Sentences with phrase «rule on coal plants»

Scott Segal, executive director of the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, which represents utility interests in Washington, said Bloomberg's findings about the effect of the new EPA rule on coal plants are «very consistent» with what his group concluded in its own review of the regulation.

Not exact matches

Federal regulators on Monday rejected a rule proposed by Energy Secretary Rick Perry that would have subsidized coal and nuclear power plants.

The EPA is reportedly drafting a far less ambitious rule that would focus on improving efficiency at coal plants.

Rep. Chris Gibson is taking heat from environmentalists for supporting a House measure that would block the EPA's authority to enforce climate change rules on coal - fired power plant emissions.

Tough new federal rules on power plant emissions would also place significant pressure on coal plants to close.

Though in October 2009 Cameron pledged to introduce rules requiring new power stations to be as clean as a modern gas plant, he reneged on this in November 2010 by allowing new coal plants to pump almost double that level of carbon emissions,

While many on the left embraced the Environmental Protection Agency's new rules to reduce coal - burning power plant carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030, some red state Democrats couldn't put enough distance between themselves and the Obama administration.

Around the country, about 600 power plants must be closed or retooled in the next two years, the result of EPA rules issued in 2011 that clamped down on coal - fired pollution.

Some analysts expect that existing grid capacity may be enough to power U.S. electric cars in the near future, yet they do not rule out the possibility of new coal or nuclear plants coming on line if renewable energy sources are not developed

Another measure, the federal Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, will require still more expensive controls on coal plants in the Midwest and South to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions that travel across state lines, creating ozone and fine particle pollution downwind.

(Reuters)- A North Carolina judge ruled on Thursday that Duke Energy Corp must immediately stop the sources of groundwater pollution at its 14 coal - fired power plants in the state.

«In addition to identifying the impacts of the emissions from this particular coal - fired power plant on fetal health, the usefulness of this study's identification strategy is its potential application to other studies examining the impact of upwind states» power plant emissions, which have been the target of a series of environmental regulations, such as the EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule,» adds Yang.

In a way, it makes sense that GOP politicians would be so cavalier about dismantling those Clean Air Act rules that would require better pollution controls on coal plants — after all, as a group largely comprised of affluent white men, they've probably never had to live next door to one.

On the energy front: He also closed coal fired power plants and promised to eliminate coal from the province by 2014, changed the rules to encourage alternative energy, and is introducing a controversial but important green energy plan.

Note their timing — hearings open on the new EPA coal plant rule

An important question that political and climate analysts will be examining is how much bite is in the regulations — meaning how much they would curb emissions beyond what's already happening to cut power plant carbon dioxide thanks to the natural gas boom, the shutdown of old coal - burning plants because of impending mercury - cutting rules (read the valuable Union of Concerned Scientists «Ripe for Retirement» report for more on this), improved energy efficiency and state mandates developing renewable electricity supplies.

On June 2, the EPA released its proposed rules on existing coal fired power plantOn June 2, the EPA released its proposed rules on existing coal fired power planton existing coal fired power plants.

While on the one hand, the government has acknowledged the grave pollution that thermal power plants are causing, there is reluctance in implementing its own rules (emission standards) for all coal based power plants across India.

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.

How likely do you think a rural Chinese official would be to enforce the rules on a local coal - fired power plant?

The narrower rule would focus on obtaining efficiency improvements through better heat rates at coal plants — an «inside the fenceline» regulation, rather than a sweeping change to the national power mix.

The Obama administration should not depend on so - called «clean - coal» technology to roll out its climate - change rules for power plants, according to a new report released Tuesday that was done in consultation with the White House.

The proposed rule from the Department of Energy calls on FERC to revise its pricing rules to guarantee recovery of costs and profits for various coal and nuclear plants with on - site fuel storage.

The Obama Administration announced sweeping new rules for existing coal - fired power plants on Monday that would cut emissions by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.

Perry has filed a proposed rulemaking that asks the federal regulators (two of which are Trump appointees, with an additional two more pending Senate approval) to approve of the rule in order to allow power market operators to establish a new tariff for power plants that have a 90 - day fuel supply on site — a naked nod to coal and nuclear plants.

Seen in the background on May 29, 2014, the Chalk Point Generating Station in Benedict, Maryland, is one of many coal - fired power plants that may be affected by new emissions rules.

The U.S. coal industry has been left to fight an uphill battle with the EPA over the agency's authority to set rules on CO2 emissions from power plants.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is expected to act by January 10, 2018, on the Department of Energy's notice of proposed rulemaking on «grid resiliency pricing,» which directs the commission to impose rules that would prevent early retirement of coal and nuclear - fired power plants in the Eastern United States.

Because of the tight limits on carbon pollution called for in the proposed rule, using CCS would become the only way to build any new coal - fired power plants, a restriction coal advocates have said will effectively kill the industry.

According to the 2010 report, «Impact of EPA Rules on Power Markets,» by Credit Suisse, tougher federal air pollution rules that will be coming in the next few years could prompt electricity companies to close as many as 1 in every 5 coal - burning power plants in America, primarily facilities more than 40 years old that lack emissions contRules on Power Markets,» by Credit Suisse, tougher federal air pollution rules that will be coming in the next few years could prompt electricity companies to close as many as 1 in every 5 coal - burning power plants in America, primarily facilities more than 40 years old that lack emissions contrules that will be coming in the next few years could prompt electricity companies to close as many as 1 in every 5 coal - burning power plants in America, primarily facilities more than 40 years old that lack emissions controls.

On September 27, 2016, the entire United States District Court for the District of Columbia will hear oral arguments in West Virginia, et al. v EPA, to which E&E Legal is party, challenging the EPA's «Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units» rule under section 111 (d) of the Clean Air Act, over the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulation that will cripple, and in many cases, shut down coal - fired power plants.

The UN fund to help developing countries fight climate change can be spent on coal - fired power plants — the most polluting form of electricity generation — under rules agreed at a board meeting.

Organizers and volunteers were able to collect more than 150 signatures on cards addressed to the EPA in support of stronger water - dumping rules for coal plants.

«Fact - checking Obama's rules on carbon and coal plants,» Politifact, August 14, 2014.

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The EPA crafted a rule cracking down on mercury pollution, which has pushed utilities to retire many of their oldest, dirtiest coal plants.

The withdrawal of the clean power plan is the latest in a series of moves by Trump and Pruitt to dismantle Obama's legacy on fighting climate change, including the delay or roll back of rules limiting levels of toxic pollution in chimney emissions and waste water discharges from coal - burning power plants.

Adding carbon dioxide reductions on top of MATS and the cross-state rule will make coal - fired power plants to expensive to build and operate.

In the United States, the Obama administration is moving forward with rules that would essentially require such technology, which is likely to be costly, for any future coal - burning power plants; the president's Republican opponents have accused him of waging a «war on coal.»

In other cases, state emission rules, such as those in Pennsylvania, are putting pressure on coal plants.

Pruitt has been a party in lawsuits not only on the Clean Power Plan, but also the Waters of the United States rule and EPA's rule on mercury pollution from coal - burning power plants.

At the federal level, Energy Secretary Rick Perry proposed a rule to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to compensate baseload power plants that keep at least 90 days worth of fuel on - site — basically all nuclear power plants and some coal plants.

It was announced on September 12, 2011 that Texas based coal plant Monticello Units 1 and 2 would be idled in January 2012 if Energy Future Holdings, owner of Luminant, failed in its legal challenge to pending federal air pollution rules.