Cenk Uygur
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Obama's New Climate Change Strategy
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August 8, 2015
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8:29Now PlayingThis week the Obama Administration unveiled their clean power plan, which aims to put more emphasis on renewable forms of energy like solar and wind. John Iadarola (Think Tank) and Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show Podcast), hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"The EPA is giving each state an individual goal for cutting power-plant emissions. States can then decide for themselves how to get there. They can switch from coal to natural gas, expand renewables, boost energy efficiency, enact carbon pricing... it's all up to them. States just have to submit their plans by 2016-2018, start cutting by 2022 at the latest, and then keep cutting through 2030. Oh, and if states refuse to submit a plan, the EPA will impose its own federal plan, which could involve some sort of cap-and-trade program.
And when the dust settles, EPA expects US power-plant emissions will be 32 percent lower in 2030 than they were in 2005. A significant snip, though still just a tiny piece of what's needed to halt global warming.”*
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