and address their carbon dioxide emissions.
> “Today’s decision opens the way for meaningful action to fight global
> warming and is a major step in bringing about a clean energy  
> economy,” said
> Joanne Spalding, Sierra Club Senior Attorney who argued the case.  
> “This is
> one more sign that we must begin repowering, refueling and rebuilding
> America.”
>
> “The EAB rejected every Bush Administration excuse for failing to  
> regulate
> the largest source of greenhouse gases in the United States.  This  
> decision
> gives the Obama Administration a clean slate to begin building our  
> clean
> energy economy for the 21st century,” continued Spalding
> The decision follows a 2007 Supreme Court ruling recognizing carbon
> dioxide, the principle source of global warming, is a pollutant  
> under the
> federal Clean Air Act.
>
> “Coal plants emit 30% of our nation’s global warming pollution.  
> Building
> new coal plants without controlling their carbon emissions could  
> wipe out
> all of the other efforts being undertaken by cities, states and  
> communities
> across the country," said Bruce Nilles, Director of the Sierra Club’s
> National Coal Campaign. “Everyone has a role to play and it’s time  
> that the
> coal industry did its part and started living up to its clean coal
> rhetoric.”
>
> The Sierra Club went before the Environmental Appeals Board in May  
> of 2008
> to request that the air permit for Deseret Power Electric  
> Cooperative’s
> proposed waste coal-fired power plant be overturned because it  
> failed to
> require any controls on carbon dioxide pollution. Deseret Power’s  
> 110 MW
> Bonanza plant would have emitted 3.37 million tons of carbon dioxide  
> each
> year.
>
> “Instead of pouring good money after bad trying to fix old coal  
> technology,
> investors should be looking to wind, solar and energy efficiency
> technologies that are going to power the economy, create jobs, and  
> help the
> climate recover,” said Nilles.
> To get background information and see how the case unfolded visit
> www.sierraclub.org/coal/plantlist.asp
> A copy of the decision can be found here:
> http://yosemite.epa.gov/oa/EAB_Web_Docket.nsf/PSD%20Permit%20Appeals%20(CAA)/C8C5985967D8096E85257500006811A7/$File/Remand...39.pdf
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>
> Christina Marie Yagjian
> National Conservation Organizer
> Sierra Club, Global Warming and Energy
> 202.675.7911

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