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New Pollution Rules Leave Utilities Frustrated, As Details Remain Up In Air
2014-06-04 22:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The Obama administration has proposed rules for limiting greenhouse gases, but many of the details must still be set by states, leaving utilities unsure about specifics they'll be expected to achieve.
US set unveil rules to cut carbon pollution from power plants by 30%
2014-06-02 03:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Obama administration will propose sweeping new environmental rules on Monday, cutting carbon pollution from existing power plants by 30% over 2005 levels by 2030, according to people briefed on the plan. The new power plant rules which will be formally announced by the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday morning represent the most ambitious effort by Barack Obama or any other president to deal with climate change. The regulations could lead to a sweeping transformation of America's...
Obama: New pollution rules will reduce asthma, heart attack
2014-05-31 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Press: US President Barack Obama said Saturday, May 31, that his administration's proposals to cut carbon emissions will prevent thousands of asthma and heart attacks each year. Obama's prediction came during his regular weekly broadcast address as he discussed proposed guidelines designed to "cut down on the carbon pollution, smog, and soot." The administration will release the guidelines in the coming week. Some 40% of the country's carbon pollution comes from power plants and while there are...
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Rules to cut carbon emissions also reduce air pollution harmful to people, environment
2014-05-27 21:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Setting strong standards for climate-changing carbon emissions from power plants would provide an added bonus -- reductions in other air pollutants that can make people sick; damage forests, crops, and lakes; and harm fish and wildlife. This, according to a first-of-its-kind study released today by scientists at Syracuse University and Harvard who mapped the potential environmental and human health benefits of power plant carbon standards. The authors of the new study, "Co-benefits of Carbon Standards:...
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Supreme Court rules 6-2 on EPA air pollution reductions across state lines
2014-05-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: This week, President Obamas environmental agenda gained a victory. The Supreme Court revived a 2011 Environmental Protection Agency regulation, known as the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, limiting power-plant emissions blowing across state lines. The ruling will now require 28 states to reduce power-plant emissions, which hurt the air-quality in states located downwind. The new regulation stands to affect approximately 1,000 power plants in the eastern half of the U.S., many of which may...