Energy and Environment

Obama orders pollution cuts _ but timing uncertain

By DINA CAPPIELLOJOSH LEDERMAN

Published June 2, 2014 10:47pm ET

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Obama orders pollution cuts _ but timing uncertain — The U.S., the worldâs second-largest emitter, remains far away from reaching its Paris target, set by the Obama administration, of reducing emissions 26% to 28% below 2005 levels by 2025. (AP Photo/John Amis) | (AP Photo/John Amis)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking aim at global warming, President Barack Obama introduced a politically charged plan Monday to order big and lasting cuts in the pollution discharged by America’s power plants. But the plan, though ambitious in scope, wouldn’t be fully realized until long after Obama’s successor took office and would generate only modest progress worldwide.

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