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Could EPA's New Greenhouse Gas Rules Open The Door To A State-based Carbon Tax?
2014-06-02 23:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: EPAs proposed tough new standards for power-plant emissions of greenhouse gasses opens the door to new state or regional cap-and-trade systems to limit carbon discharges. It is less clear whether it would go the next step and permit states to impose their own carbon tax. The proposed EPA rules, which Brookings senior fellow Barry Rabe describes as climate federalism, seem to acknowledge the demiseat least for nowof a single federal solution to the climate problem. Instead, it grants states...
Republicans are claiming the new climate rules will wreck the economy. Theyre wrong
2014-06-02 23:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced its much anticipated plans to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the source of about a third of U.S. emissions. It turns out the regulations will be pretty ambitious: a 30 percent decrease in emissions in this sector from 2005 levels by the year 2030 (though some say that is still not enough). Critics are out in force, of course, and their chief tactic seems to be economic alarmism. Earlier this morning, the front...
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Will EPA's New Emission Rules Boost Your Power Bill? It Depends
2014-06-02 23:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: With the Obama administration's proposed rules for limiting greenhouse gases out Monday, critics and proponents alike claim they know how the plan will affect consumers' monthly budgets. The draft proposal aims to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 30 percent by 2030. Business and coal-industry groups say the plan will raise electricity bills. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy responded this way: "Critics claim your energy bills will skyrocket. Well, they're...
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Proposed System Development Charges Administrative Rules
2014-06-02 22:27:19| PortlandOnline
Marked-up copy PDF Document, 203kbCategory: Public Review of Proposed Administrative Rule Changes for Systems Development and Other Charges
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With New EPA Rules, McCarthy Sees Economic Upside In Health Savings
2014-06-02 22:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: For more on the new pollution regulations, Robert Siegel speaks with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy about her agency's carbon emission plan.
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