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EPA's new rules for coal accelerate Obama's agenda on climate change
2013-09-20 11:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Times: Three months after President Obama vowed to get tough on climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday begins that mission by announcing long-awaited rules for new power plants that, while slightly watered down, will be tough on the beleaguered coal industry. The regulations, under development for two years and recently finalized, set harsh limits on carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. power-generation facilities and could, critics argue, eventually spell doom for American fossil...
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