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Can China Help Boost U.S. Clean Energy Investment?
2014-06-03 13:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Zero percent: Thats the U.S. clean energy investment growth rate over the past five years, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts. It might be a distressing sign in the face of the climate-change challenge, but backers of the Obama administrations new emissions proposals believe the regulations could spur a turnaround--and there are signs that China, a country frequently seen as a competitor to the United States on clean energy, could be a significant source of the investment dollars. Chinese...
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US EPA releases Clean Power Plan proposal to build clean energy economy
2014-06-03 01:00:00| Power Technology
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has outlined guidelines for a new plan in an effort to cut carbon pollution from the existing power plants, making them more efficient and less polluting, as part of President Obamas Climate Action Plan.
Government Proposes Plan to Clean Up Great Lakes
2014-06-02 19:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: The Obama Administration is not only pledging to clean up our atmosphere, but the Great Lakes as well. On Friday, federal officials released their five-year plan for environmental protection of the Great Lakes that would put greater emphasis on climate change and using science to choose cleanup projects. According to The Associated Press (AP), Congress has spent about $1.6 billion since 2009 for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The initiative was meant to target what experts consider the...
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EPA Fighting Against Climate Change With New Clean Power Plan
2014-06-02 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency, at the direction of the Obama Administration, unveiled the Clean Power Plan, which would cut carbon emissions from exiting power plants. The move, framed as an attempt to fight climate change, would cost between $7.3 billion and $8.8 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The EPA said the plan would eventually save between $55 billion and $93 billion in pollution-related costs. "Climate change, fueled by carbon pollution, supercharges...
NACWA Urges Clean Water Utilities To Apply To Regional Conservation Partnership Program
2014-06-02 12:37:33| pollutiononline Home Page
NACWA is pleased that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) recenty and looks forward to working with the Department in ushering in a new era of collaborative conservation
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