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4 former Republican EPA chiefs laud power plant rule in Senate hearing
2014-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: Four former Republican U.S. EPA administrators praised the agency's climate change rule for existing power plants today in a Senate hearing room packed with coal miners expressing fear that the proposal would strangle their industry. The administrators told an Environment and Public Works subcommittee that current Administrator Gina McCarthy did what the Clean Air Act required in her proposal aimed at curbing the power sector's greenhouse gases. The rule was printed in the Federal Register today,...
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Republican EPA chiefs to Congress: Act on climate
2014-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue Ridge Now: Top environmental regulators for four Republican presidents told Congress on Wednesday what many Republican lawmakers won't: Action is needed on global warming. In a congressional hearing organized to undermine Republican opposition to President Barack Obama's environmental proposals, Senate Democrats asked the heads of the Environmental Protection Agency for Richard Nixon, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan to discuss the risks from climate change and what should be done about it....
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New EPA regulations on coal emissions could hit Michigan harder than most
2014-06-19 11:24:54| Waste Management - Topix.net
Michigan would have to cut its rate of carbon pollution it sends into the air more than many states under a proposed federal rule to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
EPA Administrator Declares War on Coal on Real Time With Bill Maher
2014-06-17 15:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Those who appear on HBO never need to mince words, especially not on Real Time with Bill Maher. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy refused to tiptoe in describing what her announcement of the president`s emissions proposal and goals really meant. Maher asked McCarthy if the U.S. was truly entering a war on coal, as some politicians, media personalities and energy executives have charged. Judging by her response, they were right. "[The] EPA is all about fighting...
EPA carbon regulations will not destroy the electrical grid
2014-06-17 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
High Country News: Just days after the Obama administration announced it would implement rules to cut carbon emissions from existing power plants, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Ak., bemoaned the collateral damage the so-called war on coal would have on the electrical grid. I am greatly concerned EPAs rules particularly in combination with one another will result in a grid that is less stable and less reliable, said Murkowski in an address to Congress. The cumulative effect of federal regulations on baseload capacity...
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