Environmental advocates in Maine on Monday lauded President Barack Obama’s plan to dramatically cut emissions from U.S. power plants, saying it will keep residents healthier, slow the impacts of climate change and protect Maine’s natural resources-based economy.
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The new plan calls for each state to spend the next few years developing their own roadmap to reduce carbon pollution.
However, not everyone agrees with the plan.
“We can solve this thing but we have to get going”. EPA is proposing a model rule states can adopt, as well as a federal plan that the EPA will put in place if a state fails to submit an adequate plan. He warned that because the problem is so large, if the world doesn’t get it right quickly, it may become impossible to reverse, leaving populations unable to adapt. The actual price won’t be clear until states decide how they’ll reach their targets. Many states, however, have threatened not to comply. He said the carbon dioxide limits are the biggest step the country has ever taken against global warming.
Brunner Island coal-fired power plant Tuesday, June 2, 2015.
He said they have brought up such arguments in the past when regulations were created to combat smog, acid rain and fuel standards.
US President Barack Obama on Monday announced a tougher climate change plan for power plants amidst an overwhelming opposition from several states nationwide.
If implemented, the plan would cut carbon emissions from the power sector by 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. Officials also want to make sure that the state has the maximum amount of flexibility in designing its path to reduced emissions, she said.
While the hysteria from some critics is an over-reaction, it reveals the challenge in dealing with climate change through government regulation. He says the plan’s likely lawsuits come forward to challenge the plan.
“Combined with more investments in clean energy, smarter investments in energy efficiency, and a global climate agreement by the end of this year, we can slow – and maybe eventually stop – the harm we’ve inflicted on our climate over the past century”.
The Obama administration is unveiling a new way to reduce greenhouse gases.
Jane Feldman, a volunteer with the Sierra Club, holds up a sign at a news conference in support of the EPA’s clean power plan, Monday, August 3, 2015, in Las Vegas.
“The final rule does provide a somewhat more flexible timeline for power companies, with the deadline for action pushed back two years to 2022”.
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“So if you have changing weather patterns in, let’s say, the Indian Subcontinent, and the monsoon rains shift, suddenly you could have millions of people whose crops completely fail”, Obama said.
