Claim: Obama administration's Clean Power Plan would have little or no effect on carbon dioxide emissions.

Relevance (1 = gold evidence, 0 = mined hard negative): 1
Passage: The final version of the plan aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electrical power generation by 32 percent by 2030, relative to 2005 levels.

Relevance (1 = gold evidence, 0 = mined hard negative): 1
Passage: The Obama administration designed the plan to lower the carbon dioxide emitted by power generators.

Relevance (1 = gold evidence, 0 = mined hard negative): 0
Passage: The Clean Power Plan was an Obama administration policy aimed at combating anthropogenic climate change (global warming) that was first proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in June 2014.

Relevance (1 = gold evidence, 0 = mined hard negative): 0
Passage: In 2014, President Barack Obama proposed a series of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, known as the Clean Power Plan that would reduce carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants.

Relevance (1 = gold evidence, 0 = mined hard negative): 0
Passage: In 2015, Obama also announced the Clean Power Plan, which is the final version of regulations originally proposed by the EPA the previous year, and which pertains to carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

Relevance (1 = gold evidence, 0 = mined hard negative): 0
Passage: According to Energy Innovation’s Energy Policy Simulator, a repeal of the Clean Power Plan would lead to an increase in carbon dioxide emissions of more than 500 million metric tons by 2030, and by 2050, that figure would rise to more than 1,200 million metric tons.

Relevance (1 = gold evidence, 0 = mined hard negative): 0
Passage: The Clean Power Plan was an Obama administration policy aimed at combating global warming that was first proposed in 2014.

Relevance (1 = gold evidence, 0 = mined hard negative): 0
Passage: In June 2015, the Obama administration released the President's 21st Century Clean Transportation Plan with the goal of reducing carbon pollution by converting the nation's century old infrastructure into one based on clean energy.This plan intended to battle climate change by reducing emissions through a switch to more sustainable forms of transportation, resulting from a potential increase of innovation in both public transit and electric vehicle production in the United States.The President stated that the revitalization of the infrastructure would not only create jobs, but also allow for quicker deliveries of goods, and allow for a greater variety of transportation options that would facilitate travel for Americans.The President's multibillion dollar proposal provided incentives to reduce reliance on international oil and fossil fuels.

Relevance (1 = gold evidence, 0 = mined hard negative): 0
Passage: The U.S. has goals to significantly lower carbon dioxide emissions

Relevance (1 = gold evidence, 0 = mined hard negative): 0
Passage: President Obamas plan included the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) proposed a cap and trade system which would bring in revenue that would used to invest in clean energy technology creating 5 million new jobs The bill was passed through the house but never made it to the senate floor and therefore was never written into law.