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Obama's coming climate crackdown
2013-09-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: The president's supporters hope both actions, and more to come, will boost U.S. credibility in talks for the next big climate treaty. That's if everything goes right for the administration: If the EPA rules aren't weakened or killed in court. If Congress or a future Republican president doesn't roll them back. And if it's not too late to head off the worst effects of the rising seas and worsening droughts that climate scientists warn are already starting to ravage large swaths of the planet. ...
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EPA's new rules for coal accelerate Obama's agenda on climate change
2013-09-20 11:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Times: Three months after President Obama vowed to get tough on climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday begins that mission by announcing long-awaited rules for new power plants that, while slightly watered down, will be tough on the beleaguered coal industry. The regulations, under development for two years and recently finalized, set harsh limits on carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. power-generation facilities and could, critics argue, eventually spell doom for American fossil...
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Obama's Climate Plan Calls for Making Excess Carbon a CrimeEventually
2013-09-20 05:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Later this morning, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy will present new draft rules for how much carbon dioxide power plants are to be allowed to spew into the atmosphere. The proposal is considered historic, especially by those who had to sift the 2.5 million or so public comments on the previous draft of these rules. In one respect, it is: This will mark the first time the U.S. has treated carbon dioxide-- the leading greenhouse gas that is warming the earths atmosphere...
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Obama's energy, EPA chiefs say climate plan won't kill coal
2013-09-18 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: New rules limiting emissions from U.S. power plants that are expected to be proposed on Friday will "provide certainty" to the coal industry, environment and energy chiefs told lawmakers anxious about the fuel's future. "We believe coal will continue to represent a significant portion of the energy supply in the decades to come," Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy told the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce on Wednesday. McCarthy's testimony,...
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Big Coal, Republicans go after Obamas energy nominee, saying hes too green
2013-09-18 17:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Ron Binz is an experienced electricity regulator who understands the important role that wind and solar power are playing as they pour electrons into grids across the country. He was the lead author of a paper last year that described how boosting renewable energy infrastructure could hedge against fossil-fuel cost increases, aging equipment, and other risks. This is no time for backward-looking decision making, he wrote in that paper [PDF], published by the nonprofit Ceres. It is vital for...
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