Environmentalists are calling upon leaders and Alabamians to be more conscious of the state’s carbon emissions.
This is after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, does not have the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
“Heat index of 110 will become more common if we do not reduce emissions,” Flowers predicts, adding thatover carbon emissions won’t help with that reduction. The EPA, in partnership with states, can still regulate criteria pollutants like nitrogen oxides. This new ruling says the agency will be limited in regulating carbon emissions.
So now, more than ever, Flowers says action needs to be taken. Michael Hansen with the Greater Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution is in agreement.
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