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Whats in a baseline? Why starting in 2005 matters a lot

Whats in a baseline? Why starting in 2005 matters a lot

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The Obama administration has finally announced new rules to tackle the largest single contributor to climate change in the United States: carbon emissions from power plants. The headlines after the release were that the rules will reduce power plant carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent from their 2005 levels.

But why start in 2005? Does this make a big difference? Yes, it turns out it does.

What’s in a baseline? Why starting in 2005 matters a lot

-Daily Kos 10/23/2014