Sentences with phrase «emissions from power plants nationwide»

President Obama's Clean Power Plan, which called for slashing carbon emissions from power plants nationwide, would have had relatively little impact in the Northwest and New England.

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In December, he was among 10 Republicans who split with the party over a bill that would have blocked the first nationwide rules to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants.

Together with a final rule setting standards for new power plants, EPA will create the first nationwide limits on carbon emissions from coal and and natural gas power plants, the largest source of emissions in the US economy.

Last June, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed its Clean Power Plan as a nationwide regulation to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from electrical power plPower Plan as a nationwide regulation to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from electrical power plpower plants.

Finally, two weeks ago the EPA issued its draft guidelines on existing fossil fuel power plants, setting a nationwide goal of a 30 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from those plants by 2030, compared to 2005 levels (which were higher than today's).