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Trump may dismantle the EPA Clean Power Plan but its targets look resilient

  • Written by Jeffrey C. Peters, Postdoctoral Fellow in Studying Complex Systems, Stanford University
imageMany changes in electricity generation are already en route, regardless of regulations. pixabay.com

In 2015, the Obama administration finalized the EPA Clean Power Plan (CPP), which aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity sector in 2030 by 32 percent compared with 2005 levels. The CPP was a major component of the U.S. pledge to...

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