Credit to Author: Carter Clements| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 21:22:13 +0000
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in May 2023 published a proposed rule that would establish new source performance standards (NSPS) and existing source performance standards (ESPS) for greenhouse gas […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 09:02:46 +0000
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has unveiled new greenhouse gas (GHG) standards for the nation’s power plants, moving to require both existing and new facilities to capture emissions of […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 15:40:46 +0000
The US Department of Energy is pursuing all sources for net-zero H2, but green hydrogen is gaining an edge.
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:13:41 +0000
The U.S. Supreme Court has curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) options for limiting emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) from power plants, an important environmental decision that could impact the federal government’s authority to enforce other regulations. The court in a 6-3 vote, with conservatives in the majority, on June 30 said the EPA does […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:19:31 +0000
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments on a landmark case that could determine whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the authority to broadly interpret the Clean Air Act (CAA) to establish carbon emission standards for coal, oil, and gas–fired power plants. Arguments in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (No. 20-1530) presented to […]
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Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:47:06 +0000
A new global study found that people exposed to high levels of pollution are about 10% more likely to suffer from depression.
Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 22:37:38 +0000
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A coalition of nine utility companies is suing the Trump administration over its plan to replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan. New York-based Consolidated Edison said the Affordable Clean Energy, or ACE, rule undermines efforts the companies already have in place to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power generation. The companies, who call their group […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:40:12 +0000
A coalition of 22 states and seven local governments on Aug. 13 filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, which the Trump administration finalized in June to replace the Obama administration’s legacy Clean Power Plan (CPP). Separately, 10 public interest groups filed a petition on Aug. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 14:36:14 +0000
Coal power, which has seen a marked decline in the U.S., is necessary for reliability and energy affordability, and sustaining it could boost pollution technology exports and “improve lives while driving down emissions worldwide,” said Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler in a speech last week. Wheeler made the remarks at a 90-minute event […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:23:20 +0000
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule to formally replace the Obama administration’s controversial Clean Power Plan (CPP). Like the CPP, the ACE rule will regulate greenhouse gases (GHGs), and it will be founded firmly on the agency’s 2009 Endangerment Finding. However, the ACE rule focuses on the nation’s […]
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