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Southern cautions on Kemper coal unit as EPA carbon model
2013-09-20 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Southern Co power utility, which is building one of the world's first advanced coal-fired plants that also captures carbon dioxide emissions, cautioned federal regulators that, because of location, its $5 billion project should not be used as a standard for future coal plants. The 582-megawatt Mississippi plant's proximity to oil fields, where the CO2 can be injected, cannot be easily replicated in other parts of the country, the company said. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday...
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EPA Proposes 1st Carbon Emissions Limits on New Power Plants
2013-09-20 20:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed the country`s first Clean Air Act standards to cut carbon pollution from new power plants to combat climate change and improve public health. The newly proposed standards are meant to ensure that the power plants of the future use cleaner energy technologies, such as efficient natural gas, advanced coal technology, nuclear power, and renewable energy like wind and solar. Power plants are the largest concentrated source of emissions in...
EPA Proposes Rule to Reduce Carbon Emissions at New Powerplants
2013-09-20 20:13:47| ENR.com: Headline News
New EPA proposed regs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from new powerplants are part of Obama's plan to address climate change.
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EPA Announces Limits to Greenhouse Gas Emissions on New Power Plants
2013-09-20 19:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today proposed carbon emissions standards for new power plants. The Clean Air Act standards are an effort to combat climate change and improve public health, according to the U.S. EPA`s press release. The U.S. EPA has also initiated outreach and direct engagement with state, local and tribal governments as well as industry leaders, nonprofits and other organizations to work towards establishing carbon pollution standards for existing power...
EPA takes first steps to limit coal pollution
2013-09-20 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama took his first real step to fulfilling his sweeping climate action plan on Friday, proposing the first rules to limit carbon pollution from future coal-fired power plants. The new rules on natural gas and coal plants, announced by the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy, will for the first time limit the single largest source of carbon pollution: greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. "The EPA action today to address carbon pollution from new...
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