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Plants CO2 emissions next likely target for EPA
2013-02-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gazette-Mail: With President Obama promising more action during his second term to curb climate change, observers and experts are increasingly predicting that the next likely step for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is a move to reduce greenhouse emissions from existing power plants. Three weeks ago, Obama highlighted climate change in his inaugural address. Tuesday night, he'll get an opportunity to push the issue again, and perhaps provide more specifics, in his State of the Union address. The...
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Massachusetts to lower cap on emissions by power plants
2013-02-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: Massachusetts and eight other Northeast states are slashing by nearly half the amount of carbon dioxide power plants are allowed to emit -- a dramatic reduction that is expected to bring in hundreds of millions of dollars to the state for energy efficiency programs while combating global warming. In announcing the decision Thursday, the states said consumers and businesses should, on balance, see a negligible impact on their electricity bills when the new limits go into effect next year. The biggest...
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Oil and gas industry seeks billion-dollar tax break to lure LNG plants
2013-02-08 12:08:48| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
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Wind Energy Now Cheaper Than Fossil Fuel Power Plants in Australia
2013-02-07 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Unsubsidized wind power is now cheaper than electricity produced from new coal- and natural gas-fired power stations in Australia, according to an analysis by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The study said that electricity can be supplied from a new wind farm at a cost of 80 Australian dollars per megawatt hour, compared to 143 Australian dollars from a new coal plant and 116 Australian dollars from a new natural gas plant. Even without a recently imposed carbon price, wind energy is 14 percent cheaper...
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Utilities prepare for carbon rules on operating power plants
2013-02-07 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Imposing greenhouse gas regulations on the nation's existing power plants is the main climate priority sought by environmental groups as President Obama begins a second term. But that move has been anticipated in the utility sector, and many of its members are prepared for it, according to industry officials. The present fleet of coal-fired generating plants is getting smaller as cheap natural gas replaces coal and as older facilities close because of age and the high costs of installing new equipment...
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