Sentences with phrase «from electric power plants»

RGGI is intended to limit CO2 emissions from electric power plants in the Northeast.

«Reducing carbon pollution from electric power plants is a good start, but the goal must be phasing out coal, oil, and natural gas as our energy sources,» said Howie Hawkins, Green candidate for Governor of New York.

In response, the IPCC added a cooling factor to its models of the atmosphere, consisting of tiny aerosol particles produced by the emission of sulfur dioxide from electric power plants.

Much of this fine particle pollution comes from electric power plants, either directly or as pollutants such as sulfur dioxide that chemically evolve downwind of the plant.

The president has already signaled, via a March executive order, that he will scrap the Clean Power Plan, a regulation enacted under his Democratic predecessor to curb carbon emissions from electric power plants.

By three to one (75 %) the public believes that the EPA, not Congress, should determine whether stricter limits are needed on air pollution from electric power plants.

Capturing carbon emissions from electric power plants and other sources is a hot research topic because there's a lot of room for improvement.

Described in an article in ACS» newly launched journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters, the method uses CO2 from electric power plant and other smokestacks as the raw material for making electricity.

For the first time, carbon dioxide emissions from an electric power plant have been captured, pumped underground and solidified — the first step toward safe carbon capture and storage, according to a paper published Thursday in the journal Science.

A case in point is the Clean Power Plan, the crown jewel of the lot, which would require states to come up with plans to reduce the CO2 emissions from their electric power plants.

The program only caps emissions from electric power plants.

Implementation of the MATS will result in significant reductions in SO2 emissions from electric power plants.

The Supreme Court put on hold the linchpin of President Obama's climate policy, barring the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday from carrying out the administration's new Clean Power Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electric power plants.

Reburn: An advanced co-firing technique using natural gas to reduce pollution from electric power plants.

88 % of Democrats, 85 % of Independents, and 58 % of Republicans oppose Congress stopping the EPA from enacting new limits on air pollution from electric power plants.