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This is a prime example of why we need strong FEDERAL intervention. This is something that could never be done by the states since there are no incentives for them to do anything since the pollution from coal-fired plants only impacts the people in the STATES THAT ARE DOWNWIND FROM WHERE THE COAL IS BEING BURNED. You can bet that if all the pollution produced in any one state effected only the people in THAT state, these issues would have been addressed years ago. But since the pollution, in terms of where it finally ends up, is someone else's problem, the originating state has no vested interest in solving the problem because for them, there is NO problem. Of course when Washington steps in, suddenly the feds are usurping the rights of a state and they should mind their own business.




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A huge majority of Americans support regulating carbon from power plants. And they’re even willing to pay for it.
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Wed, 04 Jun 14 4:56 AM
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A huge majority of Americans support regulating carbon from power plants. And they’re even willing to pay for it.
BY SCOTT CLEMENT AND PEYTON M. CRAIGHILL
June 2 at 1:00 pm

Fully 70 percent say the federal government should require limits to greenhouse gases from existing power plants, 
the focus of a new rule announced Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency. An identical 70 percent supports requiring states to limit the amount of greenhouse gas emissions within their borders. (Read everything you need to know about the EPA's proposed rules).
Democrats and Republicans are in rare agreement on the issue. Fifty-seven percent of Republicans, 76 percent among independents and 79 percent of Democrats support state-level limits on greenhouse gas emissions. 
Strong tea party supporters are most resistant to limits on emissions by states and power plants; 50 percent say the federal government should impose caps, while 45 percent say they should not.

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