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U.S. EPA pushes ahead with plan to block Alaska copper mine
2014-07-19 00:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. environmental regulators laid out proposed protections for Alaska's Bristol Bay watershed on Friday that would effectively block the development of the Pebble deposit, which could be one of the world's largest copper mines. In a 214-page document posted to its website, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to restrict the use of certain waters in the region for disposal of dredged or fill material associated with mining the Pebble deposit. It is the latest step by the agency...
Will new EPA plan push power plants to fire coal companies?
2014-06-24 10:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Kapitall: On June 2, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the Clean Power Plan, which would cut carbon pollution by 30% from 2005 levels by 2030. A bit of background: In 1997, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change collaborated on the creation of the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty binding participating countries to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The United States signed the Protocol but did not ratify it, making it one of 4 UN members not party to the Protocol...
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EPA Starts Taking Comments Clean Power Plan
2014-06-19 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: A four-month public comment period on the federal government's plan to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric power plants began this week, allowing anyone to submit feedback through Oct. 16. Called the Clean Power Plan, the proposal is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's effort to, by 2030, slash CO2 emissions from existing coal-fired and other power plants using fossil fuels by 30 percent below 2005 levels. The plan was published in the Federal Register...
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Clean-power plan will fight floods, fires, EPA tells Western governors
2014-06-11 05:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The head of the Environmental Protection Agency promoted proposed clean-power-plant rules to Western governors Tuesday, framing the plan as a way to deal with destructive wildfires and floods that have ravaged the region in recent years. There are some states that are really feeling some of the brunt of the changing climate most dramatically with wildfires and floods and droughts and all of those challenges, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said Tuesday. She spoke after a two-hour meeting with...
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US EPA releases Clean Power Plan proposal to build clean energy economy
2014-06-03 01:00:00| Power Technology
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has outlined guidelines for a new plan in an effort to cut carbon pollution from the existing power plants, making them more efficient and less polluting, as part of President Obamas Climate Action Plan.
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