Supreme Court Suspends Obama’s Climate Initiative

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Supreme Court Suspends Obama’s Climate Initiative

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The plans of President Barack Obama to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide in US power plants have been delayed by the US Supreme Court. The Court in its ruling said that the Clean Power Plan by the president could not go forward until all legal challenges were heard. It would be recalled that the project was designed to cut US emissions by 32% by 2030, the scheme put huge emphasis on a shift to renewable energy. In fact, it was a major key element of the US pledge at the UN climate negotiations held in Paris in December last year. The project was introduced by the President last August. The plan set carbon reduction goals for each state and it was up to the states themselves to come up with proposals to meet those goals. But the project was resisted by a group made up of 27 states; utilities and coal miners sought to block the proposal in the courts. They argued that the plan was an infringement on states’ rights. However, the court voted 5-4 to suspend the plan pending the outcome of the litigation.

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