The Climate Minute

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The Climate Minute examines current news on global warming, climate change, renewable energy and the prospects for progress on international negotiations, carbon taxes and clean energy policy.

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Friday Jun 06, 2014

The Climate Minute: Big week! EPA's Clean Energy Plan (PODCAST)

Friday Jun 06, 2014

This was a great week for climate hawks. The Obama administration proposed new regulations on existing coal plants. The rules have lots of interesting implications.

There are a large number of interesting links to this story. Here are a few:

Check out the EPA's website or read the New York Times or find out what Bill McKibben thinks. Get our your yellow pad and read legal basis for the plan. You can even watch the EPA Administrator announce the rules. A state by state list of cuts is here. Why the rules are so business friendly is here. Joe Romm suggests some ideas on what else needs to be done. An analogy of fossil fuel to tobacco is here. Some discussion on possible comments and activist opinion is here. Of course ALEC is trying to cause trouble.

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre

p.s, Thanks to D.R. Tucker, we have this great list of raw links to check out. Have fun!

http://www.npr.org/2014/06/03/318414868/gop-demonizes-once-favored-cap-and-trade-policy

http://legal-planet.org/2014/06/02/epa-releases-section-111d-rule-for-existing-power-plants/

http://www.vox.com/2014/6/1/5770226/june-2-is-the-most-important-day-of-obamas-second-term

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/06/02/3443593/obama-historic-action-on-climate-change/

http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/8d49f7ad4bbcf4ef852573590040b7f6/c45baade030b640785257ceb003f3ac3!OpenDocument

http://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/the-epas-new-move-to-combat-climate-change-272184899833#

http://www.msnbc.com/ronan-farrow/watch/climate-plan-sparks-political-battle-272217155734#

http://www.msnbc.com/the-reid-report/watch/will-new-epa-rules-hurt-dems-in-the-midterms-272266307506

http://www.msnbc.com/now-with-alex-wagner/watch/obama-s-major-move-to-save-the-planet-272297539507