After a year of being pummeled by opponents, Obama\u2019s final carbon reduction plan emerged this week with an even stronger push for renewable energy.<\/p>\n
Wind and solar energy are centerpieces of the Clean Power Plan, the United States\u2019 first ever rule to reduce carbon dioxide from power plants.<\/p>\n
The rule not only makes renewables one of the plan\u2019s three central building blocks, but also creates special incentives to spur communities to build renewables more quickly than required.<\/p>\n
The revised version of the rule comes after a year of review, hundreds of meetings and 4.3 million public comments delivered to EPA<\/a>. It requires that states come up with plans to cut carbon pollution from power plants by 870 million tons, or 32 percent below 2005 levels, in 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After a year of being pummeled by opponents, Obama’s final carbon reduction plan emerged this week with an even stronger push for renewable energy.<\/p>\n Wind and solar energy are centerpieces of the Clean Power Plan, the United States’ first ever rule to reduce carbon dioxide from power plants.<\/p>\n The rule not only makes renewables one of the plan’s three central building blocks, but also creates special incentives to spur communities to build renewables more quickly than required.<\/p>\n