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Department of Sustainability Urges Opposition to Senator Portman’s Clean Power Opt-Out Budget Amendment
Contacts:
Emily Lundgard, (216) 348-4395
CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Department of Sustainability Director Mike Foley issued the following statement today:
“An amendment to be offered by Ohio Senator Rob Portman, which would allow states to opt-out of the EPA Clean Power Plan rules, is a step back for the nation’s health and for reducing carbon emissions. Given the seriousness of health issues associated with air pollution, from increased incidence of heart disease to asthma and other serious pulmonary conditions, the importance of clean energy has never been more urgent.
In addition, noting the documented impact of climate change - including increasing severity of storms, droughts in the far west, increasing heat waves and overall changes to the ecosystem - allowing states to opt-out of a plan that will help decrease carbon emissions only makes the problem worse. Coal fired power plants – which could be beneficiaries of this opt-out provision – are a recognized factor in harming human health and contributing to carbon emissions. A better course of action is to let the administrative rule-making play itself out and let rational rules be developed per the course that has been set upon.”
Emily Lundgard, (216) 348-4395
CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Department of Sustainability Director Mike Foley issued the following statement today:
“An amendment to be offered by Ohio Senator Rob Portman, which would allow states to opt-out of the EPA Clean Power Plan rules, is a step back for the nation’s health and for reducing carbon emissions. Given the seriousness of health issues associated with air pollution, from increased incidence of heart disease to asthma and other serious pulmonary conditions, the importance of clean energy has never been more urgent.
In addition, noting the documented impact of climate change - including increasing severity of storms, droughts in the far west, increasing heat waves and overall changes to the ecosystem - allowing states to opt-out of a plan that will help decrease carbon emissions only makes the problem worse. Coal fired power plants – which could be beneficiaries of this opt-out provision – are a recognized factor in harming human health and contributing to carbon emissions. A better course of action is to let the administrative rule-making play itself out and let rational rules be developed per the course that has been set upon.”
