America’s Dirtiest Power Plants

More documents

Recommendations

Info

America’s Dirtiest Power Plants Their Oversized Contribution to Global Warming and What We Can Do About It Written by: Jordan Schneider and Travis Madsen, Frontier Group Julian Boggs, Environment America Research & Policy Center September 2013
Acknowledgments The authors thank Jeff Deyette, Senior Energy Analyst at Union of Concerned Scientists; Liz Perera, Senior Washington Representative, and Debbie Sease, Legislative Director, at Sierra Club; Mike Obeiter, Senior Associate, Climate and Energy Program at World Resources Institute; Starla Yeh, Policy Analyst, Climate and Clean Air Program at Natural Resources Defense Council; and others for providing useful feedback and insightful suggestions on drafts of this report. We also thank Frank Iannuzzi at Environment America Research & Policy Center for contributing to this report; and Tony Dutzik and Ben Davis at Frontier Group for providing editorial support. The authors bear responsibility for any factual errors. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of our funders or those who provided review. © 2013 Environment Minnesota Research & Policy Center The Environment Minnesota Research & Policy Center is a 501(c)(3) organization. We are dedicated to protecting Minnesota’s air, water and open spaces. We investigate problems, craft solutions, educate the public and decision-makers, and help Minnesotans make their voices heard in local, state and national debates over the quality of our environment and our lives. For more information about Environment Minnesota Research & Policy Center or for additional copies of this report, please visit www. environmentminnesotacenter.org. Frontier Group conducts independent research and policy analysis to support a cleaner, healthier and more democratic society. Our mission is to inject accurate information and compelling ideas into public policy debates at the local, state and federal levels. For more information about Frontier Group, please visit www.frontiergroup.org. Cover photo: Georgia Power Company’s Plant Scherer in Juliette, Georgia, is the nation’s mostpolluting power plant. Each year, it emits more carbon dioxide pollution than that produced by energy consumption in Maine. See Table 1 in report. Photo Credit: TinRoof Marketing & Design Cover design: Kathleen Krushas, To the Point Publications, www.tothepointpublications.com
Page 1: America’s Dirtiest Power Plants T
Page 5 and 6: Executive Summary Global warming is
Page 7 and 8: Figure ES-2. Carbon Dioxide Polluti
Page 9 and 10: Introduction It doesn’t take a tr
Page 11 and 12: The Dirtiest U.S. Power Plants Are
Page 13 and 14: Table 1. Emissions Equivalencies fo
Page 15 and 16: Table 2. Emissions of Top 5 Polluti
Page 17 and 18: Cutting U.S. Power Plant Pollution
Page 19 and 20: and contribute to heat-related deat
Page 21 and 22: Carbon Pollution Standards Are Need
Page 23 and 24: Policy Recommendations To protect o
Page 25 and 26: Methodology In this report we exami
Page 27 and 28: Appendices Table A-1. Power Plant C
Page 29 and 30: Table A-2. The Nation’s 100 Most-
Page 31 and 32: Continued from page 29 Table A-2. T
Page 33 and 34: Table A-3. The Share of Each State
Page 43 and 44: Notes 1. Intergovernmental Panel on
Page 45 and 46: Philosophical Transac- rsta.2010.0
Page 47: 91. Proposed Carbon (fact sheet),

America’s Dirtiest Power Plants

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?