EPA - "Remarks for Administrator McCarthy, Announcement of Clean Power Plan, Washington, DC"

Title: Remarks for Administrator McCarthy, Announcement of Clean Power Plan, Washington, DC Source: EPA Data/Action: News Releases Date: 6/2/2014 Text Preview: ...reaffirmed by our courts, is to protect public health and the environment. Climate change, fueled by carbon pollution, supercharges risks not just to our health... ...disasters. Even the largest sectors of our economy buckle under the pressures of a changing climate, and when they give way, so do businesses that support them, and local economics that depend on them. As our seas rise, so do insurance premiums, property taxes, and food prices. If we do nothing, in our grandkids’ lifetimes, temperatures could rise 10 degrees and seas could rise 4 feet. The S&P recently said climate change... ...co-ops, public power operators, and investor owned utilities leading on climate change: It’s clear that you act not just because it’s reasonable, but...