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Gina McCarthy, Environmental Protection Agency administrator, speaks June 2, 2014, at agency headquarters in Washington during an announcement of a plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 30 percent by 2030. In a sweeping initiative to curb pollutants blamed for global warming, the Obama administration unveiled a plan that cuts carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by nearly a third over the next 15 years, but pushes the deadline for some states to comply until long after President Obama leaves office. (Associated Press)
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Construction work continues on I-96, in the Livonia, Mich., area on June 1, 2014. A several-mile stretch of Interstate 96 in Livonia and Wayne County's Redford Township is shut down. The $148 million project to rebuild the roadway also includes bridge repair and replacement work. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Daniel Mears) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT
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A surfer holds tight to his board against the strong winds and high surf of the Atlantic Ocean before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy on Sunday, Oct., 28, 2012, in Long Beach, N.Y. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
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A person takes a photograph of the Hudson River as gusty winds bend trees, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Ocean waves kick up near homes along Peggoty Beach in Scituate, Mass. Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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In this aerial photo workers grade an alternate roadbed alongside Route 4 in Mendon, Vt., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, washed out by flood waters from Tropical Storm Irene Sunday. Vermont Emergency Management officials say they'll use helicopters to airlift food, water and supplies to flood-stricken towns that have been cut off by road and bridge washouts stemming from Hurricane Irene flooding. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
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In this Monday Aug. 29, 2011 photo, Teo Campbell stands on what used to be the bottom of the Bartonsville Covered Bridge over the Williams River in a field along the river in Rockingham, Vt. downstream from its original location after heavy rains from Hurricane Irene tore the bridge out. If you had to choose one symbol that sums up the state's essence, it might well be the covered bridge. Besides being tourist magnets, the bridges embody a reverence for history and the rural landscape, a prized sense of community. But the spans are vulnerable. Until Irene hit on Aug. 28, Vermont still had 101; the storm destroyed two and damaged 13 others. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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Nina Brennan, right, and Phyllis Berry clean mud from in front of the Proud Flower store in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Waterbury, Vt. Almost 50,000 Vermont utility customers were without power Monday, hundreds of roads were closed and a number of bridges destroyed by the "epic" flooding caused by by the remnants of Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
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Janie Gibbs helps clean up a friend's destroyed home Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 after it was hit by Hurricane Irene Saturday in Columbia, N.C. The storm killed at least 14 people and left 4 million homes and businesses without power. It unloaded more than a foot of water on North Carolina and spun off tornadoes in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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Shon Toussaint looks at his storm damaged car parked in the lot of the Hallande Beach, Fla. convience store where he works early Friday, Aug. 26, 2005. Hurricane Katrina flooded streets, darkened homes and felled trees as it plowed across South Florida before emerging over the Gulf of Mexico early Friday. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
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Noe Morua pushes his bike past a flooded mobile home park in Homestead, Fla., Friday, Aug. 26, 2005. Hurricane Katrina flooded streets, darkened homes and felled trees as it plowed across South Florida before emerging over the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy prepares to sign a plan to cut carbon emissions from power plants. (Associated Press)
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, a Republican, criticized the EPA's new rules targeted at cutting carbon emissions, saying that the regulations could cause coal power plants in his state to shut down, which would result in job losses and would hurt consumers who are dependent on "affordable, abundant domestic energy." (Associated pRess Photographs)
