President Obama’s attempt to limit pollution
from coal-fired power plants will hopefully sweep the nation.
In his speech this week at Georgetown
University, Obama sought to take action before it’s too late. As the
temperature escalates, ice caps are melting and the sea level is rising. We are
doing very little to stop it.
Obama wants
Americans to waste less energy, by requiring vehicles to burn less fuel and
appliances to use less electricity. He also
wants to limit the discharge of greenhouse gases such as methane.
As Obama
said in his speech, “As a president, as a father and as an American, I’m here
to say we need to act, I refuse to condemn your generation and future
generations to a planet that is beyond fixing.”
Obama
released an extensive second-term drive Tuesday. His goal is to combat climate change and
secure a safer planet.
At the
center of Obama’s plan are new controls on new and current power plants that release
carbon dioxide. Heat-trapping gases can be blamed for global warming.
Obama’s
campaign will come face to face with difficult obstacles along the way. Former
EPA Administrator Christie Whitman said in an interview, “There will be legal
challenges. No question about that.”
One of the
challenges that Obama will face is that he doesn’t need Congress to carry out
his plan, this will lead to making them mad.
We believe
that Obama’s attempt will give us the push we need to make the right change,
which will benefit us in the future.
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