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Omaha Steve

(99,073 posts)
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 03:04 PM Jun 2014

Obama: Power plant rule will shrink power prices

Source: AP-EXCITE

By DINA CAPPIELLO and JOSH LEDERMAN

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sweeping initiative to curb pollutants blamed for global warming, the Obama administration unveiled a plan Monday aimed at cutting carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by nearly a third by 2030. But it delays the deadline for some states to begin complying until long after President Barack Obama leaves office.

The 645-page plan, expected to be finalized next year, is a centerpiece of Obama's efforts to deal with climate change and seeks to give the United States more leverage to prod other countries to act when negotiations on a new international treaty resume next year. Under the plan, carbon emissions are to be reduced 30 percent from 2005 levels, in what would amount to one of the most significant U.S. actions on global warming.

Obama, in a conference call hosted by the American Lung Association, said the plan would both shrink electricity prices and protect the health of vulnerable Americans. He scolded critics who he predicted would contend anew that the limits would crush jobs and damage the economy.

"What we've seen every time is that these claims are debunked when you actually give workers and businesses the tools and the incentives they need to innovate," Obama said.

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The coal-fired Plant Scherer is shown in operation early Sunday, June 1, 2014, in Juliette, Ga. The Obama administration unveiled a plan Monday to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by nearly a third over the next 15 years, in a sweeping initiative to curb pollutants blamed for global warming. (AP Photo/John Amis)
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Obama: Power plant rule will shrink power prices (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2014 OP
GObama! truthisfreedom Jun 2014 #1
Yet he said the exact opposite while campaigning in 08? 7962 Jun 2014 #2

truthisfreedom

(23,113 posts)
1. GObama!
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 03:15 PM
Jun 2014

He's more forward-thinking than any repuke. It's refreshing to have a President who does not make future plans revolve around an imaginary apocalypse.

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
2. Yet he said the exact opposite while campaigning in 08?
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:35 AM
Jun 2014

So what changed his opinion?
At least there's 15 yrs to pull it off. Maybe technology will catch up in that time. Similar to the CAFE rules.

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