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Obama orders stronger limits on power-plant emissions

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The White House's latest action on climate change will cut greenhouse-gas output from the US electricity sector.

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  • 03 August 2015

    Update (10:45 p.m. BST, 3 August): Added comments from Segal and Burtraw, and more information on the Arizona emissions target.

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Tollefson, J. Obama orders stronger limits on power-plant emissions. Nature (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2015.18030

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