Better late than never...

[airiefairie]

...But could it be too little, too late?

Climate change: Obama to unveil Clean Power Plan
"US President Barack Obama is due to unveil what he called "the biggest, most important step we have ever taken" in tackling climate change."

Having in mind that a recent paper by one of the world's most reputed climate scientists, James Hansen, warns of a 3

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[nairiporter]

To the opponents of any such measures, I have this one question. Do they think we can continue to dig up coal, oil and gas to meet our increasing need for energy forever?

It is questionable if renewables can meet the current energy needs, let alone the future ones.

[nairiporter]

Of course I answer the question. That is the thing with rhetorical questions. :-)

Heat and cold-related deaths can be prevented if the use of fuels is optimised in a way that would be more energy-consuming. And this is not as complicated as it may sound - in fact, there are places and sectors where it is already happening

[luzribeiro]

Why can't you understand? The market will sort this out on its own somehow.

[mahnmut]

There's an invisible hand quietly working to amend things as we speak.

[htpcl]

I'll hold my praise until I've seen the details of this plan.

And until it actually passes through Congress.

[kylinrouge]

Late last year, the President announced, with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, that both nations would significantly cut their carbon emissions

What's funny is Xi Jinping is actually going to very easily follow through on his promise. China is tripling its nuclear capacity in the next few years. It won't be a problem at all for them to close down their other reactors.