The 7 most expensive regs in Obama's climate plan

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Washington Examiner:

It has been just over three years since President Obama announced his extensive climate change agenda, called the Climate Action Plan.

 

The plan was his answer to Congress' failure to pass comprehensive climate legislation, after action stalled in the Senate during his first term. Instead of relying on Congress, with its increased Republican opposition, Obama decided to enact regulations using his executive authority to meet his climate goals.

 

The Climate Action Plan directed the Environmental Protection Agency, the Energy Department and other Cabinet-level agencies to begin working on new regulations, while speeding up existing programs to reduce greenhouse gases, which many scientists blame for driving man-made climate change.

 

The most notorious piece of the president's plan is the rules for existing power plants, called the Clean Power Plan. The regulations for the first time use the EPA's authority to hold states accountable for regulating carbon dioxide emissions, rather than just the owners and operators of power plants. While the EPA says it is not the most expensive of Obama's climate rules, many critics beg to differ.