How Obama's new emissions rules will likely shape the White House race

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How Obama's new emissions rules will likely shape the White House race

by David Lauter at the LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-climate-20150802-story.html#page=1

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The plan would boost efforts already underway, mostly in coastal states, led by California, to greatly increase the use of renewable power. But for those parts of the country still heavily reliant on coal, nearly all of them Republican-governed states in the Midwest, Great Plains and South, the rules would force a major economic transition that many elected officials have vowed to resist.

Democratic presidential hopefuls quickly lined up to praise the plan. Republicans, who have accused the administration of waging a “war on coal,” attacked it.


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Hillary Rodham Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination to succeed Obama, issued a statement calling the plan “a significant step forward” and saying that “as president, I’d defend it.” Other Democrats seeking the nomination followed Clinton’s lead.

The main contenders for the Republican nomination, by contrast, were all already on record opposing the administration’s plan, which has been under development for several years. Most have also expressed doubts about whether climate change is a significant problem that requires a government response.





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1. Yup. T'is a wedge issue that benefits democrats in a year that has a Presidential election and

Democrats get out and vote. One more reason to do so. When more democrats make it out to vote...Democrats win.

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2. Good for Martin O'Malley, eh???

Martin O'Malley: Zero out fossil fuels by 2050.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12811875