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Pa. Coal Area Worries Emission Rules Will Cost Economy Jobs
2014-06-03 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: In Greene County, Pa., one in five jobs is in the coal industry. The EPA rules announced Monday were met with skepticism, and worries about what it will mean for the local economy.
Environmentalists Hail Reduced Emission Rules, Others Criticize
2014-06-03 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: For the first time, the U.S. would regulate the greenhouse gas causing emissions from existing coal plants. The goal is to reduce emissions 30 percent below 2005 levels by the year 2030.
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4 Key Takeaways From EPA's New Rules for Power Plants
2014-06-03 03:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The new rules announced Monday to limit carbon emissions from U.S. power plants represent President Barack Obama's boldest effort yet to counter climate change, guidelines that supporters and critics alike cast as a turning point in U.S. environmental policy. But what's also striking about the rules is that for all the ambition they represent-and the plan for a 30 percent reduction in carbon emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 is ambitious-they also appear designed to lock in carbon reductions...
Montanans react to EPAs draft rules to reduce CO2 emissions
2014-06-03 01:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ravalli Republic: The Obama administrations new draft rules to reduce carbon emissions evoked strong, divergent reactions Monday in Montana, with coal industry supporters condemning the proposed rules and others calling them a good first step toward addressing climate change and global warming. Bud Clinch, executive director of the Montana Coal Council, said the new rules are nothing but bad news for the coal industry, because theyll reduce demand for Montana-mined coal burned in power plants. A spokeswoman...
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Obama defends new carbon emission rules in face of mounting backlash
2014-06-03 00:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama took personal charge of the campaign for historic new climate change regulations on Monday, defending a 30% cut in carbon pollution from power plants from a backlash by business lobbies, conservative groups and Democrats in oil and coal states. The new rules, unveiled by the Environmental Protection Agency, would cut carbon pollution from power plants 30% from 2005 levels by 2030. They represent the first time Obama, or any other US president, has moved to regulate carbon pollution...
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