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Removing Asbestos and Regulated Materials Key to Power Plant Decommissioning

September 30, 2019 admin asbestos, Business, Coal, coal power plant, decommissioning, Environmental, EPA, International, Legal & Regulatory, lucion consulting, news, O&M, redevelopment, regulated material, remediation, retirement, Safety, Technology, TRC, u.s., uk, workforce

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

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Retiring and decommissioning coal power plants is becoming a more-frequent occurrence around the world. The job comes with many challenges, but projects in the U.S. and UK have proven that remediation and

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Fired EPA Scientists Band Together To Continue Their Work

September 26, 2019 admin clean air scientific advisory council, EPA, fine particulate matter, policy & politics, SCIENCE, union of concerned scientists, whistleblower

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 22:46:03 +0000

The EPA has fired several scientists in order to further its ideological agenda. Protecting the environment is now far down on its list of priorities.

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US War On California Emissions Standards Gets Approval From Republicans, Opprobrium From Democrats

September 26, 2019 admin california emissions standards, cars, clean transport, climate change, EPA, epa waiver, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:10:27 +0000

When it comes to the decision to revoke California’s ability to set its own emissions standards, Republicans approve what the government is doing by a wide margin.

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Auto Emissions Redux: 24 States Sue Trump Administration, EPA Threatens To Cut Off Highway Funding

September 26, 2019 admin andrew wheeler, California, california epa waiver, clean air act, EPA, highway funds, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:49:39 +0000

Last week, the EPA said California was doing too much to cut auto emissions. This week, it says California is not doing enough to cut air pollution, putting California in a no win situation.

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Trump’s EPA Is Very Concerned About Homeless People And Their Poop

September 26, 2019 admin andrew wheeler, environment, EPA, homeless, Homelessness, human feces, POOP, san francisco, Trump, trump administration, Water

Credit to Author: Emma Ockerman| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:29:57 +0000

The Trump administration sent an unusually strong message to California about its homelessness crisis: an environmental complaint.

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Our Failed-Businessman President Is Working To Tank Another US Industry

September 24, 2019 admin auto industry, California, cars, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, consumer technology, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, EPA, gm, green economy, Manufacturing, policy & politics, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 03:40:26 +0000

Whether it’s due to pure business ignorance, immense ignorance in general, or poisonous malice, our current president, a consistent business failure over the past several decades, is working feverishly to destroy another major US industry — the auto industry

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Surprise! AAA Survey Finds Large Vehicles Cost More To Own Than Small Vehicles

September 14, 2019 admin aaa, aaa 2019 survey, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, EPA, fuel economy, research, total cost of ownership

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 20:10:47 +0000

The annual total cost of ownership survey by AAA finds the average annual cost of owning an automobile in America today is over $9,000.

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Trump’s So-Called “Justice Department” Drops Anti-Trust Bomb On Car Companies

September 9, 2019 admin antitrust, auto industry, automakers, BMW, carb, clean air act, clean transport, climate change, daimler, Donald Trump, dorian, Electric vehicles, EPA, ford, Fossil Fuels, fuel economy, gm, honda, mercedes, policy & politics, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2019 21:00:04 +0000

The US government has put car companies on notice that if they dare oppose the president’s plan to roll back fuel economy standards, they will be accused of antitrust violations.

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Donnie Dim Bulb Channels David Koch To Save The Incandescent Light Bulb

September 5, 2019 admin energy efficiency, EPA, Fossil Fuels, incandescent light bulb, methane regulations, nrdc, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:15:56 +0000

LEDs and CFLs are taking the brunt of the assault by the federal government on any and all government regulations. Just for fun, the EPA also wants to roll back methane capture regulations even though energy companies oppose the move.

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Tyrant Trump Terrorizes Car Company Execs With Emissions Rollback Threats

August 26, 2019 admin auto emissions rollback, California, carb, COLORADO, DoT, EPA, Fossil Fuels, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:40:54 +0000

The White House is pushing hard to keep car companies from signing on to the exhaust emissions agreement Ford, Honda, Volkswagen, and BMW have made with California. But despite the pressure, other companies are signalling they will sign the agreement as well.

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