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Health and Environmental Groups Defend Crucial Clean Power Plan in Court

Nine leading public health and environmental organizations have stepped up to defend the landmark Clean Power Plan in the federal appeals court in Washington, saying the plan is a crucial step to curb the carbon pollution from power plants that drives dangerous climate change. The groups today intervened in lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency’s climate plan addressing new ...

Oct. 27, 2015

By Natural Resources Defense Council

NRDC Analysis Shows EPA Can Achieve Deeper Power Plant Carbon Pollution Cuts by Adopting More Clean Energy

The Environmental Protection Agency can ramp up energy efficiency and renewable power, and achieve substantially deeper cuts in carbon pollution from power plants than it has proposed, the Natural Resources Defense Council said in public comments submitted to the agency today. Such improvements would deliver major savings for consumers on utility bills, trigger a boom in clean energy jobs and ...

Dec. 1, 2014

By Natural Resources Defense Council

Winner Business of the Year

Clarke Energy has been named as ‘Business of the Year >250 Employees’ in the Liverpool Echo Regional Business Awards 2014. The event took place at St George’s Hall in Liverpool on the 3rd of July 2014 and was sponsored by DLA Piper and KPMG. This year’s Regional Business Awards ran alongside the International Festival for Business, with Liverpool being a focus of ...

Jul. 4, 2014

By Clarke Energy

EPA`s Plan to Curb Carbon Pollution Can Save Billions, NRDC Finds

The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to curb carbon pollution from power plants overestimates the electric power industry’s compliance costs by as much as $9 billion, according to a Natural Resources Defense Council report. Using current data, the report shows, the power sector and its customers could actually save nearly $2 billion in 2020 while meeting the EPA’s ...

Nov. 19, 2014

By Natural Resources Defense Council

TOMORROW: US EPA Administrator to Deliver Keynote Address on Energy Efficiency at the US Energy Association

Tomorrow, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will deliver the keynote address at the U.S. Energy Association’s 2014 Energy Efficiency Forum at 1:30 p.m. Administrator McCarthy will discuss the Clean Power Plan proposal, a vital piece of President Obama's Climate Action Plan, which for the first time cuts carbon pollution from existing power plants, the ...

Jun. 11, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

TODAY: US EPA Administrator to Deliver Keynote Address on Energy Efficiency at the US Energy Association

Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will deliver the keynote address at the U.S. Energy Association’s 2014 Energy Efficiency Forum at 1:30 p.m. Administrator McCarthy will discuss the Clean Power Plan proposal, a vital piece of President Obama's Climate Action Plan, which for the first time cuts carbon pollution from existing power plants, the ...

Jun. 12, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Carbon Capture and Storage Can Help Power Plants Reduce Carbon Pollution

Carbon capture and storage technology has a proven track record and is ready to be deployed to help new power plants meet proposed federal standards to limit dangerous carbon pollution, a Natural Resources Defense Council climate expert told Congress on Wednesday. “All aspects of…carbon capture and storage (CCS) systems have been demonstrated at commercial scale industrial ...

Mar. 12, 2014

By Natural Resources Defense Council

EPA to Hold Public Hearings in Atlanta on Proposed Clean Power Plan Actions

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a, two-day public hearing on the proposed Clean Power Plan federal plan and model rules during the week of November 16, 2015. The hearing will be held at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal building in Atlanta, and will provide the opportunity for interested parties to comment on the proposed actions. EPA is accepting written comments on the ...

Nov. 10, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

TODAY: EPA`s Office of Air and Radiation to Hold Media Call on Clean Power Plan

Today at 2:30 p.m. EDT, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, Janet McCabe, will hold a press call on the proposed Clean Power Plan. At the direction of President Obama and after an unprecedented outreach effort, EPA released the proposed Clean Power Plan in June 2014, which for the first time seeks to cut carbon pollution ...

Oct. 28, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

New Cumbria nuclear plant moves another step forward

Plans to build Moorside nuclear power plant in West Cumbria have moved one step forward following an agreement by HM Treasury to provide financial security for private investors in the project. Government and NuGeneration Limited (a UK nuclear company owned by Toshiba-Westinghouse and GDF SUEZ) will work together to agree support through the UK Guarantee scheme which encourages quicker ...

Dec. 3, 2014

By Department of Energy and Climate Change

EPA holds hearings on clean power plan

Starting July 29, 2014 the EPA will hold two day public hearings on the Clean Power Plan in Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Denver and Washington, D.C. Interested parties will have the opportunity to comment on the proposed plan before it goes into effect. EPA Home » Carbon Pollution Standards » Clean Power Plan Proposed Rule: On June 2, 2014, EPA proposed a commonsense plan to cut carbon ...

Aug. 3, 2014

By Aura Scientific, LLC

EPA to Hold Public Hearings in Pittsburgh, Denver, Washington D.C., Atlanta on Proposed Clean Power Plan Actions

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold four, two-day public hearings across the country on the proposed Clean Power Plan federal plan and model rules during the weeks of November 9 and November 16, 2015. The hearings will be held at federal buildings in Pittsburgh, Denver, Washington D.C., and Atlanta, and will provide the opportunity for interested parties to comment on the ...

Nov. 10, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

UK response to US EPA Clean Power Plan proposals

The US Environmental Protection Agency has today 2nd June released the Clean Power Plan proposal, which for the first time cuts carbon pollution from existing power plants, the single largest source of carbon pollution in the United States. Among the measures is the proposal that by 2030, the US will cut carbon emission from the power sector by 30% nationwide below 2005 levels. Ed Davey, ...

Jun. 2, 2014

By Department of Energy and Climate Change

EPA to Hold Public Hearings in Atlanta on Proposed Clean Power Plan Actions

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a, two-day public hearing on the proposed Clean Power Plan federal plan and model rules during the week of November 16, 2015. The hearing will be held at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal building in Atlanta, and will provide the opportunity for interested parties to comment on the proposed actions. EPA is accepting written comments on the ...

Nov. 16, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

MONDAY: EPA Administrator Holding Media Call to Preview Public Hearings on Clean Power Plan

On Monday, July 28 at 9 a.m. EDT, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will discuss the importance of public input on the proposed Clean Power Plan. Next week, there will be four, two-day public hearings in Washington D.C., Atlanta, Denver and Pittsburgh, to give interested parties an opportunity to comment on the proposed rule. At the direction of President ...

Jul. 25, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

TODAY: EPA Administrator Holding Media Call to Preview Public Hearings on Clean Power Plan

Today at 9 a.m. EDT, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will discuss the importance of public input on the proposed Clean Power Plan. This week, there will be four, two-day public hearings in Washington D.C., Atlanta, Denver and Pittsburgh, to give interested parties an opportunity to comment on the proposed rule. At the direction of President Obama and after ...

Jul. 28, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA to Hold Public Hearings on Clean Power Plan/ Public hearings being held in Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Denver and Washington, D.C.

Starting tomorrow, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold four, two-day public hearings, across the country on the proposed Clean Power Plan. The hearings will be held in Washington D.C., Atlanta, Denver and Pittsburgh, and will provide the opportunity for interested parties to comment on the proposed rule before it takes effect. The Washington D.C. hearing will be held on July ...

Jul. 28, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

New York Subpoenas Five Energy Companies for Climate Risks

ALBANY, New York, September 17, 2007 (ENS) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Friday sent subpoenas to five of the nation's largest energy companies, demanding that they disclose the financial risks of their greenhouse gas emissions to shareholders, specifically to the New York State Common Retirement Fund. Attorney General Cuomo sent letters to the top executives of AES Corporation, ...

Sep. 18, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)

EPA to Hold Public Hearings on Clean Power Plan/Public hearings being held in Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Denver and Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold four, two-day public hearings, across the country on the proposed Clean Power Plan during the week of July 28, 2014. The hearings will be held in Washington D.C., Atlanta, Denver and Pittsburgh, and will provide the opportunity for interested parties to comment on the proposed rule before it takes effect. The Washington D.C. hearing will be ...

Jul. 23, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Hendry approves Kent power station with enough power to supply 1.5 million homes (press notice)

Energy Minister Charles Hendry today gave the go-ahead for ScottishPower to construct a new 1,000 megawatt gas-fired power station near Hoo St Werburgh in Kent, adjacent to the existing Damhead Creek 800 MW gas-fired power station. Charles Hendry said: “This power plant will play a vital role in providing secure electricity supplies for the South East, as well as creating jobs in the ...

Jan. 25, 2011

By Department of Energy and Climate Change

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