Sentences with phrase «oxide emissions from power plants»

The DC Circuit today struck down EPA's Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), the EPA's latest attempt to regulate sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants, using at least somewhat flexible, market - based tools.

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I criticized this statement, noting that the actual emissions from U.S. coal - burning power plants declined only from 16.1 million tons to 12.4 million tons between 1980 and 1998 in the case of sulfur dioxide and from 6.1 million tons to 5.4 million tons between 1980 and 1998 in the case of nitrogen oxides (mostly emitted as NO, not NO2, but by convention measured as tons of NO2 - equivalent).

It's been a quarter century since government regulations limiting emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides from coal - fired power plants began to neutralize the problem of acid rain, but lakes in the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada have been sluggish to recover.

The 300 plants produce one - quarter of all the electricity generated in the EU but are responsible for more than 70 % of the EU's sulphur dioxide emissions and more than 40 % of nitrogen oxide emissions from the power sector.

Air pollution is a considerable problem in Serbia, much of it due to emissions of CO2, ash, sulphur and nitrogen oxides from coal - fired power plants and mining operations.

In 2030, a million solar roofs (or at least 3,000 MW of solar energy capacity) would help the state avoid 11.8 million pounds of smog - forming nitrogen oxide pollution from power plants annually — a reduction of 9 percent below 2012 power plant emission levels.

The administration is likely to argue that cutting CO2 emissions from power plants would also be helping to reduce the release of respiratory irritants sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide.

While the EPA has, under the Clean Air Act put federal limits on toxic emissions of arsenic, mercury, and lead pollution that power plants emit — as well as on pollutants like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides — there are currently no such limits on the carbon emissions from new or existing power plants.

Even with much decreased numbers, the report says sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from coal power plants will «continue to take a significant toll on the health and longevity of millions of Americans.»

Coal Pollution is US» Single - Deadliest Form of Industrial Air Pollution Even with much decreased numbers, the report says sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from coal power plants will «continue to take a significant toll on the health and longevity of millions of Americans.»