Using Energy Efficiency To Maximize Low-Income Solar At The EPA
Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 17:05:03 +0000
$7 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for equitable solar goes further with efficiency.
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EPA Proposes New Emissions Standards For Light & Heavy Duty Vehicles
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:32:54 +0000
New exhaust emissions rules from the EPA seek to dramatically lower carbon, particulate, and nitrogen oxide emissions from vehicles.
EPA Moves to Significantly Tighten Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 20:22:49 +0000
A proposed rule unveiled by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 5 could considerably tighten the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for power plants, with specific repercussions for coal- and oil-fired generation. The proposed rule seeks to significantly update the 2012–finalized National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Coal- and Oil-Fired […]
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Read moreEPA Projects Final ‘Good Neighbor Plan’ Will Result in 14 GW of Coal Retirements
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:23:48 +0000
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 15 issued the final “Good Neighbor Plan,” its latest iteration of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) that could require coal, oil, or gas steam power plants in 22 states to reduce their nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions levels by 50% by 2027 compared to the 2021 ozone season. […]
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Read moreIs Your State Eligible For A Climate Pollution Reduction Grant?
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 15:24:34 +0000
The comprehensive $370 billion climate and clean energy package inclusion with the IRA is beginning with grant applications for states, tribes, and territories
EPA Rolls Out More Stringent Effluent Limitations Guidelines for Coal Power Plants
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:53:06 +0000
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing more stringent discharge standards for three types of coal power plant wastewater as part of an update to its Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELGs). However, the agency also proposed compliance flexibilities, and in a separate direct final rule, moved to extend a deadline to allow more coal plants to […]
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Read moreMinnesota Can Do More to Protect People from Ethylene Oxide Emissions
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:45:56 +0000
Lately, I have been writing a lot about cumulative impacts from environmental hazards. Meanwhile, the Union of Concern Scientists just published an important report on the potential threat posed by emissions of ethylene oxide from facilities that use the cancer-causing gas to sterilize medical equipment and other products. The report includes case studies of hotspots […]
New York Times Ad Blasts Automaker Climate Hypocrisy, Urges Action From President Biden
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 02:07:48 +0000
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Center for Biological Diversity and Green Latinos placed a full-page ad in The New York Times today blasting automaker doublespeak on clean vehicles. The ad calls on President Biden to make the manufacturers cut carbon emissions 75% by 2030 and boost electric vehicle (EV) access and production. The ad castigates auto […]
EPA Moves to Deny Coal Ash Disposal at Six Massive Coal Power Plants
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:40:29 +0000
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed barring six coal-fired power plants in various states—a combined 11 GW—from disposing coal ash into unlined surface impoundments. The agency, however, also proposed to provide disposal extensions if the coal plants are needed to maintain grid reliability. The EPA’s proposed determinations, issued on Jan. 25, fall under its […]
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Read moreBiden–Harris Administration Releases 1st-Ever Blueprint to Decarbonize America’s Transportation Sector
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:16:56 +0000
Landmark Blueprint Will Advance the President’s Clean Transportation Agenda, Slashing Consumer Costs, Improving Public Health, and Increasing the Nation’s Energy Security