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'Testifying to the Truth': EPA Testimonies (Part One)

By Liz Schmitt
Joey Longley/Sojourners
Liz Schmitt testifies to the EPA. Joey Longley/Sojourners
Nov 11, 2013
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Editor’s Note: This post contains two of many testimonies given at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listening session at EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C. The EPA held sessions in 11 regional offices across the country to allow the public to comment on the agency’s plans to begin regulating carbon dioxide emissions — one of the heat-trapping pollutants that contributes to climate change — from existing coal and natural gas-fired power plants. The public was invited to share up to three minutes of spoken testimony to an EPA panel for the agency’s consideration. We also have multiple other testimonies in parts two and three.

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