Sentences with phrase «utility industry officials»

While coal and electric utility industry officials and their supporters in Congress charge the president with fighting a «war on coal» that will cost coal states jobs and raise electric rates, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy defended the proposed rules as affordable and reasonable.

The EPA spoke of the health and other benefits of reining in climate change through reduced C02 emissions, while utility industry officials decry a «war on coal» that will cost jobs and raise electric rates.

Utility industry officials say they're already making major efforts to cut traditional pollution emissions, such as sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide.

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON — Consumers shouldn't get the idea that sport - utilities are unsafe or «flimsy» based on the highly publicized results of 5 - mph crash tests conducted by the insurance industry, an auto industry official said.

After a month or so of negotiations, the parties involved — Colorado officials, solar industry participants and Xcel Energy — have reached an agreement to resume the utility's Solar * Rewards solar incentive program:

Although utilities, state agencies, industry, and the general public have all weighed in on pieces of the CEIP in previous CPP related comment period, the current EPA document open for comment will become the official design details for the CEIP.

According to the notes, Michael Whatley, policy adviser of the fossil fuel lobby group Consumer Energy Alliance, which receives funding from Peabody Energy along with other coal, oil, and gas companies, underlined the industry's urgent need to mobilize state public officials, including legislators, attorneys general, environmental and public utility commissioners, and energy officials in many states.

Scientists had begun to warn electric utilities about climate change by 1968, and by 1988 the industry's official research and development organization had acknowledged that, «There is growing consensus in the scientific community that the greenhouse effect is real.»

Scientists had begun to warn electric utilities about climate change by 1968, and by 1988 the industry's official research and development organization had

Now, the often - conflicting voices of our industry and environmental advocates, elected officials, the state's regulatory agencies, the utility companies, and solar installers and developers need to be reconciled to secure a good long - term path for solar in Massachusetts.»

In meetings this week with State Department officials, lobbyists for the coal industry, electric utilities, and automakers joined ExxonMobil's call to replace Watson.

Earlier this month, regulators began pressuring local governments and utility providers to stop giving incentives to cryptocurrency mining operations, a policy that officials hope will make China less attractive to this burgeoning industry.