For New Generation of Power Plants, a New Emission Rule From the E.P.A.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/science/earth/epa-sets-greenhouse-emission-limits-on-new-power-plants.html

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From: barry levine 
Date: Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:27 AM
Subject: re: For New Generation of Power Plants, a New Emission Rule From the E.P.A.
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the Editor:

   It is no longer acceptable for any journalist to print the Coal Industry's spokesman's assertion that coal is "affordable" without comment. The Coal Industry continues to operate in the black only by foisting huge costs onto the public. These externalities--including CO2 in the atmosphere, acidification of streams, lakes and oceans, and mercury poisoning in our children--amount to many times the profits the Coal Industry reports. In short, American Coal destroys American wealth, kilowatt-hour by kilowatt-hour.  If we are to discuss the costs of carbon capture and sequestration honestly, we must also discuss the costs of  burning coal.

Barry Haskell Levine