A Record Number of Environmental Advocates Support EPA Plan to Cut Carbon Pollution
DECATUR, Ga — A record number of environmental advocates in Georgia submitted comments supporting the proposed plan by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cut greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel power plants. In total, Georgia Interfaith Power & Light (GIPL), a state table partner of the Climate Action Campaign, reports 661 Georgians, including 29 faith leaders, added their names to the federal register prioritizing public health and the planet. This is just a small fraction of the one million comments submitted nationwide.
“Submitting these comments shows the EPA that Georgia faith communities are active in living out our beliefs,” says Codi Norred, Executive Director for GIPL. “We put our faith in action when we engage in the regulatory process and respond to the call to care for our neighbors and all of creation!”
From 2028 to 2042, the EPA’s proposal would slash carbon pollution by 617 million metric tons—equivalent to reducing the annual pollution of 137 million passenger vehicles (roughly half the cars in the United States). It would also provide up to $85 billion in net climate and public health benefits through 2042.
The standard, if put into effect, would build on the momentum of the Inflation Reduction Act passed a year ago this month and move the country a step closer to achieving President Biden’s goal to cut carbon pollution in half by 2030.
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Georgia Interfaith Power and Light (GIPL) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that works across the state to mobilize people of faith toward environmental action. As part of the national Interfaith Power and Light movement, GIPL sees its response to global climate change, resource depletion, environmental injustice, and pollution as an extension of faith.
Pictured: State table partners of the Climate Action Campaign delivering one million comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on August 8, 2023.
