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EPA Slashing Sulfur in Gas by 2/3 to Reduce Smog
2014-03-10 17:59:22| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
EPA has decided that the amount of sulfur in gas is to be at California levels nationally, or reduced by two-thirds. Low-sulfur fuel to be available nationally by January 2017. GET MORE DETAILSThe Article EPA Slashing Sulfur in Gas by 2/3 to Reduce Smog appeared first on Automotive Digest.
EPA Sets Cleaner Fuel And Car Standards, Slashing Air Pollution And Providing Health Benefits To Thousands
2014-03-10 07:09:33| pollutiononline News Articles
Based on extensive input from the public and a broad range of stakeholders, including public health groups, auto manufacturers, refiners, and states, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized emission standards for cars and gasoline that will significantly reduce harmful pollution and prevent thousands of premature deaths and illnesses, while also enabling efficiency improvements in the cars and trucks we drive
As Dallas area tries to clean up air, EPA might end tailpipe tests for older cars
2014-03-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Morning News: A smog check for an aging car involves a make-believe drive inside an inspection shop. But that simulated jaunt might be headed toward the scrap heap. With an older cars wheels on rollers, the inspector sticks a probe in the tailpipe, shifts into gear and hits the gas. Part of smog-fighting strategies in smoggy areas such as North Texas for years, tailpipe tests have helped to keep tons of pollution out of the air. But the Environmental Protection Agency says theyve become as outdated...
EPA chief sees role for coal, vows to protect energy reliability
2014-03-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: Coal will retain a key role in U.S. energy supplies as U.S. EPA strives to preserve reliability while developing a rule intended to limit carbon emissions from power plants, Administrator Gina McCarthy said yesterday. "Conventional fuels like coal and natural gas are going to play a critical role in a diverse U.S. energy mix for years to come," McCarthy said here at the annual IHS CERAWeek energy conference. "This rule will not change that. It will recognize that." McCarthy, speaking to a group...
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Green groups take comments on EPA new proposal to regulate carbon emissions
2014-03-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Statewide and local environmental groups took public comment on Thursday evening to forward to the Environmental Protection Agency on a proposed rule to regulate carbon emissions from new power plants. A peoples hearing held in meeting rooms of the Holiday Inn in Helena brought forward support for the EPAs new regulation and affirmed the need to also move ahead with the proposed regulation. The EPA website notes that new standards on carbon dioxide limits from new fossil-fuel electrical generation...
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