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Obama announced on Monday that power plant owners must cut carbon dioxide emissions by 32% from 2005 levels by 2030. Contrast that to a state like West Virginia, where 95 percent of the energy comes from coal plants, and you can see how some states will have to change their...

Indeed, the new rules are more likely to lead to job creation as industries shift to adopt cleaner technologies and develop renewable energy sources. In West Virginia and Kentucky, two big coal producers, it makes up more than 50% of the total, for example, while in Vermont and...

Sixteen states will have tougher carbon dioxide reduction targets than they originally planned now that President Barack Obama has presented his final plan to cut emissions from U.S. power plants.

Over the next few years, each state will have the chance to create its own plan, he said, adding: “We’ll reward the states that take action sooner.” The plan aims to reduce carbon emissions some 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. A cabinet spokesman noted that...

US President Barack Obama has unveiled an ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the country’s coal-burning power plants, with the White House hoping that nations like India and China will be fully on board for a landmark climate change deal in Paris.

On Monday, President Barack Obama and his administration announced the new climate change rules, and Governor Tom Wolf gives his full support.

The final rules released Monday would cut emissions 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 – slightly tougher than the 30 percent originally proposed, yet well within range of current trends.

The Home Performance Coalition is supportive of this approach and encouraged that the final Clean Power Plan reward states for early investment in clean energy, renewable energy, and energy efficiency, especially in low-income communities. “They can keep coal...

Yes he does. Those opposed to it will try and find loopholes but the American president has used the power of the Clean Air Act of 1970 to push this new plan through.

States have time until September 2016 to submit plans based on targets set for them by the EPA, but must comply by 2022.

The plan aims to cut carbon pollution 32 percent by the year 2030. Stanford University, Brookings Institution, Friends of the Earth, R Street Institute and others submitted joint comments to the EPA advocating for a carbon tax in the final Clean Power Plan. I’m cautiously...

The release of water from brimming dams has exacerbated the flooding in West Bengal after Cyclone Komen struck the east coast on Friday, Khan said.

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

President Obama warned Monday that “there is such a thing as being too late when it comes to climate change”.

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.