Obama's 'clean power plan' is feeble and fragile

The Ecologist
Aug 19, 2015, 7:04 am45 pts
President Obama's plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions may look like a climate victory, writes Tim Kruger - but it's no such thing. It's feeble because the US can meet its targets by reducing emissions to 2030 more slowly than it has since 2000. And it's fragile as any future President can scrap it at will.

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