«It sets achievable limits
on dangerous carbon pollution, spurs investments in new clean energy technologies, and provides certainty for industry,» Congressman Waxman said in a statement.
«The sooner the US puts a cap
on our dangerous carbon pollution, the sooner we can create a new generation of clean energy jobs here in America...» — Carol Browner, former US Director of Energy and Climate Change, PRNewswire, May 15, 2010
Not exact matches
Action
on climate is long - overdue, and the Clean Power Plan is a critical step to curb the
carbon pollution that drives
dangerous climate change and threatens our children, our communities, and our planet.
At stake are limits
on the nation's biggest single source of
dangerous carbon pollution — some 1500 coal and gas fired power plants that together emit nearly two billion tons per year of
carbon dioxide.
We call
on you to keep global temperature rise under the unacceptably
dangerous level of 2 degrees C, by phasing out
carbon pollution to zero.
The 260 million cars, trucks, and buses that travel
on our roads are a major source of this harmful air
pollution, as well as the
carbon pollution that fuels
dangerous climate change.
For all intents and purposes, the two phenomena are unrelated, since the scourge of air
pollution relates to the presence of
dangerous fine particulate matter in the air while global warming propaganda focuses
on carbon dioxide emissions.