This morning EPA announced what could be the most effective action to curb climate pollution in our history. Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014. This morning EPA announced a draft plan to address climate change through standards to protect public health by limiting carbon pollution from existing power plants. These protections are[Read More…]
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Audubon Comments on EPA Carbon Pollution Announcement
“Failure to tackle the problem is no longer an option,” says Audubon CEO David Yarnold New York–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014. Today U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy delivered remarks on steps the EPA is taking to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants, the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in[Read More…]
Food & Water Watch: EPA’s Carbon Rule Falls Short of Real Emissions Reduction
Cap-and-trade, offsets allow power plants to pay to pollute Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014. Statement from Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter and Institute for Policy Studies Climate Policy Program Director Janet Redman “On the heels of two telling reports from the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) and[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth Statement on EPA’s Clean Air Act Rules for Existing Power Plants
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014. The Environmental Protection Agency released rules, today, to reduce carbon dioxide pollution from existing power plants under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. Electric power plants produce approximately 2.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide each year — amounting to almost 40 percent of the United[Read More…]
NRDC: Obama Administration Moves to Curb Carbon Pollution from Power Plants
A Historic Step to Combat Climate Change WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014 – The Environmental Protection Agency today unveiled the centerpiece of President Obama’s climate action plan. The following is a statement by Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council: “The EPA’s proposal to limit carbon pollution from power plants[Read More…]
Union of Concerned Scientists: EPA Moves to Curb Emissions from Existing Power Plants
New Data Shows Renewables, Energy Efficiency Could Dramatically Lower Emissions WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2014 – In a historic step, the Environmental Protection Agency today proposed the first-ever limits on carbon emissions from existing power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, with new analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Experts on the New Carbon Rule for Coal-Fired Power Plants
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014. Today, President Barack Obama announced his intention to use executive authority to set a national limit on carbon pollution from coal plants. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy will release the carbon pollution standards for existing power plants on Monday. The Chief Justice John Roberts Supreme[Read More…]
ACLU Statement on Final Ruling Invalidating Medicare Ban on Healthcare for Transgender Patients
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2014. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Departmental Appeals Board ruled today that that Medicare’s policy of categorically excluding coverage of sex-reassignment surgery, regardless of a person’s individual medical conditions and needs, is unreasonable and contrary to contemporary science and medical standards of care. The[Read More…]
Main Concern of Consumers: Dismal Wage Prospects
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2014. Consumer confidence declined in May, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research since 1946, the surveys monitor consumer attitudes and expectations. The decrease in May was not due to the gloomy state of the economy[Read More…]
Middle-Class Homeowners Are a Major Force in Driving Rooftop Solar in Emerging Markets
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2014. Today, the Center for American Progress released an analysis of the residential solar markets in Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York. While these states are developing strong residential solar markets, the number of residential installations in each of these states is minimal compared to the more established[Read More…]
