Marathon Pundit: Obama's EPA to attack carbon--and economic growth--to fight so-called global warming

Sunday, June 01, 2014

Obama's EPA to attack carbon--and economic growth--to fight so-called global warming

Lake Michigan, March 2014

Just a couple of months after the last snow melted from the brutal Chicago winter, President Obama's radical EPA will attack carbon emissions--and economic growth--to fight so-called human-induced global warming.

From the Los Angeles Times:

The Obama administration will seek to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from existing power plants 30% by 2030, potentially one of the biggest steps any country has ever taken to confront climate change, people familiar with the plan said Sunday.

Seen as the linchpin to President Obama’s climate-change campaign and a key part of his legacy, the proposed power-plant rule will set state-specific targets for carbon-dioxide reductions and let local officials decide how best to meet the goals.

March 2014: Morton Grove Garden Club

A formal announcement is expected Monday morning, but details began leaking out Sunday. Because the rule has not been officially issued yet, the 30% target reduction could be one of several options the Environmental Protection Agency presents for public comment, environmentalists said.

The proposal will make good on a pledge the president made last year to tackle climate change through his executive authority in the face of congressional inaction on the issue.