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U.S. unveils sweeping plan to slash power plant pollution

2014-06-02 09:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The U.S. power sector must cut carbon dioxide emissions 30 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels under federal regulations unveiled on Monday that form the centerpiece of the Obama administration's climate change strategy. The Environmental Protection Agency's proposal is one of the most significant environmental rules proposed by the United States, and could transform the power sector, which relies on coal for nearly 38 percent of electricity. It also set off a political backlash likely to run well...

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MTA Launches "Sweeping Series of Safety Reforms" in Response to Report Critical of Metro-North

2014-05-16 15:46:25| Railroads - Topix.net

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is responding to a federal report that slammed safety standards at Metro-North, launching what it calls a "sweeping series of safety reforms."

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White House tackles methane emissions in sweeping strategy

2014-03-28 06:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Hill: The Obama administration is ordering federal agencies to take on emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane in an effort to fight climate change. The sweeping interagency plan highlights new steps the administration will take to cut emissions across a number of industries, including energy and agriculture. The long-awaited methane strategy provides no hard timeline for a proposed rule by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agency will begin working on series of white papers this...

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New Paper Offers Sweeping Plan to Decarbonize the Global Economy

2013-12-04 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: Eighteen prominent international climate scientists and economists have authored a paper that seeks to answer the most vexing environmental question facing the planet: How to reverse soaring carbon dioxide emissions and prevent the world from experiencing destabilizing climate change. Their answer, presented in the journal PLOS One, boils down to this: Offer global leaders a detailed blueprint for decarbonization that involves setting a steadily rising price on carbon, the large-scale deployment...

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