Note: Information from the US Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Clean Power Plan On June 2, 2014, the EPA, under President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, proposed a common-sense plan to cut carbon pollution from power plants. Science shows that climate change is already posing risks to our health and our economy. The Clean Power Plan will maintain an affordable, reliable energy system, while cutting pollution and protecting our health and environment now and for future generations. This plan will reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants 30% by 2030. That's a big deal—The New York Times called the President's climate proposal “the strongest action ever taken by an American president to tackle climate change.” Facts on the Clean Power Plan

• Power plants are the largest source of carbon pollution in the United States, making up roughly 40% of our carbon emissions.

• The United States already has limits on dangerous air pollution like mercury, arsenic and

lead, but right now there are no national limits on carbon pollution from power plants.

• The Clean Power Plan has public health and climate benefits. Reduced pollution under the Clean Power Plan will avoid a projected thousands of premature deaths, heart attacks, and hospital admissions, 140,000 to 150,000 asthma attacks in children, and 470,000 to 490,000 missed school and work days.

• From the soot and smog reductions alone, for every dollar invested through the Clean

Power Plan—American families will see up to $7 in health benefits.

• The proposal will put Americans to work making the U.S. electricity system less polluting and our homes and businesses more efficient, shrinking electricity bills by roughly 8 percent in 2030.

• The Clean Power Plan is flexible – reflecting the different needs of different states and

giving them the flexibility to craft their own plan for a cleaner, more efficient power fleet.

• Clean air and a strong economy go together. Modernizing power plants to cut pollution can spark clean energy innovation right here at home, creating jobs and helping grow our economy. For instance, higher fuel efficiency standards have helped the auto industry grow and create hundreds of thousands of jobs.