Michael Krancer reports that the Clean Power Plan proposed by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 2, 2014 seems to have sliced the country down the middle. We have green Democrats, climate-change action proponents, and environmentalists on one side, and pro-coal Republicans and Democrats, red-meat Republicans, and Chamber of Commerce types or -business- if you prefer, on the other.
But he does not buy this grim, Manichean worldview. We can find some common ground if we change our mentality towards two low-carbon superstars - nuclear power and coal plants that use carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.
The Obama Administration proposed the Clean Power Plan because it wants to cut the overall carbon emissions by 30 percent over the next 15 years. Under the proposed rule, states would submit plans to the EPA by 2016 outlining steps that they would take to reduce the amount of carbon-gas exhaust per megawatt of electricity they produce over time. States have tremendous latitude on how to do that, including the use of already existing frameworks like Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) mechanisms that put a price on carbon on a regional basis.
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