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W.Va. at climate change crossroads as EPA power plant rules loom
2014-06-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gazette-Mail: Last June, on a warm day on the campus of Georgetown University, President Obama took off his suit coat and launched into his most significant speech to date about the dangers human society faces from the buildup of greenhouse gases in the planets atmosphere. Wiping sweat from his forehead, Obama promised serious new action for the sake of our children, and the health and safety of all Americans. On Monday, the federal Environmental Protection Agency will make good on part of that promise. The...
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EPA rules may force Wisconsin utilities to reduce coal use
2014-06-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Journal Sentinel: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will unveil a proposal Monday to cut emissions at coal-fired power plants -- the biggest step yet by the Obama administration to combat global warming, and a move with major implications for Wisconsin, because coal generates more than half the state's electricity. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy has said the agency will give broad latitude to states to meet targets for carbon emissions. While those targets are not yet known, a mandate to cut emissions by...
Obama, GOP spar ahead of new EPA pollution rules
2014-06-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: President Barack Obama and Republicans squared over pollution regulations in their weekly radio addresses to the nation Saturday morning ahead of Monday's rollout of landmark EPA greenhouse gas restrictions for power plants. Obama, who taped his address Friday at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. focused on the impacts of climate change and air pollution on public health. "As president, and as a parent, I refuse to condemn our children to a planet that's beyond fixing,'...
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EPA to make President Obama's big move climate change
2014-05-31 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: When the Obama administration unveils its much-anticipated proposal to curb power plant emissions, this cornerstone of the president's climate change policy - the most significant environmental regulation of his term - will not be declared in a sun-bathed Rose Garden news conference or from behind the lectern in a major speech. It will not be announced by the president at all, but instead by his head of the Environmental Protection Agency, while President Obama adds his comments in on an off-camera...
EPA Carbon Rules Could Speed U.S. Shift From Coal
2014-05-31 11:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: The Obama administration's historic proposal to reduce carbon emissions from U.S. power plants, expected Monday, could accelerate the nation's shift from coal to natural gas and renewable energy. Aimed at fighting climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency rules will require states to develop and implement plans to cut power plant emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide. They will give states a range of options to comply, including the trading of pollution credits. Critics, however,...
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