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The new plan aims to cut carbon emissions from the power sector by 32% by 2030.

Now that the EPA has released its rules, the issue of reducing carbon emissions-and, indeed, whether politicians are willing to say they accept the science of climate change in the first place-will likely become an issue in the 2016 presidential election. These building blocks...

Obama appeared to get emotional when describing the Earth as a “blue marble” in NASA photographs from space that “belongs to all of us”.

US President Barack Obama unveils the Clean Power Plan during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, the US, on Monday.

He warned that because the problem is so large, if the world doesn’t get it right quickly, it may become impossible to reverse, leaving populations unable to adapt.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan sets the first ever federal limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants that causes climate change, invests in clean, renewable energy, and boosts energy efficiency. “This potential change could have a...