[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16173]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          SAFE CLIMATE CAUCUS

  (Mr. WAXMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise as a member of the Safe Climate 
Caucus to address the important issue of climate change.
  EPA reported some good news today: carbon pollution from power plants 
has dropped 10 percent from 2010 to 2012. Some of this drop was due to 
fuel switching from coal to natural gas, which is less polluting; some 
was due to increased energy efficiency; and some was due to growth in 
clean, renewable sources of electricity like wind and solar.
  Our challenge is to continue these reductions. Market forces alone 
will not be enough. The Energy Department says that carbon pollution 
has crept up this year as coal prices fell and usage increased. That is 
why we need the new regulations proposed by EPA to limit carbon 
pollution from new power plants, and that is why we need limits on 
pollution from existing power plants.
  The history of the Clean Air Act has shown us we can have both a 
strong economy and clean air. Our health, our environment, and our 
economic prosperity depend on developing the clean energy technologies 
of the future.

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