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  • September 06, 2010 The New York Times’ Letters to the Editor: The Lesson of Acid Rain

    ACCCE President and CEO Steve Miller:

    “To the Editor: We agree that good legislation can be the best way to address environmental challenges. At the same time, let’s not forget that it took Congress several years to write clean air legislation that balanced the nation’s environmental and energy goals. Since the Clean Air Act was enacted, America’s coal-based electricity providers have invested more than $90 billion in technologies to reduce emissions of major air pollutants. The Environmental Protection Agency’s latest analysis shows that sulfur dioxide emissions are 71 percent lower than in 1980, while nitrogen dioxide emissions are 46 percent lower — even as the use of coal to generate electricity has almost tripled. The industry will be investing billions more in coming years to improve air quality further. The success of the Clean Air Act is a lesson in why Congress, not the E.P.A., should decide how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Good comprehensive federal legislation can provide flexibility to moderate energy price increases and incentives to develop advanced technologies. E.P.A. regulations cannot do this.”

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  • August 18, 2010 Grant Helps Fund Wyo. Univ. CO2 Storage Research
  • August 17, 2010 New Approaches for Meeting the Carbon-Capture Challenge
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