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SW: →Legislative issues: added info on coal ash to UT page
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>
===Utah Governor Opposes EPA Regulation of Coal Ash===
On March 8, 2010 governors from the Western Governor's Association made a statement that the Obama administration should leave coal ash regulation to the states and resist the EPA's effort to reclassify coal ash as a hazardous material. Montana Gov. [[Brian Schweitzer]], the pro-coal chairman of the governor's group, says the EPA's move to regulate coal ash would undercut what he described as "effective regulation by Western states." The governors state that the EPA's reclassification would prevent coal ash from being used in industrial practices like surface pavement. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says coal-fired electric generation in the West would also be hurt, which would cost ratepayers more money. Gov. Gary Herbert of Utah states that coal-fired electric generation in his state and others would also be hurt and would cost ratepayers more money.<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011291891_apmtcoalashgovernors.html "Western govs say states best regulate coal ash"] ''The Seattle Times,'' March 8, 2010.</ref>
==Governors request federal funding for "clean coal"==
