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States sue to block EPAs pollution rules even as some try to comply
2015-10-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: More than two dozen states filed lawsuits Friday seeking to block the Obama administrations signature climate-change regulation in a wave of opposition that coincided with new calls from scientists and even former Republican administration officials for deeper cuts in carbon pollution for the sake of the planet. The flurry of litigation was triggered by the official promulgation of the White Houses Clean Power Plan, an ambitious and controversial regulation that seeks to dramatically reduce...
US Supreme Court blocks air pollution rules for power plants
2015-06-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The Supreme Court has blocked Obama administration rules designed to sharply limit the hazardous air pollutants that spew from the nation's power plants. The justices by a 5-4 vote agreed with the coal industry and Republican-led states that said the forced cutbacks were too costly and could lead to power outages. Justice Antonin Scalia, speaking for the majority, said it was not reasonable for the Environmental Protection Agency to proceed with the new rules without weighing their cost, estimated...
Texas eased pollution rules on coal plants, environmentalists say
2015-05-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: The State of Texas conspired with the coal industry to illegally exempt 19 coal-fired power plants from federal air quality standards. Thats according to a coalition of Texas citizen groups who on Wednesday filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The coalition of community and public interest groups, represented by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, has called on the EPA to overturn the states decision to exempt those...
Arctic pollution rules 'not enough'
2015-05-16 02:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: New guidelines have been passed to prevent pollution from ships in polar waters. The Polar Code, passed at a meeting in London of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), ban ships from releasing oil, sewage, chemicals and waste into the sea. The measures are set to come into force in 2017. But environmentalists say the regulations do not go far enough. WWF said a strong, legally binding Polar Code was particularly urgent in the Arctic, where new sea routes are expected to open up in coming...
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Industry lobbyists weakened Europe air pollution rules, say Greenpeace
2015-03-05 07:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: New limits on air pollution in Europe have been watered down because governments are allowing some of the worst polluters to help draw up the rules, according to a Greenpeace investigation. The Guardian has also learned that despite UK claims to the contrary, energy industry representatives repeatedly and forcefully pushed for weaker pollution limits at meetings in Brussels. As a result of ongoing lobbying, the proposed European Union standards on toxic emissions from coal plants will be less...
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