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Plants CO2 emissions next likely target for EPA
2013-02-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gazette-Mail: With President Obama promising more action during his second term to curb climate change, observers and experts are increasingly predicting that the next likely step for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is a move to reduce greenhouse emissions from existing power plants. Three weeks ago, Obama highlighted climate change in his inaugural address. Tuesday night, he'll get an opportunity to push the issue again, and perhaps provide more specifics, in his State of the Union address. The...
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What's Really Behind The Decline in American Carbon Dioxide Emissions?
2013-02-08 15:20:54| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
A new report shows that U.S. carbon emissions have dropped to 1994 levels. Many experts are crediting the achievement to the rise in renewable energy. But could there be another explanation?
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Massachusetts to lower cap on emissions by power plants
2013-02-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: Massachusetts and eight other Northeast states are slashing by nearly half the amount of carbon dioxide power plants are allowed to emit -- a dramatic reduction that is expected to bring in hundreds of millions of dollars to the state for energy efficiency programs while combating global warming. In announcing the decision Thursday, the states said consumers and businesses should, on balance, see a negligible impact on their electricity bills when the new limits go into effect next year. The biggest...
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BorgWarner expands emissions business with new facility in India
2013-02-08 12:30:18| Green Car Congress
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States Group Calls for 45% Cut in Amount of Carbon Emissions Allowed
2013-02-08 03:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the countrys first regional system for capping carbon emissions and creating a market in carbon allowances, proposed a fundamental change on Thursday to increase electrical utilities incentive to cut emissions from fossil-fuel plants by raising the cost of compliance. The regional group proposed a 45 percent reduction next year in the total carbon dioxide emissions allowed. The cut is not as draconian as that number suggests, however, because the new total...
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