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Obama’s Clean Power Plan, And Lessons For India’s Own Climate Change Strategy

Obama’s Clean Power Plan, And Lessons For India’s Own Climate Change Strategy

by The Daily Eye Team August 11 2015, 2:39 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 41 secs

?The biggest, most important step we have ever taken to combat climate change?. ?That is how President Barack Obama described the Clean Power Plan he unveiled last week. The Plan aims to cut, by 2030, greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants by 32% from 2005 levels. ?To many, the plan is a ?war on coal? by the Obama administration, which is keen to claim global leadership ahead of the climate change summit in Paris this year-end that is expected to deliver a landmark climate agreement. ?The announcement is the most specific the US has ever made on its emission reduction roadmap. But while the Plan has triggered intense debate within the US ? and strong criticism from many coal-bearing states ? it has elicited lukewarm response from the international community. It isn?t difficult to see why. Read More?at ?www.indianexpress.com




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