The Clean Power Plan, which the White House is rolling out on Monday, is the central pillar in the Obama administration’s multi-pronged strategy to address manmade global warming. The suite of EPA regulations, all resting on the agency’s authority under the Clean Air Act, will affect all existing and planned power plants in the U.S. and are aimed at moving the U.S. away from a reliance on coal-fired power plants for generating electricity. The regulations…
Obama’s sweeping climate plan would catapult our use of renewable energy
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