Here "Obama to Unveil Tougher Climate Plan"
"The centerpiece of President Obama’s climate change strategy - the Clean Power Plan - is now finalized. It is the single biggest and most ambitious action the US has ever taken to tackle climate change. Under the initiative, the country will reduce carbon emissions by 32 percent on 2005 levels by 2030, lining up with the offer it made as part of this year’s international climate negotiations taking place in Paris. Prior to Monday’s announcement, hundreds of American companies expressed support for the plan and some of the country’s largest businesses committed to invest at least $140 billion to take on climate change. Support for the Clean Power Plan goes far beyond the private sector. Health advocates from coast to coast are heralding the plan’s finalization saying it will avoid 3,600 premature deaths, lead to 90,000 fewer asthma attacks in children, and prevent 300,000 missed work and school days. Social justice leaders also praised Monday’s announcement given the disproportionate impacts coal pollution has on poor and minority families. Opposition to the Clean Power Plan, however, is coming from expected corners: fossil fuel companies and the politicians and interests groups they fund. Despite these predictable attacks, the Clean Power Plan's anticipated positive impacts on public health, the economy and the chances for future generations to inherit a safe planet are driving the policy’s popularity."
http://treealerts.org/topic/public-health/2015/08/obama-finalizes-historic-clean-power-plan/#background-cust
"The centerpiece of President Obama’s climate change strategy - the Clean Power Plan - is now finalized. It is the single biggest and most ambitious action the US has ever taken to tackle climate change. Under the initiative, the country will reduce carbon emissions by 32 percent on 2005 levels by 2030, lining up with the offer it made as part of this year’s international climate negotiations taking place in Paris. Prior to Monday’s announcement, hundreds of American companies expressed support for the plan and some of the country’s largest businesses committed to invest at least $140 billion to take on climate change. Support for the Clean Power Plan goes far beyond the private sector. Health advocates from coast to coast are heralding the plan’s finalization saying it will avoid 3,600 premature deaths, lead to 90,000 fewer asthma attacks in children, and prevent 300,000 missed work and school days. Social justice leaders also praised Monday’s announcement given the disproportionate impacts coal pollution has on poor and minority families. Opposition to the Clean Power Plan, however, is coming from expected corners: fossil fuel companies and the politicians and interests groups they fund. Despite these predictable attacks, the Clean Power Plan's anticipated positive impacts on public health, the economy and the chances for future generations to inherit a safe planet are driving the policy’s popularity."
http://treealerts.org/topic/public-health/2015/08/obama-finalizes-historic-clean-power-plan/#background-cust
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