BREAKING NEWS
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| Obama to propose tougher energy regulations to battle climate change |
Sunday, August 2, 2015 12:04 AM EDT
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| In the strongest action ever taken in the United States to combat climate change, President Obama will unveil on Monday a set of environmental regulations devised to sharply cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from the nation’s power plants and ultimately transform America’s electricity industry. |
| The rules are the final, tougher versions of proposed regulations that the Environmental Protection Agency announced in 2012 and 2014. If they withstand the expected legal challenges, the regulations will set in motion sweeping policy changes that could shut down hundreds of coal-fired power plants, freeze construction of new coal plants and create a boom in the production of wind and solar power and other renewable energy sources. |
| The president moved to strengthen the energy proposals, advisers said, because he came to see the fight against climate change as central to his legacy as the Affordable Care Act. |
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