Pres. Obama and the US EPA - Improve the Clean Power Plan - So it gets the job done.

Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0602

Dear President Obama and the US EPA,

We urge you to take bolder steps to reduce carbon emissions in the Clean Power Plan. Your policies should accelerate the deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency - resulting in lower electricity rates over time, pollution reduction, and a larger impact on the climate.

We ask that you:
1) Phase out dirty coal fired power plants - no matter how efficient, coal will still emit significant carbon pollution.
2) Reject the reliance on frack gas - there is extensive leakage of methane, a potent green house gas, from our entire gas infrastructure, (frack wells to the pipelines). The use of frack gas is a step backward for the climate.
3) Remove nuclear subsidies from the carbon rules - Nuclear energy is not a clean or renewable energy.
We oppose indefinite ratepayer subsidies to support aging, dangerous, expensive nuclear power plants.
4) Prioritize and accelerate the deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency - revise your plan to specifically allow the use of a carbon tax, (on fossil fuels), and rebate, (to the consumer) - one of the most effective market mechanisms to drive the deployment of new renewable energy such as Wind and Solar.