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Liberal Dem: EPA should flex its powers on climate change
2013-01-22 22:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Proponents of efforts to counter the effects of climate change are signaling a shift in their strategy, opting to abandon another run at comprehensive legislation in favor of a renewed push to tackle the issue through federal regulations. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Ca.) on Tuesday urged the Environmental Protection Agency to make the most of its power to draft rules that would tamp down on carbon emissions from existing power plants. I think Sandy was a turning point in terms of the publics sense...
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EPA Offers Cities More Flexible Path to Fund Water Projects
2013-01-22 21:20:40| ENR.com: Headline News
New EPA memo could allow use of more factors in assessing projects financial impact on localities.
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Supreme Court rejects Asarco challenge to EPA rule
2013-01-22 15:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to consider an appeal by Asarco LLC over how much authority a top federal environmental regulator should have in setting air quality standards. Without comment, the Supreme Court decided not to hear the appeal of Asarco, a unit of Grupo Mexico SAB that operates one of the three main U.S. copper smelters. Asarco had been appealing a July decision by the Washington, D.C., Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's new national...
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US EPA Awards United Water For Outstanding' Operation Of Westerly, RI, Wastewater Treatment Plant
2013-01-22 13:00:00| pollutiononline News Articles
The US Environmental Protection Agency has awarded United Water the 2012 Regional EPA Wastewater Treatment Plant Excellence Award for its “outstanding operations and management” of the Westerly, RI, Wastewater Treatment Plant
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E.P.A. Extends Deadline for Navajo Plant's Pollution Controls
2013-01-18 22:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: In a bid to clean up one of the nation`s dirtiest coal-fired power plants without causing economic harm to the Navajo Nation that surrounds it, the Environmental Protection Agency indicated on Friday that it would give the plants owners five extra years, until 2023, to install expensive state-of-the art emissions reduction equipment. The agency expressed its willingness to extend the deadline by releasing a proposed rule. The Navajo Generating Station near Page, Ariz., not far from the Grand...
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