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New EPA rule seeks to cut carbon emissions 30% by 2030
2014-06-01 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Obama administration will seek to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from existing power plants 30% by 2030, potentially one of the biggest steps any country has ever taken to confront climate change, people familiar with the plan said Sunday. Seen as the linchpin to President Obama's climate-change campaign and a key part of his legacy, the proposed power-plant rule will set state-specific targets for carbon-dioxide reductions and let local officials decide how best to meet the goals. A formal...
Obamas power plant rule leaked: EPA seeks drastic reduction in emissions
2014-06-01 17:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: The Obama administration is set to announce its draft proposal to cut carbon emissions from existing power plants at 10:30 am ET Monday morning, and according to information obtained by the Wall Street Journal, they`re going to pack a powerful punch. The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking a 30 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 from existing power plants based on emission levels from 2005, "two people who have been briefed on the rule" told the WSJ. That`s considerably...
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Obama suggests his upcoming rule on coal plants will avert long-term health crisis
2014-06-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox: President Obama on Saturday tried to bolster public support for new rules his administration will announce next week on coal-firing power plants, arguing their carbon emissions are a national health crisis beyond hurting the economy and causing global warming. We dont have to choose between the health of our economy and the health of our children, Obama said in his weekly address. As president and as a parent, I refuse to condemn our children to a planet thats beyond fixing. The cost...
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Regulations 101 -- A primer on EPA's upcoming power plant rule
2014-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: President Obama's highly anticipated power plant rules have come a long way from a relatively low-profile legal settlement in 2010. Obama is set to unveil a proposed rule that for the first time will limit greenhouse gas emissions from the country's power plants. He officially directed EPA to craft regulations to control greenhouse gases in his Climate Action Plan last year, but the effort to curb the largest chunk of CO2 emissions in the country has been mounting for years. In late 2010, EPA...
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WH accuses climate rule critics of scare tactics
2014-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: White House press secretary Jay Carney said Thursday that critics in Congress are making "doomsday claims" that the president's forthcoming climate regulation will devastate the economy. Carney said that special interests and their allies in Congress will use the scare tactic against the administration's cornerstone limits on carbon emissions from existing power plants. "We know that special interests and their allies in Congress will make doomsday claims about harm to jobs and harm to the economy,"...
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