Governor McCrory: Don't Set NC Up to Fail. We Need a Strong Clean Power Plan Now!
As childhood asthma rates continue to soar in North Carolina and the effects of climate change become more intense and destructive, we need our leaders to curb carbon pollution — not play politics with our health and our future.
However, Governor McCrory and his administration would rather submit a "plan to fail" than reduce our state's carbon pollution. Our Governor should be protecting North Carolinians — not big polluters.
The good news: Recently, federal officials released the Clean Power Plan (CPP) which would set the first-ever carbon pollution standards for power plants in the U.S — putting us on a path to address cleaner air and tackling climate change. Each state must submit a plan to show how they will reduce their carbon emission rates set by the CPP by September 2016.
The crazy news: Governor McCrory and his environmental agency are planning to submit a plan that intentionally sets up North Carolina to fail our responsibilities under the Clean Power Plan. We're not joking.
This is outrageous. Clean air is good for our families, our environment, and for North Carolina's economy. A purposefully weak Clean Power Plan will undermine everything we love about our state.
Sign the petition today and tell Governor McCrory and his administration: Stop protecting polluters and instead start protecting clean air. We need a strong Clean Power Plan for North Carolina.
I support the Environmental Protection Agency's recently proposed limits on carbon pollution, known as the Clean Power Plan (CPP). As childhood asthma rates continue to rise in North Carolina and the effects and threat of climate change continue to increase, we should be working towards reducing our carbon emissions.
I am very disappointed that you and your environmental agency are purposefully setting North Carolina up to fail with the federal requirements under the CPP. By championing a plan that is "designed to fail," the Department of Environmental Quality is denying North Carolina the opportunity to create a plan that works best for North Carolina, our community, our energy mix, and instead allowing bureaucrats in Washington to determine what is best for our state. Nothing about this makes sense.
Clean air is good for our families, our environment and for North Carolina's economy. Please do the right thing and protect our clean air.
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