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Obama to confirm tough new power plant emissions rules
2013-06-25 13:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The White House has today confirmed President Obama's long-awaited climate strategy will include new restrictions on emissions from coal-fired power plants, a major push to increase investment in clean energy technologies, and the introduction of new efficiency standards for appliances and buildings. Documents released this morning ahead of the President's landmark speech at Georgetown University this afternoon, outline a new three-pronged strategy based on cutting domestic carbon emissions, increasing...
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Constellation Customers Reduce More Than 75,000 Metric Tons Of CO2 Emissions With Efficiency Made Easy
2013-06-25 13:00:00| pollutiononline News Articles
Constellation recently announced that through its Efficiency Made Easy offering, Constellation customers have collectively reduced their carbon dioxide emissions by an estimated 75,432 metric tons or 166,299,142 lbs over the past two years
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Obama takes on power plant emissions as part of climate plan
2013-06-25 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama will attempt to kick-start a global climate agenda on Tuesday with proposals including a plan to limit carbon emissions from existing U.S. power plants that is sure to face opposition from the coal industry, many business groups and Republican lawmakers. Obama, whose first-term attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a "cap and trade" system was thwarted by Congress, promised in his second inaugural address to tackle the issue again. Environmentalists and Obama's...
EU agrees new 2020 car emissions targets
2013-06-25 12:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Green groups have cautiously welcomed new EU rules which could slash CO2 emissions from new cars by the end of the decade, but warned the deal is too lenient on luxury German car makers. The European Commission, European Parliament, and the European Council agreed a compromise deal late on Monday evening, which would ensure average new cars produced in 2020 emit no more than 95 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre. The new plans, which must still be ratified by Member States, will give each...
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Obama To Tap Executive Powers To Rein In Carbon Emissions
2013-06-25 11:15:00| OGI
The president proposes new regulations and an end to subsidies for Big Oil.
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