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North Carolina returns EPA grant for fracking study
2013-09-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Charlotte Observer: North Carolina's environment agency has taken the unusual step of returning a federal grant to study streams and wetlands that could be harmed by hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources had itself recommended last year that baseline water-quality data be collected where drilling might occur. The information would help document any problems linked to drilling. But under new leadership appointed by Gov. Pat McCrory, the department now says...
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BIO Urges EPA to Reject Petroleum Industry's RFS Waiver Petition
2013-09-25 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
In an 11-page letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, BIO's Brent Erickson urged rejection of recent petition from American Petroleum Institute and American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers for waiver of 2014 volume obligations under Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Erikson cited waiver seekers' blocking of investment in infrastructure and creation of marketing challenges as having created same situation from which they are requesting relief. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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Court to EPA on Gulf dead-zone rules: Make up your freakin mind
2013-09-24 19:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Is it time for the federal government to drop the hammer on the farmers whose fertilizer gushes into the Mississippi River, fueling sweeping dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico? The Environmental Protection Agency now has six months to decide. The deadline comes via a federal judge in New Orleans in response to a lawsuit from the Natural Resources Defense Council and other environmental groups. The enviros argue that states aren`t doing enough to tackle the problem, and have petitioned the feds to...
EPA wont require carbon capture at existing coal plants
2013-09-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Existing coal-fired power plants wont be required to install equipment to capture and store the carbon dioxide they emit under new Environmental Protection Agency rules, the regulators top EPA official said. Gina McCarthy, the agencys administrator, told a Christian Science Monitor breakfast in Washington today that EPA will issue guidelines for states that allow the use of energy efficiency, clean-energy installations or demand cuts to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions. The EPA issued...
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EPA recognizes Volkswagen Chattanooga with a Green Power Leadership Award for on-site generation
2013-09-24 12:30:44| Green Car Congress
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