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EPA Aims To Slash Power Plant CO2 by 30 Percent
2014-06-02 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Nearly every state in the U.S. now has a greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal to meet under the Obama administration's new Clean Power Plan announced Monday: Slash the country's overall carbon pollution from the electric power sector by 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. That means every state except Vermont, which has no power plants that apply under the new rule, will have to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, according to a rule the U.S. Environmental Protection...
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Power Plant Rule Targets 30% Carbon Cut
2014-06-02 09:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental Leader: The EPA has proposed a rule to cut carbon emissions from existing power plants by 30 percent by 2030 below 2005 levels. Todays proposal, which is the centerpiece of President Obamas climate plan, would also cut particle pollution, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide by more than 25 percent by 2030. Coal fired power plants are the largest source of carbon pollution in the US, accounting for about a third of all greenhouse gas emissions in the nation. According to the EPA, the Clean Power...
Obama orders 30 percent cut in power plant CO2 emissions
2014-06-02 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: In a sweeping initiative to curb pollutants blamed for global warming, the Obama administration unveiled a plan Monday that cuts carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by nearly a third over the next 15 years, but pushes the deadline for some states to comply until long after President Barack Obama leaves office. The 645-page rule, expected to be finalized next year, is a centerpiece of Obama's plans to tackle climate change and aims to give the United States more leverage to prod other countries...
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EPA seeks to cut power plant carbon by 30 percent
2014-06-02 04:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Obama administration on Monday will roll out a plan to cut earth-warming pollution from power plants and 30 percent by 2030, setting in motion one of the most significant actions to address global warming in U.S. history. The rule, which is expected to be final next year, will set the first national limits on carbon dioxide, the chief gas linked to global warming from the nation's power plants. They are the largest source of greenhouse gases in the U.S., accounting for about a third of the...
TVI awards baseload power plant construction contract to Hyundai
2014-06-02 01:00:00| Power Technology
Therma Visayas (TVI), a unit of Aboitiz Power, has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract to Hyundai Engineering and local firm Galing Power Energy for a new power plant project in Cebu.
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