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| Drew Sheneman, The Week |
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Big news this week is Big Coal. The EPA has proposed a rule to cut emissions; read all about it in "Everything you need to know about the EPA’s proposed rule on coal plants." Here's an excerpt:The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed a rule designed to cut carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants by as much as 30 percent by 2030, compared with 2005 levels. The regulation has prompted heavy lobbying from industry and environmental groups, and the ensuing battle promises to become, as the Natural Resources Defense Council Climate Director Peter Altman put it, “the Super Bowl of climate politics.”
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| John Cole, The Week |
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Of course, the Republicans have a lot to say about it (and anything the Obama administration proposes or does). Here are a couple of cartoonists' views.
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| Walt Handelsman, The Week |
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| Jack Ohman, The Week |
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Meanwhile, we ordinary folk are left wonderin'.
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| Chip Bok, The Week |
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-- Marge
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