Sentences with phrase «limit dangerous carbon pollution»

My testimony, along with the statements of over 1,600 individuals at public hearings across the nation, translated into a proposed rule that would limit dangerous carbon pollution for the first time, the Clean Power Plan.

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The challengers next claim is that EPA is completely barred from limiting power plants» dangerous carbon pollution because EPA has already used another part of the law — Section 112 — to curb the same plants» emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.

At stake are limits on the nation's biggest single source of dangerous carbon pollution — some 1500 coal and gas fired power plants that together emit nearly two billion tons per year of carbon dioxide.

«It sets achievable limits on dangerous carbon pollution, spurs investments in new clean energy technologies, and provides certainty for industry,» Congressman Waxman said in a statement.

There is no doubt that carbon pollution is a threat to human health and should be strictly limited like other dangerous pollutants.