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Dear Activist, I’m sure you’ve heard that the Obama administration has released its long-awaited proposal to reduce carbon emissions from existing power plants. But did you know the proposal would encourage fracking? Under the proposal, power plants, mainly coal-fired plants, would have to reduce their carbon emissions. One way the electricity companies would be allowed to do this is by switching from coal-fired plants to gas-fired plants. The EPA still considers gas a cleaner fuel than coal, because they don’t count the full life of fracked gas. But we know that fracked gas can be as dirty as coal. Can you submit a comment to the EPA and ask them not to allow fracked gas to replace coal? As you know, more and more of the gas we burn comes from fracking. The move to more gas-fired electricity will mean more fracking. While there is hope that this proposal would spur development of wind and solar, the fact is that the cheap alternative to coal is fracked gas. With Chevron and BP recently announcing that they are abandoning their wind and solar efforts, the writing is on the wall: the energy industry has decided that fracked gas is the alternative. Thankfully, we have a chance to influence the proposal before it is finalized. Submit a comment asking the EPA to not allow the rule to be finalized in a way that allows fracked gas to replace coal. Thanks for taking action, Mitch Jones P.S. Check out our factsheet for more information on fracking and climate change. |
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