98% of the world’s scientific community recognizes that human caused climate change is having an impact on our planet in a profound, undeniable way. Today, President Obama finally announced a decisive action plan to try to save our environment. He said, “We can figure this out… as long as we don’t fear the future and instead we seize it.” offering a comprehensive approach to tackling the climate crisis. Tough standards to slash climate pollution from America’s new and existing power plants (the largest source of carbon pollution in America) are central to his proposal, as is accelerating the deployment of renewable energy. It is time for the government to back efforts to improve energy efficiency with innovation, and to double down on the fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks. The real question is will Congress go along?
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