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The U.S. president Barack Obama has a new plan to climate change. It is called the Clean Power Plan. President Obama said it was an important project to America's economy and health. He to the amount of electricity by power plants that use coal and move towards a greater use of renewable energies. He said the goal is for power plants to their carbon emissions by 32 per cent below 2005 levels by the year 2030. Obama told journalists at the White House that: "This is our moment to this right and leave something better for our kids." He that: "If we don't get climate change right, we may not be able to it."

President Obama said the Clean Power Plan would good for the health of Americans. It will 3,600 premature deaths each year. It will also 1,700 fewer heart attacks and a reduction of 300,000 missed work and school days because of sickness. Obama said America could up to $34 billion a year on its health budget. However, not everyone in the USA the plan is a good idea. Possible future president Jeb Bush said it would, " countless people out of work, and everyone's energy prices". Another opponent, Governor Scott Walker, . He said the plan should be called the "Costly Power Plan". He said: "It will hard-working Americans jobs and their energy rates."