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The EPA Forces States to Adopt "Clean Power"
We hear about President Obama's plan for generating electrical power from renewables instead of fossil — and its potential impact on global warming, air pollution and American households.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenOn his way to the climate change summit in Paris later this year, President Obama needs a major accomplishment he can point to. But it won't come easy. We'll hear about his plan for generating electrical power from renewables instead of fossil — and its potential impact on global warming, air pollution and American households.
Also on the program, Ta-Nehisi Coates is a public intellectual focused on racism in America from the slavery of the past to contemporary police abuse. We hear his advice to his teen-age son.
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For the first time in five years, Congress may be able to pass a budget. Republican and Democratic leaders made a deal late last night after lengthy negotiations behind closed doors. Calling the bipartisan agreement " a solid agreement ," outgoing House Speaker John Boehner said he saw no reason why any member should vote against it.
Read the story7 minClimate Change, Renewable Energy and the Environment
After a lengthy buildup, the EPA issued final rules last Friday for President Obama's Clean Power Plan . He calls it, "the single most important step America has ever taken...against climate change."
Read the story34 minTa-Nehisi Coates Talks about Black Life in America
Can America's history of racism be overcome? How can black people live with it in the meantime? We hear some challenging answers to those questions from Ta-Nehisi Coates. A national correspondent for the Atlantic magazine, he's also the author of Between the World and Me . ( Part II of this conversation.) Photo: Alex Pieros
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