Sentences with phrase «proposed emissions limits»

In June, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed emissions limits for existing power plants that would achieve a 30 percent reduction in carbon pollution by 2030, compared to 2005 levels.

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Canadian regulations initially proposed a limit of 350 kg of carbon dioxide emissions per megawatt hour, but the final version of the regulations saw this limit raised to 420 kg.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Monday that the state has proposed a new regulation meant to improve air quality and protect public health by placing limits on emissions from diesel generators and natural gas - fired engines.

Cuomo announced that the state has proposed a new regulation meant to improve air quality and protect public health by placing limits on emissions from diesel generators and natural gas - fired engines.

Earlier this year, the EPA proposed rules that would limit air emissions from fracking operations.

It also lends support to the US Environmental Protection Agency, which last week proposed a limit on carbon dioxide emissions from new coal - fired and gas - fired power plants.

The Directive proposes adopting Best Available Techniques (BAT), which means farmers must choose and apply those technologies available on the market and which are economically affordable in farming, the ultimate aim being to prevent or limit emissions.

More recently, Southern deployed its lobbying power to block carbon emission limits for power plants proposed by the Obama administration.

Tougher Emissions Standards Proposed In The Bush Clean Air Bill Would Limit And Possibly Eliminate Manual Transmissions In Some Powerful, Sporty Cars And Light - duty Pickups.

President Obama has charted a creditable course given the limits set by a paralyzed and polarized Congress, moving toward regulations curbing emissions of greenhouse gases from proposed and (more important) existing power plants.

Earlier today I posted an essay by Robert Socolow, a seasoned energy and climate analyst at Princeton University, in which he proposes a new approach to overcoming resistance to actions that could limit emissions of greenhouse gases even as humanity's energy appetite grows in coming decades.

``... the company [Exxon Mobil], the world's largest oil and gas concern, has increased donations to Washington - based policy groups that, like Exxon itself, question the human role in global warming and argue that proposed government policies to limit carbon dioxide emissions associated with global warming are too heavy handed.

The proposed agreement, echoing the architecture of the Framework Convention and Kyoto Protocol, has a few main themes: finding ways that rich countries can help poor ones adapt to impending climate change; strengthening efforts to curb emissions of heat - trapping greenhouse gases from rich countries and the biggest poor ones; and committing rich countries to helping poor ones deploy energy technologies or forest policies that limit their emissions even as they try to prosper.

Moomaw and Mihaela Papa, a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Law School, sent me a short piece proposing ways to invigorate the faltering climate treaty process by shifting the focus from confrontations over emissions to collaborative work encouraging access to modern energy choices while limiting environmental harms.

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.

EPA has both the duty and the power to implement this critical step, but has so far only proposed measures limiting emissions from brand - new power plants.

There's plenty to delve into in the EPA's proposed rules to limit carbon emissions from existing power plants 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 — the full proposal runs 645 pages.

Aware of corporate resistance to mandatory limits, some energy industry executives and lobbyists have proposed that the government sponsor a voluntary program to reduce emissions.

In April 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a new source performance standard (NSPS), limiting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new fossil fuel — fired electric generating units (EGUs).

Last week I spoke with Elana Schor of Greenwire about the Obama White House and Organizing for America's strategy to pre-empt efforts by conservatives to undermine support for the proposed EPA limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

The Environmental Protection Agency is set to announce a proposed rule to strictly limit carbon emissions from new power plants, several news sources have reported.

«We need to put a price on carbon to accelerate these market trends,» Gore told the Chicago Tribune, referring to a proposed federal cap - and - trade system that would penalize companies that exceeded their carbon - emission limits.

The study did not factor in proposed EPA regulations to limit carbon emissions, and Davis said the regulations would likely have little impact on lifetime power plant emissions in the study.

In the book, he proposed drastic measures to limit emissions, including elimination of the internal - combustion engine.

The sweeping nature of President Obama's proposed regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from coal - fired power plants is likely to open his initiative to serious legal challenges.

The proposed rules would limit future coal plants to 1,100 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions per megawatt hour of electricity.

I propose that all those who believe it is important to limit CO 2 emissions in their state move to California instead of adopting and mandating the Co2 emission limits in their current state.

EPA requested comments on a proposed rulemaking to revise the Obama - era Clean Power Plan which was a regulation to limit CO2 emissions from power plants.

Given that the Cancun agreement can also be understood to legitimize any national ghg emissions target that is proposed voluntarily, even if it is insufficient to achieve the 2 °C temperature limit goal adopted by the Accord, let alone the duty to try and prevent any additional warming, the Cancun agreements can be seen as ethically problematic.

But Rep. Henry Waxman (D) of California, who led the fight in the House to pass cap - and - trade legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions — only to see that bill die in the Senate — declared the EPA's proposed carbon pollution standards for new power plants «a breakthrough.»

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed long - delayed rules that limit emissions from all new US power station, effectively barring the building of any new coal plants.

The proposed restrictions, unveiled by officials at the Environmental Protection Agency, would apply only to new fossil - fuel - burning power plants — limiting them to no more than 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions per megawatt generated.

In August this year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the first - ever rule of directly limiting methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, its leading sources.

In June 2014, under authority from the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 111 (d), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published their draft Clean Power Plan, a proposed rule to limit carbon emissions from existing large coal facilities across the country.

The Obama administration proposed limits on carbon dioxide emissions from new US power plants Friday, taking a big step toward fulfilling a long - sought goal of fighting climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

At the same time, the company, the world's largest oil and gas concern, has increased donations to Washington - based policy groups that, like Exxon itself, question the human role in global warming and argue that proposed government policies to limit carbon dioxide emissions associated with global warming are too heavy handed.

Still, the proposed repeal, which would eliminate limits on emissions from coal - fired plants, won't slow the worldwide shift away from fossil fuels.

The EPA hasn't proposed hard emission limits; rather, it has constructed «pollution - to - power» ratios that establish carbon emission restrictions per unit of power generated.

By limiting the scope and ambition of proposed emissions standards, EPA is leaving valuable opportunities and cost savings on the table.

America doesn't have something so glorious as a carbon tax to repeal, but it does have the EPA's proposed rule to limit emissions from coal - fired power plants.

Essent cancels its proposed Geertruidenberg Power Station in the Netherlands, stating that it had received limited emission rights for carbon dioxide.

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) forthcoming climate change regulations for new and existing electricity generating units have been appropriately labeled the «war on coal,» [1] because the proposed limits for carbon dioxide emissions would essentially prohibit the construction of new coal - fired power plants and force existing ones into early retirement.

British Airways and Air France joined a group of other airlines and the largest airport operator in Europe to propose... a cap and trade system that would limit their own emissions?

We have developed historic fuel efficiency standards that will limit greenhouse gas emissions from our vehicles for the first time in history, made unprecedented investments in clean energy, and proposed the first - ever carbon pollution limits for new fossil - fuel - fired power plants.

Proposed Environmental Protection Agency limits on carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants could do far more to constrain heat - trapping greenhouse gases than blocking Keystone XL.

Most significantly, in June the Environmental Protection Agency proposed new regulations to limit carbon emissions from power plants; if these regulations go into effect — they're expected to face years of litigation — they will cut power plant emissions 30 percent by 2030.

But over the past three years, as they have devoted tremendous resources to the fight against TransCanada Corp.'s proposed oil pipeline, they potentially have diverted vast resources from other goals many environmentalists consider more important, such as limiting power plant pollution and taxing carbon emissions.

Last year, the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) issued proposed guidelines, known as the Clean Power Plan (CPP), directing all states to limit carbon dioxide emissions from power generation, purportedly in accordance with Section 111 (d) of the federal Clean Air Act.

On the first full day of legislative business, House Republicans introduced measures on Wednesday to block the environmental agency's proposed regulation of greenhouse gases and new rules limiting toxic air emissions from cement factories.