The President announced his intention a year ago to cut American greenhouse gases from power plants. The Climate Action Plan he unveiled in a comprehensive speech on June 25, 2013, was clear about his directive that EPA craft a rule to reduce carbon dioxide from existing power plants. What’s the burden? A good one third of our total greenhouse gas emissions come from the electricity sector and 75% of that comes from coal-fired plants. Nearly one quarter of all American greenhouse gas emissions come from power made from burning coal. It simply does not have to be that way. Continue reading
