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EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005
2014-06-02 19:30:55| Green Car Congress
EPA Fighting Against Climate Change With New Clean Power Plan
2014-06-02 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency, at the direction of the Obama Administration, unveiled the Clean Power Plan, which would cut carbon emissions from exiting power plants. The move, framed as an attempt to fight climate change, would cost between $7.3 billion and $8.8 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The EPA said the plan would eventually save between $55 billion and $93 billion in pollution-related costs. "Climate change, fueled by carbon pollution, supercharges...
EPA Aims To Slash Power Plant CO2 by 30 Percent
2014-06-02 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Nearly every state in the U.S. now has a greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal to meet under the Obama administration's new Clean Power Plan announced Monday: Slash the country's overall carbon pollution from the electric power sector by 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. That means every state except Vermont, which has no power plants that apply under the new rule, will have to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, according to a rule the U.S. Environmental Protection...
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EPA Reaches Legal Settlement With Operators Of Arecibo Landfill To Reduce Waste And Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Agreement Creates Recycling Program In Arecibo
2014-06-02 12:03:27| pollutiononline Home Page
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced a legal settlement with Landfill Technologies of Arecibo, the municipality of Arecibo and the Puerto Rico Land Authority to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.
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EPA seeks cut earth-warming pollution from nation's power plants 30% by 2030
2014-06-02 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Taking aim at global warming, President Barack Obama introduced a politically charged plan Monday to order big and lasting cuts in the pollution discharged by America's power plants. But the plan, though ambitious in scope, wouldn't be fully realized until long after Obama's successor took office and would generate only modest progress worldwide. Obama's proposal to force a 30 per cent cut in carbon dioxide emissions, by the year 2030 from 2005 levels, drew immediate scorn from Republicans, industry...
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