ApocaDocs: Obama delays key power plant rule of signature climate change plan

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Posted Thu Sep 18 2014: from London Guardian:


	Obama delays key power plant rule of signature climate change plan http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1411005099 Barack Obama applied the brakes to the most critical component of his climate change plan on Tuesday, slowing the process of setting new rules cutting carbon pollution from power plants, and casting a shadow over a landmark United Nations' summit on global warming. The proposed power plant rules were meant to be the signature environmental accomplishment of Obama's second term. The threat of a delay in their implementation comes just one week before a heavily anticipated UN summit where officials had been looking to Obama to show leadership on climate change. In a conference call with reporters, the Environmental Protection Agency said it was extending the public comment period on the power plant rules for an additional 45 days, until 1 December.

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'Doc Jim says:

That's 45 more days of pure profit.