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EPA Updates Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for New Power Plants
2013-03-29 05:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Based on information and analysis that became available after rule was finalized, U.S. EPA issued updates to pollution limits for new power plants under mercury and air toxics standards. Updates are largely technical and will have no impact on sensible and cost-effective standards already set for existing power plants. Also, public health benefits and costs of rule remain unchanged. Updates ensure emissions limits are achievable and pollution levels can be measured continuously. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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EPA to propose rules slashing unhealthy emissions from cars
2013-03-29 04:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Obama administration will propose on Friday long-awaited rules to slash smog-forming emissions from gasoline that have been linked to lung and heart ailments, health groups and an environmental regulator source said on Thursday. The Environmental Protection Agency will propose the so-called Tier 3 rules that will require refiners to reduce the sulfur content of gasoline to 10 parts per million by 2017 from the current standard of 30 ppm, an agency source said on condition of anonymity. Reducing...
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Court: EPA can stop some power plant modifications
2013-03-29 02:32:53| Energy - Topix.net
Government regulators can try to halt construction projects at power plants if they think the companies didn't properly calculate whether the changes would increase air pollution, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, marking the latest twist in a decades-long fight over the Clean Air Act.
E.P.A. Wants to Cut Amount of Sulfur in Gasoline
2013-03-29 01:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Environmental Protection Agency will propose a rule on Friday that will cut the amount of sulfur allowed in gasoline by two-thirds to improve the performance of the catalytic converters in engines that fight smog, the agency has told refiners and clean-air advocates. The proposal has been ready for about 15 months but was delayed until after the election because opponents will argue that it will raise the price of gasoline, according to people familiar with its history. They didnt want to...
U.S. court sides with EPA in Michigan pollution case
2013-03-28 19:18:29| Energy - Topix.net
A federal appeals court says government regulators can take action when they fear a power company construction project might significantly increase air pollution, without waiting to see if they were right.
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