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Obama moves to limit power-plant carbon pollution
2013-09-21 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Linking global warming to public health, disease and extreme weather, the Obama administration pressed ahead Friday with tough requirements to limit carbon pollution from new power plants, despite protests from industry and Republicans that it would dim coal's future. The proposal, which would set the first national limits on heat-trapping pollution from future power plants, is intended to help reshape where Americans get electricity, moving from a coal-dependent past into a future fired by cleaner...
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U.S. environment chief uses humor, health argument to sell carbon plan
2013-09-20 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: When U.S. environment chief Gina McCarthy talked about cutting climate-warming carbon emissions on Friday, she offered a translation for those unfamiliar with the dropped "R" of her thick Boston accent. "I should make sure that everybody knows that when I say cahbon, it's c-a-r-b-o-n," McCarthy told a standing-room-only gathering at the National Press Club in Washington. As the chuckles subsided, the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, who was sworn into office in July,...
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Southern cautions on Kemper coal unit as EPA carbon model
2013-09-20 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Southern Co power utility, which is building one of the world's first advanced coal-fired plants that also captures carbon dioxide emissions, cautioned federal regulators that, because of location, its $5 billion project should not be used as a standard for future coal plants. The 582-megawatt Mississippi plant's proximity to oil fields, where the CO2 can be injected, cannot be easily replicated in other parts of the country, the company said. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday...
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Addressing Carbon Pollution from Power Plants Is Vital for Avoiding Catastrophic Climate Change
2013-09-20 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: Future U.S. power suppliers will need to limit their carbon pollution, thanks to new standards announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The proposed emissions standards for new power plants are an important measure in implementing the Presidents Climate Action Plan (announced in June) to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate global warming. EPAs announcement comes against the backdrop of our deepening understanding of the science of climate change. It also...
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EPA Proposes 1st Carbon Emissions Limits on New Power Plants
2013-09-20 20:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed the country`s first Clean Air Act standards to cut carbon pollution from new power plants to combat climate change and improve public health. The newly proposed standards are meant to ensure that the power plants of the future use cleaner energy technologies, such as efficient natural gas, advanced coal technology, nuclear power, and renewable energy like wind and solar. Power plants are the largest concentrated source of emissions in...
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