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US EPA releases Clean Power Plan proposal to build clean energy economy
2014-06-03 01:00:00| Power Technology
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has outlined guidelines for a new plan in an effort to cut carbon pollution from the existing power plants, making them more efficient and less polluting, as part of President Obamas Climate Action Plan.
With New EPA Rules, McCarthy Sees Economic Upside In Health Savings
2014-06-02 22:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: For more on the new pollution regulations, Robert Siegel speaks with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy about her agency's carbon emission plan.
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EPA Lays Out Centerpiece To Obama's Climate Change Policy
2014-06-02 22:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The Obama administration is announcing new pollution standards Monday. The rules, key elements of President Obama's climate change policy, may decide the fate of coal-fired power plants in the U.S.
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EPA Chief Claims Greenhouse Gas Rules Will Save Country Billions
2014-06-02 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: New federal regulations that aim to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants will have a large economic upside, largely through health savings, says Gina McCarthy, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. "We are talking by 2030 having $90 billion in benefits," McCarthy told NPR's Robert Siegel in an interview airing on All Things Considered. The rules, which were published on Monday, set a countrywide target for reducing greenhouse gases by 30 percent by 2030, from where...
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EPA Sets Ambitious Goal to Cut Existing Powerplants' CO2 Emissions
2014-06-02 20:24:27| ENR.com: Headline News
States will play a key role in carrying out the regulation, through implementation plans due by June 2016 that are tailored to their circumstances.
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