In Speech and EPA Rules, Obama Aims For U.S. Leadership on Global Warming

President Obama will announce new EPA climate regulations on Monday — and assuming they survive court challenges, they are expected to be the most significant global warming emissions cuts ever put in place by any U.S. president

The proposed regulations, which will set limits on emissions from coal-fired power plants and leave states and companies with the flexibility to determine how best to meet the standards, are scheduled less than a week after Obama spoke with unusual bluntness of the need for the U.S. to be "out in front" of international efforts to reach a new climate agreement, scheduled to take place in Paris next year Read more...