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New Poll Indicates Business Support for Renewable Energy, Environmental Safeguards

Green America welcomes the release of today's poll commissioned by the American Sustainable Business Council on “Small Business Owners’ Views on Energy & Environmental Policy Reform” (bit.ly/ASBCEnergyEnvironmentPollReport). The new polling data fills a key gap in understanding the views of small business leaders on pressing energy issues confronting our nation – and the solutions needed ...

Jun. 27, 2013

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Additional Coal Plant Retirements Expected Due To Low Natural Gas Prices According To Report By Brattle Economists

Economists at The Brattle Group released a report today examining the impact of emerging Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air quality regulations on coal-fired power plants. The new study, an update to analysis conducted in 2010, finds that 59,000 to 77,000 MW of coal plant capacity are likely to retire over the next five years, which is approximately 25,000 MW more than previously ...

Oct. 1, 2012

By The Brattle Group

EPA Reducing Air Pollution from Old Diesel Engines; Grant Provides $246,931 to Protect People from Harmful Air Pollution

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is supporting local efforts to reduce air pollution in Erie and Niagara counties in New York State by providing $246,931 to help one organization in these areas retrofit old, dirty diesel engines on 19 transit buses with less polluting models. The projects will cut emissions of harmful nitrogen oxides and particulate matter among other pollutants. These ...

May 27, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Reducing Air Pollution from Old Diesel Engines; Grants Provide $1.1 Million to Protect People from Harmful Air Pollution

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is supporting local efforts to reduce air pollution in the New York City metropolitan area by providing a total of $1.1 million to help two organizations replace old, dirty diesel engines on boats with less polluting models. The projects will cut emissions of harmful nitrogen oxides and particulate matter among other pollutants. These pollutants are linked ...

May 27, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Wyoming top in CO2 per person amid new regulations

Turns out the worst state for carbon dioxide emissions per person isn't smoggy California or bustling New York, but a place famous for its big, clear skies: Wyoming. But regulating greenhouse gases is a touchy subject in the least-populated state, which just recently received U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval to do so. Wyoming also is the top coal-mining state by far, producing ...

Feb. 28, 2014

By Associated Press

More Than 120 Groups Report Lobbying Congress on Existing Power Plant Regulations

At least 120 groups ranging from large publicly traded companies to environmental organizations continued strong lobbying efforts directed at Congress this quarter on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed regulations to curb carbon pollution from power plants. Many of those groups focused their attention on legislation in the Senate (S. 1905) that would curtail the EPA's authority to ...

Jul. 22, 2014

By Bloomberg BNA

Water associations challenge EPA steam power plant rule

In a brief filed Monday in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, the American Water Works Association and the National Association of Water Companies challenged a new rule on steam power plant discharges, arguing that it does not adequately protect drinking water consumers. In challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final Effluent Limitation Guidelines for Steam Power Plants ...

Dec. 5, 2016

By American Water Works Association (AWWA)

Energy Efficiency Must Be a Key Emissions Reduction Strategy, Say Leading Efficiency Groups

Energy efficiency increases need to be a key strategy in achieving carbon emissions goals, according to joint comments submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the Alliance to Save Energy and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), in response to the agency's forthcoming new standards for existing power plants. "This is a very exciting time. Energy ...

Dec. 6, 2013

By American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)

Power Plant Rule Would Threaten Economy With No Climate Benefit, Industry Says

An Environmental Protection Agency proposal to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants would drive up electricity costs and cause significant job losses without providing a tangible climate benefit, coal-reliant states and industry groups said at a public hearing July 29. “The U.S. cannot go it alone and expect that our actions will have a meaningful climate impact in ...

Jul. 30, 2014

By Bloomberg BNA

Stakeholder Statements - Clean Power Plan, Part One

Business/Industry American Sustainable Business Council | David Levine, CEO & Co-Founder “Business leaders recognize and applaud the President and the Environmental Protection Agency for the leadership demonstrated on issuing these rules to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. The business community is as much at risk from this as anyone, from severe weather events causing ...

Jun. 3, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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