Embrace wind, solar energy to replace coal
No one in Indiana should have his or her health sacrificed for dirty energy. Until now, power plants have been able to pump out carbon pollution without limit, especially coal plants.
Fortunately, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed carbon pollution standards for the first time, protecting the health and well-being of Hoosiers.
We need to speak up in support of this proposal to keep it strong and effective. The health of our children and future generations is on the line, unless we act.
Thousands of people already have shown support for the proposed standards: A recent Washington Post-ABC News poll reveals that 70 percent of Americans support the implementation of the EPA’s carbon pollution standards. The majority of Americans believe that we should focus on using clean renewable energy, rather than dirty fossil fuels or energy from dangerous nuclear plants.
Renewable energy sources, like wind and solar, are reliable, clean and affordable. The Department of Energy has said that we can get 20 percent of our power as a nation from wind energy alone by 2030.
The new EPA safeguards will modernize the way we power our country, create needed jobs and save thousands of lives.