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EPA Releases Top 25 List of Cities with Most Energy Star Buildings
2014-04-10 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
EPA announced sixth annual list of top 25 U.S. metropolitan areas with the most Energy Star certified buildings. Energy Star certified buildings, including office buildings, schools, hotels, and retail stores, use an average of 35% less energy and are responsible for 35% less carbon dioxide emissions than typical buildings. Top 10 cities on the list include: Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; New York; San Francisco; Chicago; Dallas; Denver; Philadelphia; and Houston. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
EPA Loopholes Allow Biomass to Emit More Toxic Air Pollutants Than Coal, Study Says
2014-04-09 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: A new study charges that government regulations for biomass plants are riddled with loopholes that allow wood-burning facilities to spew more toxic emissions in the air than coal-fired power plants. The findings are refueling a controversy over whether biomass should be treated by regulators as a renewable energy fuel and able to qualify for green incentives, or be treated as a fossil fuel like coal. The study, conducted by the Massachusetts-based Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI), found that...
EPA awarding $4.2M for clean diesel projects in six ports
2014-04-09 14:30:45| Green Car Congress
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Utilities Disagree How EPA Should Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2014-04-09 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The federal government's efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants may be pitting utilities that rely on coal-fired power plants against those that don't. Speaking Tuesday at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Future of Energy Summit in New York City, several representatives of the electric power industry and an environmental consultant said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's pending rules are injecting significant uncertainty into their ability to plan...
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Buffalo receives EPA grant for green infrastructure
2014-04-08 18:00:45| Chemicals - Topix.net
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the award of a $500,000 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to the City of Buffalo to fund green infrastructure projects to improve water quality in Lake Erie.
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