Sentences with phrase «plant carbon standards»

We present an analysis of how three alternative scenarios for US power plant carbon standards could change fine particulate matter and ozone concentrations in ambient air, and the resulting public health co-benefits.

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The federal emissions standard is estimated to reduce carbon pollution equivalent to 134 coal power plants burning annually and save drivers $ 1,650 per vehicle through fuel savings according to the coalition that includes Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington.

Given that a new coal plant can't meet either of those standards without adding carbon capture and storage technology, the limit will only determine how intensively a new plant would have to run its carbon capture unit.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

Eligible wines are other than standard (OTS) wines that have not been subject to distillation at a distilled spirits plant and that contain no more than 0.392 g of carbon dioxide per 100 ml.

The Rainforest Alliance's team of carbon auditors within RA - Cert recently travelled to Baguia to conduct the Gold Standard Initial Certification audit of the WithOneSeed's tree planting (reforestation) project.

The company said the continued operation of the nuclear plants is a «crucial way» to keep down New York's carbon emissions, as well as electric costs, and a «realistic» plan to meet the state's 2030 clean energy standards.

That was when McMahon heard about the governor's Clean Energy Standard which includes nuclear plants because they are carbon - free.

A group of energy companies and power plants are challenging New York's recently approved Clean Energy Standard (CES), which aims to reduce harmful carbon dioxide emissions in the state by subsidizing financially distressed nuclear power plants, including the FitzPatrick and Nine Mile Point plants in Oswego county.

«We established the state's first carbon dioxide emissions standard when siting new power plants which will ensure that no new dirty, coal - burning plants will be built in the State of New York, period,» Cuomo said.

Cuomo has justified the bailout of Exelon's plants and the surcharge by claiming failure of the plants could jeopardize jobs and the plants provide zero carbon emissions in line with his Clean Energy Standard.

Mohl said Cuomo's plan for a clean energy standard that gives nuclear plants extra money for providing carbon - free electricity is a positive development for the nuclear industry.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed that the new standard include «zero emission credits» for Upstate nuclear plants to provide them with above - market compensation for producing power without carbon emissions.

In their comments, activists said that while H.B. 2004 requires «unit - specific» standards for coal plants, that does not prohibit carbon emissions trading.

According to the Alliance to Save Energy, new standards for efficient lighting could save 158 million tons of carbon emissions each year, the equivalent of the emissions from 80 coal - fired power plants.

Many said that if EPA follows through with rescinding the rule, the agency should write a less stringent carbon regulation that sets efficiency standards for coal plants.

In fact, if one of today's plug - ins draws its juice from a current coal - burning power plant, then overall it will cause slightly more carbon dioxide to be released into the air than a standard hybrid.

For the Nature Climate Change paper, the researchers started out to review the potential impact of President Obama's Clean Power Plan — which established the first national carbon pollution standards for power plants.

Aldy's scheme allows that plant to satisfy the standard through a combination of buying low or zero - emissions power and making its own power with lower carbon intensity.

In the latest round of federal elections, the governing Labor Party promised to implement power plant emissions standards and carbon capture requirements for new coal - burning generators.

Satisfying the new standards will require operators to equip plants with carbon - trapping technology.

U.S. EPA will unveil a proposal for the first - ever technology standards to rein in power plant emissions of carbon dioxide today.

$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.

Another automotive engine technology that gets better mileage than standard internal - combustion power plants and hence, produces less carbon dioxide for each mile driven, is the gasoline - electric hybrid, which marries a gasoline engine with electric motors.

The seed of the myths was planted by a handful of aftermarket wheels, most of them two - or three - piece «hybrids» (carbon barrels with alloy hubs and spokes), none of them tested to OEM standards for road use.

Key differences in this Corvette ZR1 prototype versus Corvette models that are currently on sale include the massive wing on the back, which should help create downforce to keep the car planted, and what could possibly be a standard removable carbon - fiber roof.

To put a specific point on it, EPA's top air regulator, Gina McCarthy, told utility regulators Nov. 13 that it would be «at least several years» before EPA addressed a top priority of environmentalists: carbon emission standards for existing coal - fired power plants.

EPA Rules Controlling Greenhouse - gas Emissions — The big day for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy should come sometime in June, when her agency is scheduled to unveil historic standards controlling carbon emissions from the nation's fleet of power plants, which includes nearly 600 coal - fired plants poised to be hit the hardest, because coal emits more carbon than oil or natural gas.

The three main sections describe planned regulations, rules and standards aimed at cutting releases of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from power plants, heavy vehicles and buildings; a suite of new steps to cut vulnerability to climate and coastal hazards; and a fresh summary of international initiatives the administration plans to pursue with other countries.

Proposed actions include the development and finalization of EPA standards that set limits on carbon emissions for both new and existing power plants, improved energy efficiency standards for buildings and appliances, and increased deployment of renewable energy.

A coal power plant equipped with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology could meet the standard, but the EPA acknowledges that CCS is prohibitive, raising the cost of generating electricity by as much as 80 %.

COTAP's carbon offset projects, which counteract emissions through tree planting, agroforestry and forest protection, are all located in areas where income levels are less than $ 2 per day, and are certified under Plan Vivo, the world's longest - standing voluntary standard for forest carbon.

Officials consider it «unlikely» that emissions - reducing technology for power plants — such as systems that capture and store carbon — will prove practical, and plants will have to stop using coal in order to meet the new emissions standards.

The CEIP's core function is to jumpstart compliance with EPA's so - called Clean Power Plan (CPP)-- the agency's carbon dioxide (CO2) emission standards for existing fossil - fuel power plants.

The EPA would then set emissions standards — the rate of carbon emissions — for power plants by first tallying the share of electricity generated by coal and gas - fired plants in each state during a set of baseline years — in the NRDC example, 2008 - 10.

Now, for the first time, the EPA has finalized new rules, or standards, that will reduce carbon emissions from power plants.

For instance, prescriptive policies, such as state renewable portfolio standards, can expose existing fossil fuel plants to carbon transition risk.

With construction almost complete in Mississippi on the first U.S. carbon capture coal plant, the Obama administration said «clean coal» technology is viable and should be standard.

As expected, the President advocated carbon dioxide (CO2) emission standards for new and existing coal - fired power plants, tough new energy efficiency standards for homes and appliances, and federal support for private renewable energy investment on public lands.

All of the items on this list are important, and I'm keeping a close watch on # 5 - we need carbon pollution standards for coal - fired power plant to protect our planet from the worsening effects of climate disruption.

This devolution of climate policy has been further reinforced by the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) efforts to regulate carbon dioxide from existing power plants under the Clean Power Plan, which requires states to develop their own plans for compliance with emissions standards.

An EPS achieves this by setting the investment standard between 500 - 550 grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt hour, which only allows for coal - fired power plants that effectively capture and store their carbon emissions.

In order to join the international community and make this announcement something civil society can embrace, KfW must follow the steps of other major institutions — like the European Investment Bank and the U.S. Export - Import Bank — and announce an Emissions Performance Standard (EPS) that restricts the carbon intensity of power plant investments.

Perhaps if the carbon pollution standards weren't tied up in the courts, they would have pushed the Mountaineer project through and helped kill off a few more outdated coal plants.

The transportation sector has eclipsed power plants as the biggest source of US carbon emissions, and EPA calculated in 2010 that the tougher fuel - efficiency standards would prevent more than one year's worth of total US carbon emissions over the lifetime of new vehicles sold from 2012 through 2025.

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.

That's why, this summer, our country took a huge step in combating the impact of climate change with the first - ever carbon pollution standards for power plants.

The average U.S. natural gas plant, which emits 800 to 850 pounds of CO2 per megawatt, meets that standard; coal plants emit an average of 1,768 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt.

[8] Originally proposed in March 2012 with a standard threshold of 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent per megawatt hour, the EPA reproposed new source performance standards on September 20, 2013, that placed different thresholds on new coal - fired plants and new gas - fired plants.

There is evidence that the Midwest is steadily decarbonizing its electricity generation through a combination of new state - level policies (for example, energy efficiency and renewable energy standards) and will continue to do so in response to low natural gas prices, falling prices for renewable electricity (for example, wind and solar), greater market demand for lower - carbon energy from consumers, and new EPA regulations governing new power plants.