E.P.A. to Seek 30 Percent Cut in Carbon Emissions by 2030

[telemann.livejournal.com]

New York Times: Unveiling New Carbon Plan, E.P.A. Focuses on Flexibility

The Obama administration on Monday announced one of the strongest actions ever taken by the United States government to fight climate change, a proposed Environmental Protection Agency regulation to cut carbon pollution from the nation’s power plants 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, according to people briefed on the plan.

The regulation takes aim at the largest source of carbon pollution in the United States, the nation’s more than 600 coal-fired power plants. If it withstands an expected onslaught of legal and legislative attacks, experts say that it could close hundreds of the plants and also lead, over the course of decades, to systemic changes in the American electricity industry, including transformations in how power is generated and used.

Comments

[blackdwarv.livejournal.com]

Not really true.
The earth isn't dying. And even if we kill each other off in a decade, the earth will spin on, and new life will form.

...what kind of life, and whether intelligence will ever form again, that is a good question, but the Earth will survive us. The question is whether we want to be around for the next few generations or no.

[angelcerv25.livejournal.com]

Good point, the earth is tough and will defend itself from us.

That's what's so scary.