New EPA regulations targeting power plants likely to face legal challenges
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a suite of rules on Thursday that require utilities to drastically slash power plants' greenhouse gas emissions or close them down.
EPA rules that limit pollution from coal-burning power plants are long overdue
The EPA estimates that the new rule will reduce these pollutants by about 670 million pounds per year. Coal plant owners will have until 2029 to comply, unless they agree to permanently stop burning coal by 2034.
New EPA rules will force fossil fuel power plants to cut pollution
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released a sweeping set of rules aimed at cutting air, water and land pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. Environmental and clean energy groups celebrated the announcement as long overdue,
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New Biden EPA rule puts all of us at risk of energy shortages
Get ready for more energy shortages. Biden's EPA finalized its power plant rule last week, and it is bad news for America’s energy supply.
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New EPA regulations target pollution from power plants, especially those that burn coal
To reduce the impacts on the environment of fossil fuel plants that still generate 60% of the U.S. electricity supply, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a suite of rules that focus mainly on coal plants,
EPA puts out new, stricter mandates for coal power plants
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Coal lawyer: Quick court action essential to keeping EPA rules from killing industry
An attorney for the Wyoming-supported Energy Policy Network says a court injunction is critical to keep coal plants open and ...
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EPA on military water report and ensuring safe groundwater after Red Hill
The mystery of why current water sampling is showing levels of total petroleum hydrocarbons in the military's water system is ...
EPA suit alleges San Francisco discharges sewage into bay and onto beaches
The feds and the state are accusing San Francisco of discharging sewage into local waterways, including San Francisco Bay.
EPA bans consumer use of a toxic chemical widely used as a paint stripper but known to cause cancer
The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical widely used as a ...
EPA promises to follow path of toxic chemicals found in new testing near Union Pacific rail yard
Agency officials presented results from 78% of the sites it tested for creosote chemicals with a Union Pacific contractor ...
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Long-term coal power plants must control 90% of their carbon pollution, new EPA rules say
"Since the start of this administration President Biden has made it clear that we are committed to the integrated priorities ...
EPA underestimates methane emissions from landfills and urban areas, researchers find
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is underestimating methane emissions from landfills, urban areas and U.S. states, ...
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Guest column/EPA continues to short-circuit the power grid
On April 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched a blitz of regulations targeting the nation’s fossil-fuel power plants. In the center of the EPA’s crosshairs is America’s coal fleet, ...
What EPA, researchers and cleaning industry say about detergent pods
Polyvinyl alcohol, or PVA, is used in everything from detergent pods and pharmaceuticals to clothing and medical devices.
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EPA rule will phase out deadly toxin methylene chloride found in paint strippers
"Exposure to methylene chloride has devastated families across this country for too long, including some who saw loved ones go to work and never come home," EPA Administrator Michael Regan said in ...