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Obama: Carbon emissions rule will spur economic growth

By Zack Colman

Published June 2, 2014 7:08pm ET

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Obama: Carbon emissions rule will spur economic growth — President Obama speaks on the phone in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday during a conference call hosted by the American Lung Association to discuss new commonsense steps to reduce carbon pollution from power plants. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin) | Jacquelyn Martin

President Obama said the rule to cut carbon emissions his Environmental Protection Agency proposed Monday would bolster economic growth while also improving public health by reducing exposure to pollutants linked to respiratory and heart ailments.

The proposed rule amounts to the largest agency action ever on climate change, as it would call for reducing carbon emissions 30 percent below 2005 levels at 1,000 power plants by 2030.

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