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EPA Reinterprets ‘Ambient Air,’ Further Tweaks New Source Review

December 5, 2019 admin 0 Comments adjacent, Air pollution, ambient air, Business, clean air act, Coal, courts, DRONES, Environmental, environmental defense fund, EPA, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, major sources, modifications, NAAQS, news, nsr, nsr reform, paper mills, power plants, psd, Security, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:49:52 +0000

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a change to a long-standing policy interpreting “ambient air”—a foundational concept under the Clean Air Act that applies to all types of air pollution, from ground-level ozone, particulate matter, and greenhouse gases. While the agency framed the change as part of a suite of actions to reform New Source […]

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Navajo Coal Plant Powers Down

November 27, 2019 admin 0 Comments Arizona, batteries, bureau of reclamation, clean power, Coal, Energy Storage, EPA, Fossil Fuels, hopi nation, kayenta mine, natural gas, Navajo Generating Station, navajo nation, Salt River Project, Solar energy, us bureau of reclamation, us environmental protection agency, us environmental protection agency (epa)

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:29:59 +0000

The Navajo Generating Station, a coal-burning power plant, has closed it’s doors for good. It was run for 45 years in Arizona and was the largest coal plant in the West. Its closure will most likely affect the entire region. USA Today reports that the mine that supplied the plant with coal has also closed — it closed back in August

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Trump’s Fuel Economy Plan Will Cost Americans Almost Half A Trillion Dollars

November 26, 2019 admin 0 Comments andrew wheeler, cars, clean transport, economic impact of lower fuel economy standards, EPA, Fossil Fuels, fuel economy standards, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 04:20:39 +0000

Trump’s rollback of fuel economy standards could cost Americans nearly half a trillion dollars by 2050 says Energy Innovation.

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Tesla & Rivian Join California’s Lawsuit Against Trump’s EPA & NHTSA

November 20, 2019 admin California, cars, clean transport, consumer technology, Donald Trump, DoT, electric cars, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, EPA, epa waiver, green economy, HEALTH, national coalition for advanced transportation, policy & politics, rivian, tesla

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:39:05 +0000

Tesla, Rivian, and the other members of the National Coalition for Advanced Transportation have joined California and 22 other states in their lawsuit against the EPA and DOT.

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Why Automakers Should Actually Care About The Environment

November 19, 2019 admin air quality, California, cars, chrysler, clean transport, climate change, consumer technology, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, emissions standards, energy efficiency, EPA, fiat, ford, fuel economy standards, gm, green economy, HEALTH, policy & politics, tesla, toyota, toyota 4runner

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:01:08 +0000

Dear Automakers, You should support the environment. In fact, without it, we would not be able to buy your cars. I mean, we would be dead if we didn’t have clean air to breathe. Same problem if a climate disaster kills us, or ruins our livelihood

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Proposed New Rule Would Amp Up EPA War On Science

November 12, 2019 admin 6 cities study, andrew wheeler, EPA, HEALTH, policy & politics, public health, war on science

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 19:00:30 +0000

The EPA proposed to ignore any health studies that do not include the private data of the people studied. The rule will be retroactive.

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Fuel Economy Standards Are Stupid. Let’s Find A Better Way

November 11, 2019 admin air quality, climate change, EPA, gasoline tax, policy & politics, untaxed externality, us fuel economy standards

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 22:05:29 +0000

Fuel economy standards are a silly way to address the harm that burning fossil fuels causes. Instead, let’s take away the free taxpayer supported advantage oil companies have enjoyed for the past 100 years.

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EPA Proposes Revisions to Two Obama-Era Rules: Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Coal Ash

November 4, 2019 admin Business, ccr, closure deadlines, Coal, coal ash, coal ash impoundments, coal combustion residuals, courts, elg, Environmental, EPA, FGD, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, selenium, steam electric plants, Technology, toxic, Wastewater, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 21:45:51 +0000

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued long-awaited proposed revisions of two 2015 Obama-era rules that apply to effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) for steam electric power plants and coal combustion residuals (CCR) management by electric utilities. The agency coordinated the release of the two related revisions, which apply overwhelmingly to coal-fired steam power plants, after […]

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Blackouts Are Making It Harder to Measure the ‘Toxic Stew’ in the Air From California’s Wildfires

October 30, 2019 admin air quality, blackouts, California, EPA, kindcaid fire, PG&E, san francisco, smoke, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 21:10:05 +0000

The blackouts imposed by power company PG&E knocked at least six air quality monitoring stations offline, the EPA confirmed to VICE News.

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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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