Carbon pollution is a direct cause of global climate change. This is a simple, scientific fact – a fact that compels us to act.
The threats posed by climate change are real. We already feel the impact in our coastal communities. We feel it in more dangerous storms and spreading droughts. Scientists warn that this is only the beginning – that if we fail to act now, the world as we know it will change dramatically for the worse.
On Monday President Barack Obama took the latest and most ambitious step by any American administration to meet our responsibilities to protect the climate. The Environmental Protection Agency for the first time proposed limits on carbon emissions from power plants that have been polluting for decades.
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