Coverage dated May 10, 2023

In major climate step, EPA proposes 1st limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants

Headline from KREM Spokane

Existing power plants generate about 25% of U.S. greenhouse gas pollution, second only to the transportation sector.

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  1. BizPac Review

    EPA issues climate rule forcing power plants to adopt expensive tech or shut down (opens BizPac Review)

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    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released proposed emissions rules Thursday that would effectively require coal-fired power plants to use carbon capture technology that critics have decried as […]

  2. KREM Spokane

    In major climate step, EPA proposes 1st limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants (opens KREM Spokane)

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    Existing power plants generate about 25% of U.S. greenhouse gas pollution, second only to the transportation sector.

  3. Scientific American

    New EPA Rules Would Slash Power Plant Emissions (opens Scientific American)

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    The EPA has announced new draft rules that would require power plants that burn fossil fuels to capture 90 percent of their climate-warming emissions

  4. Local News 8

    EPA proposes new rules that would dramatically slash planet-warming pollution from power plants (opens Local News 8)

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    By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed one of its most highly anticipated climate rules to date, compelling nearly all US power plants that generate the nation’s electricity to capture or otherwise slash their planet-warming fossil fuel emissions.

  5. UPI

    EPA set to impose new rules on power plants in effort to address pollution, climate crisis (opens UPI)

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    The Biden administration is set to impose increased carbon pollution standards that would slap new restrictions on coal and natural-gas power plants as the administration ramps up efforts to address climate change.

  6. Charleston Gazette-Mail

    EPA unveils new rule proposal to slash power plant carbon emissions (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail)

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    Charleston Gazette-Mail's feed description

    The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new carbon dioxide emission limits for fossil fuel-fired plants in a move aimed at meeting climate goals to protect public health.

  7. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    EPA releases proposal for limiting power plant carbon emissions (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    It marks the first time the U.S. has implemented a federal climate regulation specifically for power plants.

  8. The Guardian

    New US rules could stem emissions from coal and gas power plants (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Environmental groups laud the regulation, which would advance clean power in the US – if it survives expected legal challenges

  9. WRBL Columbus

    EPA proposes power plant emissions rule expected to be major piece of Biden’s climate agenda (opens WRBL Columbus)

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    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing on Thursday a draft rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from fossil-fired power plants that is expected to be a key piece of the Bide…

  10. Anchorage Daily News

    EPA proposes strictest-ever limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    A rule unveiled by the Environmental Protection Agency could force power plants to capture smokestack emissions using a technology that has long been promised but is not in widespread use in the U.S.

  11. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    EPA: New pollution limits proposed for US coal, gas power plants reflect 'urgency' of climate crisis (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    The Biden administration proposed new limits Thursday on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants, its most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the nation's second-largest contributor to climate change.

  12. Politico

    The nerd’s guide to carbon capture and the EPA power plant rule (opens Politico)

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    Previous efforts to use the anti-pollution technology hold lessons for the climate regulation that the Biden administration unveiled Thursday.

  13. Los Angeles Times

    EPA says pollution limits proposed for U.S. coal, gas power plants reflect climate crisis 'urgency' (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    The Biden administration is proposing new limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants to reduce planet-warming pollution.

  14. Portland Press Herald

    In major climate step, EPA proposes first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    A new rule could force power plants to capture smokestack emissions using a technology that has long been promised but is not in widespread use in the U.S.

  15. Voice of America

    In Major Climate Step, US Agency Proposes 1st Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants (opens Voice of America)

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    If finalized, the rule would mark the first time the US federal government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions from the nation's second-largest contributor to climate change

  16. New York Times

    E.P.A. Proposes First Limits on Climate Pollution From Existing Power Plants (opens New York Times)

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    It’s the last in a string of major regulations proposed by the Biden administration to sharply cut the greenhouse gases produced by the United States.

  17. NBC News

    EPA proposes emissions caps on existing power plants in major climate effort (opens NBC News)

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    If finalized, the proposed rules would mark the first time the federal government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

  18. Wyoming Public Media

    An EPA proposal to (almost) eliminate climate pollution from power plants (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    Coal and natural gas-fired power plants would have to dramatically reduce the climate-warming greenhouse gasses they emit under proposed federal rules.

  19. Oil Price

    EPA Proposes Slashing Emissions From Coal And Natural Gas Power Plants (opens Oil Price)

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    The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new set of standards on carbon emissions from coal and natural gas power plants.

  20. Philadelphia Inquirer

    EPA: New pollution limits proposed for U.S. coal, gas power plants reflect ‘urgency’ of climate crisis (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    If finalized, the proposed regulation would mark the first time the federal government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants.

  21. The Boston Globe

    EPA proposes first limits on climate pollution from existing power plants (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The proposals are designed to effectively eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s electricity sector by 2040.

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