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EPA Prepares to Update 'Outdated' Emissions Exemption for Power Plants

2013-08-20 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing to update its 20-year-old toxic emissions standards for oil refineries as well as finalize new regulations by Dec. 2014 after a wave of public outcry has focused attention on little-known exemptions having to do with limiting emissions when power plants are shutting down, starting up or malfunctioning. Such emissions had previously been deemed outside of normal operations, and thus subject to exceptions. However, according to The Hill, the...

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