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Xcel Energy Surpasses National Carbon Emissions Reduction Goal

2014-06-02 11:33:33| pollutiononline Home Page

Xcel Energy announced today that, as of 2013, it has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 20 percent since 2005, already exceeding President Obama’s goal of a 17 percent reduction by 2020

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EPA to seek deep cuts in carbon emissions from power plants

2014-06-01 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

USA Today: The Environmental Protection Agency will unveil a sweeping proposal Monday that will require deep cuts in carbon emissions from existing power plants, including a 30% national target by 2030, according to two people briefed on the plan. The EPA draft rule, a major plank of President Obama's initiative to fight climate change, will require states to develop and implement plans to cut power plant emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide. It will give states different reduction targets but will...

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Study estimates global black carbon emissions up 72% from 1960-2007; BC emissions intensity down 52%

2014-06-01 01:30:45| Green Car Congress

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Duke Energy ranks second in carbon emissions among U.S. power companies

2014-05-29 13:22:08| Energy - Topix.net

Duke Energy produced the second-highest amount of carbon dioxide among the nation's 100 largest utilities in 2012, behind only Ohio-based American Electric Power.

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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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