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Donald Trump’s EPA, Ruled By The Swamp, Is Letting Companies Dump Sewage Into Our Rivers

January 31, 2020 admin Clean Water Act, Donald Trump, environment missouri, EPA, mississippi river, Obama, ohio river, policy & politics, pollution, rivers, Toxic waste, Water, water pollution, wetlands

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 17:44:59 +0000

It seems that the EPA under Donald Trump wants to dump raw sewage into our rivers. The organization is now allowing cities to do just that. In an article by the New York Times, the Trump administration has decided to reverse almost 95 environmental rules in a massive retreat on environmental protection, because “it’s too costly for industry or taxpayers.”

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Crystal Clear Water For Americans? Not Under Trump’s New Policies

January 24, 2020 admin Agriculture, andrew wheeler, Clean Water Act, Donald Trump, EPA, Obama, policy & politics, pollution, Water, water pollution, waters of the united states

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:56:06 +0000

The EPA proposes to roll back the rules regarding clean water protection, removing many rivers and streams from federal protection. The change could have significant effects on the health of many Americans.

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EPA to Withdraw Federal Regional Haze Plan for Utah Based on New Analysis

January 23, 2020 admin bart, Coal, Environmental, EPA, Legal & Regulatory, news, NOx, pacificorp, particulate matter, regional haze, sox, Utah

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 13:14:10 +0000

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Citing new technical information gleaned from a more modern modeling analysis, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to withdraw a federal implementation plan (FIP) to control regional haze from four PacifiCorp coal-fired units in Utah and allow the state to revert to conditions set out in a 2015-submitted state implementation plan (SIP). The agency’s […]

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Around 10,000 More U.S. Deaths Last Year From This Silent Killer

January 6, 2020 admin Air pollution, air pollution deaths, air pollution deaths usa, air quality, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, Electric vehicles, EPA, Fossil Fuels, HEALTH, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, pollution, Solar energy, US

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 01:21:38 +0000

Air pollution killed nearly 10,000 Americans in 2018, and 2019 must have seen a similar total

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A Decade of Turmoil: How Nuclear and Coal Have Struggled to Survive

January 2, 2020 admin Business, capacity factor, climate change, Coal, cop, decommission, economics, EIA, Environmental, EPA, France, GERMANY, International, Japan, Legal & Regulatory, Market, Markets, news, Nuclear, O&M, Paris Agreement, retire, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Switzerland, u.s.

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 05:05:45 +0000

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The past 10 years have been filled with trials and tribulations for both the nuclear and coal power industries. From accidents to plant closures there has been little to cheer about. Still, nuclear and coal power continue to provide reliable baseload generation to billions of customers around the globe. Here’s a look back at the […]

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EPA Overrides Subpart D in Newly Proposed Federal Coal Ash Permitting Rule

December 27, 2019 admin Business, ccr, Coal, coal ash, coal ash rule, coal combustion residuals, courts, Environmental, EPA, federal permitting program, Georgia, Legal & Regulatory, news, Oklahoma, state implementation plans, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:13:04 +0000

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Only “high hazard” CCR units will be subject to immediate compliance deadlines under a newly proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that revises federal permit requirements for the management of coal combustion residuals (CCRs) at power plants. If finalized, the rule will apply to all coal facilities in Indian country and the 48 U.S. states […]

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Science Says Air Pollution Could Be Making You Sad

December 19, 2019 admin Air pollution, clean air, Clean Power Plan, EPA, mental health

Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:47:06 +0000

A new global study found that people exposed to high levels of pollution are about 10% more likely to suffer from depression.

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Arsenic Blankets This Tiny Montana Town. Its Residents Are Asking the Supreme Court to Let Them Clean It Up.

December 18, 2019 admin arsenic, copper plant, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, lead, Montana, pollution, Scotus, Supreme Court

Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 20:02:13 +0000

The case could affect the cleanup of hundreds of other polluted sites in the U.S.

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EPA Reinterprets ‘Ambient Air,’ Further Tweaks New Source Review

December 5, 2019 admin adjacent, Air pollution, ambient air, Business, clean air act, Coal, courts, DRONES, Environmental, environmental defense fund, EPA, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, major sources, modifications, NAAQS, news, nsr, nsr reform, paper mills, power plants, psd, Security, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:49:52 +0000

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a change to a long-standing policy interpreting “ambient air”—a foundational concept under the Clean Air Act that applies to all types of air pollution, from ground-level ozone, particulate matter, and greenhouse gases. While the agency framed the change as part of a suite of actions to reform New Source […]

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Navajo Coal Plant Powers Down

November 27, 2019 admin Arizona, batteries, bureau of reclamation, clean power, Coal, Energy Storage, EPA, Fossil Fuels, hopi nation, kayenta mine, natural gas, Navajo Generating Station, navajo nation, Salt River Project, Solar energy, us bureau of reclamation, us environmental protection agency, us environmental protection agency (epa)

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:29:59 +0000

The Navajo Generating Station, a coal-burning power plant, has closed it’s doors for good. It was run for 45 years in Arizona and was the largest coal plant in the West. Its closure will most likely affect the entire region. USA Today reports that the mine that supplied the plant with coal has also closed — it closed back in August