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Annual EPA U.S. GHG Inventory shows slight increase from 2012.
2015-04-23 14:31:11| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
U.S. EPA released its 20th Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, which shows 2% increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2013 from 2012 levels and 9% drop since 2005. By sector and magnitude, largest contributors to total U.S. GHG pollution were power plants (31%), transportation sector (27%), and industry and manufacturing (21%). Increase was due to greater energy consumption across all sectors in U.S. economy and greater use of coal for electricity generation.
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EPA awards $5M in Clean Diesel Grants to 4 port projects
2015-04-22 13:55:34| Green Car Congress
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Utah's oldest coal plant retired in face of new EPA standards
2015-04-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salt Lake Tribune: The turbines of Utah's oldest coal-fired power plant have stopped spinning. Rocky Mountain Power took its 60-year-old Carbon Power Plant offline Wednesday, one day before more strict federal mercury-pollution rules went into effect. The plant's age and location in a tight canyon a few miles up the Price River from Helper made retrofitting the two-unit, 172-megawatt station a losing proposition, according to company spokesman Dave Eskelsen. The utility company will spend the next two years...
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BIO urges EPA to get Renewable Fuel Standard back on track.
2015-04-21 14:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
BIO urged EPA to correct flawed methodology in proposed rule for 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard. Agency unveiled proposed consent decree to settle lawsuits regarding EPA’s delays in taking action on 2014 and 2015 rules and will seek stakeholder comment, as required by Clean Air Act, before determining whether to sign decree and to submit it to court for approval. Agency also committed to re-propose volume requirements for 2014 that reflect volumes of renewable fuel that were actually used in 2014.
Recreational Vehicle Importers settle with EPA.
2015-04-20 14:31:11| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
EPA announced settlement with 4 Texas-based recreational vehicle importers and affiliated Chinese vehicle manufacturer, for illegal import and sale of more than 4,000 uncertified off-road recreational vehicles sold under brand name Hammerhead from 2007–2011. Settlement alleges that companies violated numerous Clean Air Act provisions governing how vehicles must be manufactured, tested, and certified before they can be sold in U.S. Companies will pay total of $560,000 in civil penalties.
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