Globe and Mail: U.S. President Barack Obama's sweeping plan to fight climate change is garnering kudos from many environmentalists, but leaving the coal industry fuming.
The centrepiece of the plan is setting a bold target to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the U.S. power-generation industry 30 per cent by 2030, compared with 2005 levels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency dubs it the Clean Power Plan.
Here are five highlights from the Obama administration's ambitious strategy released on Monday....