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Environmental Advocates, Lawmakers Praise President's Climate Action Plan

NHPR / Michael Brindley

Environmental advocates and state lawmakers gathered in Concord on Thursday to praise President Obama’s recently announced climate action plan.

Tom Irwin, vice president and director of Conservation Law Foundation’s New Hampshire office, says a key component of the plan is to cut carbon emissions from power plants.

He pushed back against critics who argue this is a unilateral action by the administration.

“The reality is this is the administration executing as the executive branch a law that was passed by Congress and interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court to require carbon dioxide emissions to be addressed again under the Clean Air Act.”

President Obama’s plan directs the EPA to establish carbon pollution standards for both new and existing coal-fired power plants.

Michael serves as NHPR's Program Director. Michael came to NHPR in 2012, working as the station's newscast producer/reporter. In 2015, he took on the role of Morning Edition producer. Michael worked for eight years at The Telegraph of Nashua, covering education and working as the metro editor.

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