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Monday, June 02, 2014

EPA Power-Plant Proposal Will Seek 30% Carbon Dioxide Emissions Cut by 2030

WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency will propose a draft rule on Monday seeking a 30% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 from existing power plants based on emission levels from 2005, according to two people who have been briefed on the rule, setting in motion the main piece of President Barack Obama's climate-change agenda.

The rule, scheduled to be completed one year from now, will give flexibility to the states, which must implement the rules and submit compliance plans to EPA by June 2016. States can decide how to meet the reductions, including joining or creating new cap-and-trade programs, deploying more renewable energy or ramping up energy-efficiency technologies.

Each state will have different percent reduction standards, and the national average will be 25% by 2020 and 30% by 2030, these people said.

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3 comments:

  1. I don't ever remember anyone from the EPA ever being on a voting ballot. So, they have absolutely no power to make laws. Vote Republican in November and perhaps we can reign them in.

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  2. You wish.. we have a King now and you are assuming he will care once conservatives gain control in November...

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  3. Killing jobs thousands a month, but, hey, we don't care! HAHAHAHAHAHA!

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