Antinuclear

Christiana Figueres, the UN’s top climate change official, said she expects the new power plant rules could spur other big emitters – such as China and India – to begin taking action on climate change and move forward on reaching a deal by the 2015 deadline.

The Environmental Protection Agency will roll out the new rules on Monday – the most significant action taken under any president to deal with climate change.

Figueres said in a statement on Sunday she believed the rules would send “a good signal to nations everywhere” that America is serious about dealing with the threat of climate change.

The new EPA could cut carbon pollution from the country’s power plants by up to 25% by 2020 – tackling the biggest source of the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change……..

He said in a speech last week to West Point cadets that America needed to show it was serious about climate change, if it wanted the other big emitters to move.

“American influence is always stronger when we lead by example,” Obama said. “We cannot exempt ourselves from the rules that apply to everyone else. We can’t call on others to make commitments to combat climate change if a whole lot of our political leaders deny that it’s taking place.” http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/01/un-climate-change-chief-praises-us-pollution-regulations