Alliance for Climate Protection Applauds EPA Final Rule on Large Emitters

For immediate release: May 13, 2009
Press inquiries: Laura Burton Capps, Giselle Barry, 202-567-6800, press@climateprotect.org

** CEO MAGGIE L. FOX’S STATEMENT ON EPA ANNOUNCEMENT OF FINAL RULE FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM LARGE POLLUTION SOURCES **

Bobbie Stewart, Communications Director for Indiana Repower America asked that I share this information with you.

Bobbie can be reached at 812-360-7750 or Bobbie.Stewart@climateprotect.org. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maggie L. Fox, President and CEO of The Alliance for Climate Protection, issued the following statement on today’s announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the final rule for permitting requirements for large sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

“Americans can breathe a bit easier in the wake of today’s announcement from the EPA on regulating emissions from the largest sources of greenhouse gas pollution causing the climate crisis. This rule is a common-sense and cost-effective approach that will shield small businesses and small sources, and focus on the largest emitters. Coupled with historic national carbon pollution limits for cars, a first-ever mandatory greenhouse gas inventory, and efforts in the Senate to craft comprehensive clean energy and climate policies, America is closer to realizing the promise of a 21st-century clean energy economy.”

About the Alliance for Climate Protection:

The Alliance for Climate Protection was founded in 2006 by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. With more than two million members worldwide, the Alliance is a unique non-profit, non-partisan organization that is committed to educating the global community about the urgency of implementing comprehensive solutions to the climate crisis.

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