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New EPA regulations cause heated reaction in Montana
2013-09-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KPAX: Friday's statement on new coal regulations from the US Environment Protection Agency didn't come as a surprise, but rather as a disappointment for some in Montana. EPA administrator Gina McCarthy announced the move Friday. "These proposed standards are the first uniform national limits on carbon pollution from new plants. They do not apply to existing power plants." Disappointment and frustration is widespread among the coal community. "Deep in my heart, this administration has shown no love...
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EPA proposes cap on power plant carbon emissions
2013-09-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit County: Dovetailing with the upcoming new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, the EPA this week issues sweeping new rules that could help cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions significantly. Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA proposed setting standards that would cap carbon pollution from new gas and coal-fired plants. At the same time, the agency is seeking stakeholder input to set carbon pollution standards for existing plants. The new rules would mark a significant step toward achieving...
Carbon limits: Obama's EPA sets terms for tomorrow's cleaner energy industry
2013-09-21 16:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: For citizens of a democratic society, there may be no greater obligation than to act today to protect future generations from the threats of tomorrow. That is what the Obama administration did on Friday, when it stood up to protect our children from the widening ravages of global climate change. It moved to set in place the first-ever limits on dangerous carbon pollution from the power plants we'll build in the years to come. Climate change is the leading environmental challenge of our time....
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Obamas carbon rules seen as new battleground for EPA
2013-09-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys proposed limits on power-plant emissions blamed for climate change is a broad new battleground for an agency that has spent four decades focused on the local impact of pollutants such as lead, mercury and ozone. The draft regulations, issued yesterday, would impose the first cap on carbon emissions from new power plants, dealing a blow to the market for coal. While restrictions on emissions of sulfur dioxide and other pollutants have been in place for...
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Walter Energy stocks take hit after EPA proposal
2013-09-21 09:54:18| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
The beleaguered coal industry took another hit Friday as the EPA proposed restrictions on greenhouse gases from new coal plants.
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