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New EPA Emissions Regs Pack Little Punch on Climate

2013-09-30 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rolled out restrictive new greenhouse gas emissions standards for new power plants at the end of September, but they are unlikely to have much of an impact on the nations overall climate change-fueling carbon emissions. Part of the Obama administrations Climate Action Plan, the EPA's proposed new rules, if finalized, will govern only power plants that havent been built yet and affect primarily coal-fired power plants, few of which are likely to be constructed...

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ACEEE recommends steps for enhanced data gathering and analysis essential to developing next phase of heavy-duty vehicle fuel efficiency and GHG regs

2013-09-28 00:30:28| Green Car Congress

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EPA claims new power plant emission regs offer lifeline to coal

2013-09-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

InsideClimate: Two days before Gina McCarthy [3], the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, presented her landmark proposal to regulate carbon emissions from future electric plants, one of her main allies in Congress walked her down memory lane. Rep. Henry Waxman [4] reminded her that he once tried to help the coal industry pay for costly technology to capture carbon dioxide from power plants and pump it deep underground. "In 2009, the president supported market-based legislation to make major...

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