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Obama kills coal - as promised
Asia :: Philippines | 1 year ago
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This week, the unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats at the Environmental Protection Agency released a set of proposed rules designed to target greenhouse gas emissions...Under the proposed rules, new power plants will be required to emit no more than
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The EPA Wrecking Ball
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 year ago
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This standard isn't the once-and-for-all solution to our environmental challenge, said Lisa Jackson, the EPA administrator, but it is an important commonsense step toward tackling the ongoing and very real threat of climate change and protecting the
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House divided over EPA coal proposals
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 year ago
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Supporters said EPA rules on carbon dioxide emissions from new U.S. power plants mark a breakthrough but critics said the move amounts to a tax on consumers...Environmental Protection Agency announced plans Tuesday to impose rules that would put a
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Kosovo counting on the U.S. for energy leadership
Priština :: Kosovo | 1 year ago
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Over the past decade, plans for 160 new coal-fired power plants in the United States have been scrapped, largely due to rising costs and an inability to compete in today's energy markets. While the United States is still dependent on coal for about
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EPA to impose first greenhouse gas limits on power plants
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 year ago
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Gallery Industry officials and environmentalists said in interviews that the rule, which comes on the heels of tough new requirements that the Obama administration imposed on mercury emissions and cross-state pollution from utilities within the past
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GE signs deal with Nigeria for power plants
Lagos :: Nigeria | 1 year ago
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Nigeria (AP) — General Electric Corp. said Monday it signed an agreement with Nigeria's government to potentially build and operate power plants in the electricity-starved nation amid a push to privatize the failing state-run power company.
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Alternative energy supporters push agenda to lawmakers
Frankfort :: KY :: USA | 1 year ago
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Supporters of renewable energy are continuing the effort to move Kentucky away from its near-exclusive use of coal to generate electricity. Wider use of energy sources such as solar and wind power, and efforts to promote energy efficiency, could help
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N.S. wins right to manage own emissions
Ottawa :: Canada | 1 year ago
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Video Nova Scotia has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its electricity sector by 25 per cent by 2020, and under the federal deal will extend its target to 2030. Rather than regulate each coal-fired plant, Nova Scotia expects to meet its
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Coal's Share of U.S. Electricity Generation Falls to 35-Year Low
Columbus :: OH :: USA | 1 year ago
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Articles A combination of mild weather in the U.S. -- the world's largest electricity market, closely followed by China -- plus mild weather led to a recent drop in total generation and the increasing price competitiveness of natural gas relative to
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Giant new Illinois plant shows coal power isn't going away
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 year ago
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The Prairie State power plant, set amid farm fields and woods in southwestern Illinois, will start producing power soon, beginning a life of burning local coal that's expected to last until at least the 2040s. Prairie State is the largest coal-fired
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