Rep. Huffman Statement on Clean Power Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) today released the following statement after President Obama announced the final version of the Clean Power Plan, which will place the first-ever nationwide limits on carbon pollution from power plants:

“The Clean Power Plan is the biggest single step the United States has ever taken to fight climate change and avert its worst impacts. I applaud President Obama and EPA Administrator McCarthy for taking action when Congress would not.

“Congress must begin to take the existential threat of climate change seriously, following the example set by the Obama administration along with California and many other states.

“As the President said today, we are the first generation to feel the effects of climate change, and perhaps the last with an opportunity to do something about it. It is up to us to act to ensure our children don’t inherit a world beyond fixing.” 

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