Clean Power Plan: Should the Environmental Protection Agency proceed with the Clean Power Plan?

SUPPORTERS ARGUE
Dramatic, meaningful action is necessary to prevent climate change. The Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan will aggressively reduce carbon dioxide emissions and encourage other countries to do the same. The plan is legally and economically sound and will accelerate an energy revolution that has already begun.

OPPONENTS ARGUE
The Clean Power Plan is an abuse of executive power, with the Obama administration circumventing both Congress and state governments. The plan will lead to higher energy prices, hurt American consumers, and undermine U.S. economic competitiveness. There is no solid legal foundation for such far-reaching action.

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