EPA Calls For 30 Percent Reduction In Emissions
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EPA aims to reduce carbon emissions, targets coal (Twitpic)
On Monday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a long-awaited proposal to reduce America’s carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.
The Clean Power Plan is as a “flexible proposal to ensure a healthier environment, spur innovation and strengthen the economy,” according to a press release by the EPA.
The EPA is promoting this legislation as a “state-federal partnership,” under which they are urging states to develop their own plans.
Critics, however, are calling the new proposal a “war on coal” because of the strict emissions limits for coal-fired power plans, and therefore the heavy consequences that such a policy will have on states with coal-centric economies.
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