Blumenthal Statement On Proposed EPA Guidelines To Cut Carbon Pollution From Existing Power Plants

(Hartford, CT) – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled its Clean Power Plan proposal, which would, for the first time, cut carbon pollution from existing power plants – the single largest source of carbon pollution in the United States.

“The plan being rolled out today is modeled on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative that Connecticut pioneered under the leadership of Gina McCarthy. This is our last best chance to save the planet, and I commend the Administration for putting forward this truly historic proposal, which will protect public health by cutting carbon pollution and ensure a cleaner environment for generations to come. Economic growth and job creation are not in conflict with environmental sustainability, and this proposal rightly reflects that reality.”