Sentences with phrase «ever limits on carbon emissions»

On August 3, 2015, the EPA released the final Clean Power Plan, which establishes the first - ever limits on carbon emissions from power plants — the single largest source of carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S.

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Several other administration policies are likely to have a greater impact on global greenhouse - gas emissions, including the Environmental Protection Agency's rule to limit carbon emissions from new power plants and its first - ever carbon limits on cars and light trucks.

He instead focused on his attacks on the Clean Power Plan, which set the first - ever national limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants that contribute to climate change.

With his sleeves rolled up as the sun beat down on the outdoor podium, Obama said he would direct the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to write the first ever regulations limiting carbon emissions from U.S. power plants.

The Clean Power Plan sets the nation's first - ever limits on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions — the primary contributor to global warming — from power plants.

The Clean Power Plan establishes the nation's first - ever limits on carbon dioxide emissions — the primary contributor to global warming — from power plants.

Ever since a climate bill stalled in the Senate four years ago, environmental and public health activists have been pressing Obama to use his executive authority to impose carbon limits on the power sector, which accounts for 38 percent of the nation's carbon dioxide emissions.

It is a crucial question that has flummoxed politicians ever since the Kyoto protocol advocated putting a price on carbon emissions to limit their growth.