Tag Archives: power plants
I Demand Cheaper Electricity
By Michael Kieschnick for Huffington Post The biggest single source of electricity in the United States is coal-fired power plants. And that electricity is way too expensive. The Environmental Protection Agency this past week proposed a rule to make that … Continue reading
EPA Proposes First National Standard for Mercury Pollution from Power Plants
From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mercury and air toxics standards represent one of strongest health protections from air pollution since passage of Clean Air Act WASHINGTON – In response to a court deadline, today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency … Continue reading
EPA to Hold Five Listening Sessions on Updating the Clean Air Act’s Pollution Standards for Power Plants, Refineries
The listening sessions will be open to the public and will help EPA develop a common-sense approach to reduce GHGs from two of the largest industrial pollution sources, which are responsible for nearly 40 percent of the GHG pollution in the United States. Reducing greenhouse gas pollution can also result in reductions to other harmful air pollutants emitted by these facilities. Continue reading
The Facts About Wind Energy and Emissions
Not to be deterred by indisputable data, numerous refutations, or the laws of physics, the fossil fuel lobby has doubled down on their desperate effort to muddy the waters about one of the universally recognized and uncontestable benefits of wind energy: that it reduces the use of fossil fuels as well as the emissions and other environmental damage associated with producing and using these fuels. Continue reading
MIT Researchers See Natural Gas as the Choice for Lower Carbon Emissions
In the results of a two-year study, released today, the researchers said electric utilities and other sectors of the American economy will use more gas through 2050. Under a scenario that envisions a federal policy aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 50 percent below 2005 levels by 2050, researchers found a substantial role for natural gas. Continue reading
Thousands of Youth Descend on D.C. to Demand New Climate Change Policy
Just blocks away from Capitol Hill, a new conversation is sweeping the streets. Continue reading
