NEWS ALERT: Obama set to announce steeper emissions cuts from US power plants

President Barack Obama will impose steeper cuts on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants across the country than previously expected, senior administration officials said Sunday, in what the president called the most significant step the U.S. has ever taken to fight global warming. --The Obama administration is expected to finalize the rule at a White House event on Monday, a year after proposing unprecedented carbon dioxide limits. Obama, in a video posted on Facebook, said the limits were backed up by decades of data and facts showing that without tough action, the world will face more extreme weather and escalating health problems like asthma.

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Collapse of Chicago Climate Exchange is Personal Setback for Obama

SUITE 101, 11/12/2010 by John O'Sullivan - Republican mid-term election joy deals financial uncertainty among green investors as the Chicago Climate Exchange announces the end of U.S. carbon trading. Read more at Suite101: Carbon Trade Ends on Quiet Death of Chicago Climate Exchange

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WH to Congress: Energy-only bill would be ‘unfortunate’

THE HILL/E2 Wire, 4/6/2010 by Ben Geman - White House climate czar Carol Browner said Tuesday that the Obama administration is urging Senate lawmakers not to proceed with an “energy only” bill that shelves limits on greenhouse gas emissions. Read more at The Hill's energy & environment blog... Read More......

EPA: Greenhouse Gases Hazardous to Your Health

US NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 12/7/2009 by Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter - Announcement comes as big global warming conference begins in Copenhagen. ∴ U.S. environmental officials said Monday that greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide endanger people's health. ∴ The so-called endangerment finding was announced by Lisa P. Jackson, the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at an afternoon press conference. It could signal a possible first step by the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. But Jackson said the agency would prefer that Congress pass legislation that would limit production of the pollutants. Read more at US News... Read More......