New Obama Climate Regulations Could Help U.S. Pressure China

MoreWhy ‘Global Warming’ Is Scarier Than ‘Climate Change’The Bible Calls for Moral Action on Climate ChangeClimate Change Could Sink Statue of Liberty, Report WarnsAs my colleague Michael Grunwald points out, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed new rules on carbon emissions from the power sector are a big deal. (Vice President Joe Biden might use slightly different language.) The rules—which still have to go through a year of public comment and which will almost certainly face legal and Congressional challenges—would cut carbon emissions from the power sector by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. These regulations—which will apply to existing power plants, not just new ones—are by far the biggest single step taken by the U.S. to fight climate change. With the stroke of a pen (though it was technically be EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy’s pen), President Barack Obama has done more about global warming than all of his predecessors combined. MoreRepublicans Make Hay from Obama’s ‘War on Coal’Meet the Solar-Powered Plane That Will Fly Around the WorldTaliban Celebrates Release of Top Commanders in Bowe Bergdahl Swap NBC NewsMen Charged With Toppling Ancient Rock Formation Avoid Jail Time Huffington PostComet Outlives Predictions Weather.comBut climate action is measured in carbon, not in political legacies. By that measurement, the U.S. carbon regulations are only a beginning, and will only have lasting be...
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