| State Sue Power Companies over Global Warming, Citing Increased Asthma as a Consequence |
The July 21, 2004 USA Today reported that eight states and New York City are suing some of the largest power companies in the United States to force them to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. According to the article, the attorneys general are claiming that greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide could have catastrophic effects, including increased asthma and heat-related illness, depletion of drinking water supplies, a decline in fisheries and erosion of infrastructure. The article explains that the lawsuit does not ask for money, but rather, for corporations to be more environmentally responsible by reducing their greenhouse emissions. It also says that the states involved in the lawsuit include: California, Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin and the power companies are: American Electric Power Co., Southern Co., Xcel Energy Inc., Cinergy Corp. and the federal Tennessee Valley Authority. The lawsuit claims that those power producers own 174 fossil fuel-burning power plants that produce 646 million tons of carbon dioxide annually — about 10 percent of the nation's total.
For the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/climate/2004-07-21-greenhosue-suit_x.htm.
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| Date posted: 08-06-2004 |
| Posted by: National Latino Research Center |
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