[title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Obama administration release Clean Power Plan[/title][fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]Monday, August 3rd 2015
The Obama administration plans to release its final “Clean Power Plan” rule on Monday, which imposes the first ever limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants – a cornerstone of the president’s agenda to combat climate change and accelerate the development of “clean energy.” The plan, which would require sweeping changes to the country’s electricity industry, demands that power plants cut their carbon dioxide output by 32 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels. Congressional Republicans have criticized the plan – first proposed in 2014 -as an “unlawful power grab” that would have disastrous consequences, and are gearing up for legislative efforts to fight the rule as various industry groups prepare to file lawsuits against the EPA, which will be charged with implementing the rule. But Democrats insist the EPA plan to expand the government’s power under the Clean Air Act is essential to combat the impacts already being felt from global warming.
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