June 11, 2015

Obama Administration Readies Big Push on Climate Change

Editor’s Note: For the regulatory antidote to CCS plans, see here.

From: The Wall Street Journal

Proposals to curb emissions from trucks, airplanes, oil and natural-gas operations, and power plants

By Amy Harder

The Obama administration is planning a series of actions this summer to rein in greenhouse-gas emissions from wide swaths of the economy, including trucks, airplanes and power plants, kicking into high gear an ambitious climate agenda that the president sees as key to his legacy.

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce as soon as Wednesday plans to regulate carbon emissions from airlines, and soon after that, draft rules to cut carbon emissions from big trucks, according to people familiar with the proposals. In the coming weeks, the EPA is also expected to unveil rules aimed at reducing emissions of methane—a potent greenhouse gas—from oil and natural-gas operations.

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