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Rule to limit heat-trapping gases from power plants was Obama's plan B
2014-05-31 08:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The new pollution rule the Obama administration announces Monday will be a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's environmental legacy and arguably the most significant U.S. environmental regulation in decades. But it's not one the White House wanted. As with other issues, the regulation to limit the pollution blamed for global warming from power plants is a compromise for Obama, who again finds himself caught between his aspirations and what is politically and legally possible. It will provoke...
EPA is readying climate rule for existing power plants as deadline approaches
2014-05-22 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: With less than two weeks to go, the Environmental Protection Agency is readying a climate rule for existing power plants that requires a steep reduction in carbon emissions while allowing states and companies broad flexibility in how they limit overall greenhouse gas discharges. While key aspects of the proposal are still under discussion, according to several individuals briefed on the matter, the measure will spur regional carbon-trading programs on the East and West coasts and is likely to...
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Floods menace towns, power plants in Serbia & Bosnia
2014-05-19 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Communities in Serbia and Bosnia battled to protect towns and power plants on Monday from rising flood waters and landslides that have devastated swathes of both countries and killed dozens of people. Receding waters in some of the areas worst-hit by the heaviest rainfall in the Balkans since records began 120 years ago revealed scenes of devastation - twisted homes, fallen trees and rotting animals. Authorities in Bosnia estimated some 500,000 people had been evacuated or left their homes, the...
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Will power plants of the future burn dead bodies?
2014-05-18 16:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: The oil in Arabia is dribbling dry. As ever, the alternatives fail to excite us. Fracking taints water and jolts the Richter scale. In the ash chutes of coal mines, death comes early in the form of black lung. Fission made a crass menagerie of Chernobyl, where irradiated animals scurry on odd-numbered legs; and in Japan history has repeated itself. Windmills cause insomnia and hypertension, say hysterics in tinfoil hats. Much worse, they depend on whatever way the breeze blows. And solar panels are...
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Federal Appeals Court: EPA Can Force Power Plants to Cut Mercury Emissions
2014-04-16 18:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld regulations adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency to cut mercury and other emissions from large power plants, a setback for states and energy trade groups that have been challenging Clean Air Act regulations during the Obama administration. The decision by a three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit means that coal- and oil-fired plants must purchase scrubbers and other equipment to prevent 91 percent...
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