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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: EPA Announces Coal Plant Regulations To Reduce Emissions By 30% [Watch (HLS stream): EPA Announces Coal Plant Regulations To Reduce Emissions By 30%](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/MBfwTVeC.m3u8) (2:10)  _Published 2014-06-02. Widely called the most aggressive U.S. step in fighting climate change, the EPA rolled out President Barack Obama’s plan Monday morning to put major curbs on coal plants. The plan is long on both supporters and critics._ --- Jul 27, 2023 4:44 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [President Trump Nominates Acting EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler, a Former Coal Lobbyist, to Lead Agency](/video/nnh4gW1J/) ### President Trump Nominates Acting EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler, a Former Coal Lobbyist, to Lead Agency [Volkswagen Admits To Cheating EPA Emissions Standards](/video/IFgoeGNH/) ### Volkswagen Admits To Cheating EPA Emissions Standards [EPA to Seek to Cut Power Plant Carbon by One-Third](/video/uaVc3TEf/) ### EPA to Seek to Cut Power Plant Carbon by One-Third --- ## Transcript Widely called the most aggressive US step in fighting climate change, the EPA rolled out President Barack Obama's plan Monday morning to put major curbs on coal plants. For the sake of our family's health and for our kid's future. We have a moral obligation to act on climate. The new regulations aim to reduce carbon emission 30 % by 2030. The reduction is based on 2005 levels. The EPA says more than a third of the carbon dioxide emissions in the US come from electricity. The agency has a year to finalize its proposal, and will then give states another year to come up with a plan for reducing emissions. Special interests and their allies in Congress will claim that these guidelines will kill jobs and crush the economy. Let's face it, that's what they always say. Speaking from the Children's National Medical Center in his weekly address Saturday, the President anticipated his many critics talking points on the executive order that doesn't need Congress approval. The administration has set out to kill coal and its 800, 000 jobs. If it succeeds in death by regulation, we'll all be paying a lot more money for electricity, if we can get it. The US Chamber of Commerce is among the fiercest critics of the President's plan, saying it will cost the country $ 859 billion in economic growth in 17 years ,. Also, it points to developing countries like China and India. Of course, the rest of the world will continue to emit carbon dioxide with abandon. So it's all pain for no gain. It also didn't take long for headlines to pop up on the fallout for Democrats in states heavily reliant on the coal industry. Like US Senate candidate, Natalie Tennant in West Virginia, who told the Washington Times, I am pro- coal, and I am pro- coal miner. I will fight President Obama, the EPA, the Senate and anyone else who tries to undermine our coal jobs. As for whether the changes will affect your electricity bills, both sides claim different answers, but it's likely too early to tell with no regulations in place yet. Thanks for watching. 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