President Obama’s Clean Power Plan has rightly been hailed as the most important action any president has taken to address the climate crisis.
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Obama Takes a Crucial Step on Climate Change
Posted August 4th, 2015 at 1:11 am (UTC-4)
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Climate Change Plan Invites Praise, Criticism
Posted August 3rd, 2015 at 12:34 pm (UTC-4)
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The Obama administration has unveiled its Clean Power Plan, a set of mandates that will require states to sharply reduce their carbon emissions by 2022. Not surprisingly, there is strong opposition, most especially politicians and businesses from coal-producing states. But environmentalists are praising the “bold” new rules, which are expected to spark a series of lawsuits.
Obama’s Clean Energy Plan Doesn’t Go Far Enough
The courts already have ruled that greenhouse gases are pollutants that must be regulated by the EPA, and to win global cooperation in the climate battle, the United States must go into the Paris climate talks in October prepared to help lead the way. In this fight for survival, timid measures will not work.