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Today's headlines - HAPPENING NOW WHILE YOU SNOOZE:

EPA to impose first greenhouse gas limits on power plants

Washington Post - 13 hours ago

The move could end the construction of conventional coal-fired facilities in the United States. The proposed rule — years in the making and approved by the ...

In-Depth: New Limit Pending on Emissions‎ New York Times

Blog: EPA's New Carbon Emissions Rule Spells The End For New Coal-Fired ...‎ Slate Magazine (blog)

EPA Takes Aim at Coal Plants‎ Wall Street Journal

The new rules will essentially make it unviable to build new coal-fired power plants, unless they are fitted with yet-to-be-commercialized carbon-capture technology. The rules would limit the permissible emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to a little more than half of what a typical coal plant emits today, administration officials have said.

While in the State of Maryland...

House panel approves offshore wind farm bill

[Maryland Gov. (D)] Martin O'Malley's environmental agenda cleared an important hurdle Monday as his bill seeking to foster development of an offshore wind farm near Ocean City won approval from a [Maryland] House committee.

There you have the Democratic Party energy-starvation, economy-killing agenda wrapped up with a bow around it. Does this make you happy? If so, start watching your bank account.

Meanwhile, in Australia where the government with the same Obama-orient energy philosophy was just resoundingly repudiated by voters:

Vic government dumps carbon target state's environment and climate change policies and they would be confirmed after talks with state and federal environment ministers in May.

Carbon target scrapped

Queensland tsunami is heading for federal ALP Brisbane Times - 34 minutes ago
On Saturday the Liberal-National Party swept all the state seats in his ... In 2010 Rudd and Swan won first preference votes of 44 per cent and 41 per cent ...

International: Australian ruling party plunges in polls‎ The West Australian

Labor continues to lose ground‎ Sky News Australia

Newman urges PM to ditch carbon tax‎ The Age