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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) also came out strong in support of the plan.
Climate change is a planetary crisis. Our task is clear. We must dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. #CleanPowerPlan — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) August 3, 2015
In a statement Sanders said, “President Obama understands that climate change is the great planetary crisis facing us and that we must move boldly to transform or energy system away from fossil fuels and toward energy efficiency and renewable energy. I have not yet seen all of the details of the president’s proposal but it sounds to me like a step forward in ending our dependence on fossil fuel and I support that effort.”
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley responded to the plan in this tweet:
.@POTUS’s clean power plan is a great step fwd, & I’d expand it to cover large emission sources beyond power plants. http://t.co/GdOejxHFWM — Martin O’Malley (@MartinOMalley) August 2, 2015
But not all candidates support the final rule.
According to the BBC, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio said, the plan would be “catastrophic,” while former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, said the plan was “irresponsible and over-reaching.”
And, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who announced his run for president mid-July, had this to say about the final rule:
Obama’s plan should be called the Costly Power Plan because it will cost hard-working Americans jobs and raise their energy rates. -SW
— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) August 3, 2015
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