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U.S. Chamber: EPA using 'nuclear option' as everyday tool
2014-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wyoming Business Report: An Affordable Energy Rally attended by both Wyoming U.S. senators and Gov. Matt Mead drew about 300 people in Gillette Thursday, though organizers expected as many as 1,000. The meeting was a rallying cry against proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent by 2030. While environmentalists say such action is necessary to abort or slow global warming, many Wyoming and national leaders are saying the measure will slow economic growth while...
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EPA head confident states will follow new carbon emission rules
2014-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: WASHINGTON -- Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said Friday that she believes most states will ultimately comply with her agency's proposed new rules on carbon emissions. The rules, which were released earlier this year and are supposed to be finalized by June 2015, set new limits, specific to each state, on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Each state, however, will need to develop its own plan for meeting those standards. Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA can...
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EPA Chief Gina McCarthy Calls Out Climate Deniers
2014-09-26 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In a speech yesterday at environmental think tank Resources for the Future, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Gina McCarthy said it was sad that those who deny the need for action on climate change hide behind the excuse that it will hurt the economy. She made the case that it was not taking action that would do, defending the steps that President Obama has announced in recent weeks, including at this weeks UN Climate Summit, as a boon to the U.S. economy. Simply put: the economy...
EPA Proposes Standards To Reduce Mercury Discharges From Dental Offices
2014-09-26 13:40:00| pollutiononline Home Page
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed standards under the Clean Water Act to help cut discharges of dental amalgam to the environment.
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U.S. EPA honors Kimberly-Clark
2014-09-26 07:00:00| Nonwovens Industry Breaking News
SmartWay Excellence Award honors company's work with transportation providers
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