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New York City and 8 States Plan to Sue Power Plants
Dear colleagues:
Interesting article in today's NYTimes about a new electric power related lawsuit.
Perhaps New York City, California, Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Rhode
Island, Vermont and Wisconsin should all be pushing for new nuclear capacity based on
their bringing a suit over carbon dioxide emissions. See the article below from today's
NYTimes about a lawsuit to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from a group of companies
operating 174 US fossil fueled power stations located outside the states' borders.
Stewart Farber, MSPH [Air Pollution Control]
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/21/national/21pollute.html?th
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New York City and 8 States Plan to Sue Power Plants
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Eight states and New York City plan to sue utilities today that they say are the
country's biggest emitters of carbon dioxide, the heat-trapping gas that scientists have
linked to global warming.
The states and the city will not seek financial penalties but, according to a draft news
release, will demand "substantial cuts" in the emissions, which they say "pose serious
threats to our health, our economy and our environment.''
State and city officials familiar with the effort said yesterday that they would not
discuss details of the suit until today. The planned statements and other details had
changed since the draft, dated July 16, the officials said, but they did not disavow the
basic thrust of the release.
The states are California, Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island,
Vermont and Wisconsin. The suit will be filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan,
according to the release.
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LINK:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/21/national/21pollute.html?th
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