EPA's War on Coal

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Ann, Coordinator
Carbon County Chamber of Commerce
81 North 200 East, #3
Price, Utah  84501
(435) 637-2788 / 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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It is the mission of the Carbon County Chamber of Commerce to enhance
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Subject: FW: EPA's War on Coal
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On Monday, EPA will  finalize the "Utility MACT" rule, by far the largest
job-destroying Economic Train Wreck regulation that will raise energy prices
nationwide and cost communities across the country high-paying jobs. 

Visit our Action Center at
http://actformining.org/national-actions/stopMACT/ and urge Congress to stop
EPA's Utility MACT Rule

EPA needs to reconsider its approach to the Utility MACT rule as well as the
various EPA Train Wreck regulations threatening America's mining industry.
Our nation's electric reliability and our ability to create jobs & grow our
economy during the economic downturn is at risk. 

According to the North American Reliability Corporation, EPA is "triggering
'an unprecedented resource-mix change,' with utilities switching to natural
gas from coal..." NERC predicts another 36 to 59 gigawatts of power will go
offline by 2018. That could mean the loss of a quarter of all coal-fired
capacity.

Furthermore, "the nation's power grid will be stressed in ways never before
experienced" and reliability depends on building new power plants to cover
the losses. But the electric industry has only three years to comply under
one EPA regulation known as the utility MACT rule, which is meant to target
mercury and is due to be finalized soon, "while many other destructive rules
are in the works."

To justify these disastrous economic consequences, EPA is arguing these
rules are necessary to protect public health, but studies have shown the
Utility MACT rule will provide very little in terms of health benefits while
imposing substantial costs on American consumers.

We need you to contact Congress at
http://actformining.org/national-actions/stopMACT/ and urge them to stop
EPA's new rule. During this current economic downturn, Congress needs to
ensure any new regulations protect consumers, help create high-paying
American jobs and make sure America has access to reliable and affordable
electricity. 

Visit http://actformining.org/national-actions/stopMACT/ to contact Congress
and make mining's voice heard!

Thank you for your support