Climate change and the president: Hotter than August

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New rules to curb emissions from power plants are not as bold as they seem

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“I AM convinced that no challenge poses a greater threat to our future, to future generations, than a changing climate,” declared Barack Obama on August 3rd. The president’s announcement of America’s first national standards to limit carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants had to be moved indoors to escape the sweltering weather. The response from Mr Obama’s political opponents was even hotter. Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, described the new rules as, “a triumph of ideology over sound policy and honest compassion”. He encouraged states to ignore them. In political terms, Mr Obama’s new rules are momentous. As far as their likely impact on the climate or on America’s energy sector are concerned, they are more modest than the claims made by either side would …
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Climate change and the president: Hotter than August