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The President’s comprehensive plan has three main objectives: · One – to prevent the worst effects of climate change by reducing our carbon pollution. Today, we already set limits for arsenic, mercury and lead, but we let power plants release as much carbon pollution as they want. Carbon pollution is contributing to higher rates of asthma attacks, and floods and heat waves are becoming more severe, driving up food prices. Cutting carbon pollution will help keep our air and water clean and protect our kids. · Two – to prepare this country for the impacts of climate change we can’t avoid. · And three – to lead the rest of the world around combating changing climate.