Understanding EPA's Clean Power Plan

The Clean Power Plan announced by President Obama on August 3rd sets the first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants, the nation's largest source of the pollution driving dangerous climate change.
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The Clean Power Plan announced by President Obama on August 3 sets the first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants, the nation's largest source of the pollution driving dangerous climate change. We are already seeing the impacts of climate change in extreme weather, drought, wildfires, floods, and many other disruptions to the world we depend on. Limiting carbon pollution from the nation's power plants is the single biggest step we can take to fight climate chaos. That makes the Clean Power Plan a game-changer.

With my colleagues at NRDC, I've condensed all you need to know about the 1560-page Clean Power Plan into one handy blog. Check it out on NRDC's Switchboard, http://t.co/9gmLlbHdOn.

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