Sentences with phrase «emissions from power plants dropped»

In 1995, the first year of the new rules, sulfur emissions from power plants dropped by 19 % to 11.9 million tons, more than 3 million tons below allowable limits.

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In the department of silver linings in very gloomy clouds come news that carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. power plants dropped 3 % last year due to the recession.

The biggest drop was in emissions from coal — which is primarily used to generate electricity — as power plants switched to cheaper natural gas and as the use of carbon - free wind energy more than quadrupled.