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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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Feds Propose First-Ever Rules To Cut Power Plant Emissions
2013-09-20 19:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed rules that aim to reduce carbon emissions from new coal and natural gas power plants. The proposal replaced the one the EPA issued in April last year that set a single limit for both types of power plants. After sifting through public comments and hearing from the power industry, the agency revised the proposal to include separate limits for coal and natural gas power plants. Power plants today account for about one-third of greenhouse...
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...
EU mulls legal move against Italy over Ilva steel plant emissions
2013-09-20 18:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The European Commission may open a legal procedure against Italy for failing to control toxic emissions at the Ilva steel plant, currently at the center of a high-profile environmental probe, a Commission source aware of the dossier told Reuters on Friday. The source said an infringement procedure against Italy had been included in the list of EU proceedings to be published next Thursday. However, a source at Italy's environment ministry and another Commission source said Rome and Brussels...
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