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==Legislative issues==
In February 2009, Rep. Roger Barrus (R-Centerville) introduced new legislation to ban new power plants in polluted areas. If passed, HB393 would mandate a two-year moratorium on most new power plants in areas that do not meet federal clean-air standards for fine particle pollution. The ban would not apply to natural gas power plants, which have lower emissions.<ref>Judy Fahys, [http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_11684789 "Proposed bill would ban new power plants in polluted areas,"] ''Salt Lake Tribune'', February 11, 2009.</ref>
On March 2, 2010 it was announced that the Utah legislature passed a non-binding resolution that states "climate alarmists" have orchestrated a "well organized and ongoing effort to manipulate global temperature data in order to produce a global warming outcome." The draft bill also noted that a "climate change gravy train of more than $7 billion annually in federal government grants, which may have influenced the climate research focus and findings that have produced a 'scientific consensus' at research institutions and universities."
The goal of the legislation is to call on the Environmental Protection Agency to abandon its endangerment finding of carbon dioxide. The bill calls the EPA's science "flawed" and "questionable".<ref>[http://www.energyprospects.com/cgi-bin/package_display.pl?packageID=3155 "Utah Lawmakers Urge Feds to Ditch Greenhouse Gas Actions"] Energy Prospects West, March 2, 2010</ref>
==Governors request federal funding for "clean coal"==
