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Climate change: Obama announces new curbs on existing power plants
2013-06-26 01:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Seeking to propel the US faster into the fray on curbing climate change, President Obama laid out an aggressive plan Tuesday to sharply curb smokestack emissions of existing coal-fired power plants and to double wind, solar, and other renewable energy production from todays levels. Under a hot summer sun, wiping his brow repeatedly as if to underscore the presence of global climate change, Mr. Obama told an audience of students at Georgetown University that future generations of Americans including...
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Obama to call for pollution curbs on existing power plants
2013-06-22 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: President Obama plans to call for curtailing emissions of carbon dioxide from existing power plants, the country's single largest source of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, in a speech to outline sweeping new initiatives to address climate change, sources with knowledge of the proposal said Saturday. The White House announced that Obama would make a speech on climate change on Tuesday afternoon at Georgetown University in Washington. Under the president's plan, the Environmental Protection Agency...
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Used car dealers sell most of stock as curbs kick in
2013-06-05 19:31:13| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Nearly three-quarters of the used cars that could be sold with full loans had been snapped up by the end of the Government's 60-day loan reprieve yesterday.
NYSE asks SEC to reinstate volatility curbs
2013-06-01 03:55:25| Automakers - Topix.net
NYSE Euronext asked U.S. regulators on Friday to allow it to reintroduce rules to curb excessive trading volatility after several New York Stock Exchange-listed securities recently experienced sharp unintended drops.
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Coal mines methane curbs fall victim to US EPA budget cuts
2013-05-08 15:37:49| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Methane emissions from coal mines escaped being curbed by the Environmental Protection Agency, which said mandatory U.S. budget cuts didnt leave it with the resources to determine if the pollution is a significant risk. The EPA rejected a petition from environmental groups, which three years ago asked the agency to limit the greenhouse gases released from the mines. The agency must prioritize its regulatory actions. This is especially the case in light of limited resources and ongoing budget...
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