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As EPA finalizes Clean Power Plan, Senate committee aims to destroy it
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s (R-W.Va.) bill S. 1324, which allows states to opt out of the Clean Power Plan if they find…
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The humble bumble gets its own day of gratitude
Lisa Arkin is the executive director of Beyond Toxics, a Eugene, Ore.-based non-profit that works to protect communities and the environment from toxic pollution. Have you been enjoying watching the f…
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Dirty tax break, dirtier fuel
The U.S.’s operable refinery capacity — that is, the amount of crude oil that can be processed and sold to consumers as liquid fuel — is a whopping 18 million barrels per day. The Un…
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EPA includes carbon tax in final power plant rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants, under the Clean Air Act. The final rule has explicitly allow…
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EPA takes historic climate action, but its only a down payment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules to reduce carbon pollution from new and existing power plants, under the Clean Air Act. Electric power plants produce…
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Obama unveils sweeping cuts to power plant emissions: ‘We have to get going’
Six years after first promising to “roll back the spectre of a warming planet”, Barack Obama finally committed the US to unprecedented action against climate change on Monday, with sweeping new…
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How are environmentalists reacting to Obamas Clean Power Plan?
Now that President Obama’s Clean Power Plan has been finalized, environmentalists are practically dancing in the streets. Their public statements range in tone from celebratory to exultant. But s…
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TPP trade negotiations in Maui fail
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and the trade ministers of other Pacific Rim countries meeting in Maui failed to reach agreement on the Trans Pacific Partnership trad…
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Whats Really Inside The Senates New Bill To Modernize The Energy System
On Thursday afternoon, the Senate’s energy committee sent the first wide-ranging energy bill in over six years to the senate floor, but not before weighing it down with an array of provisions that e…
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Senate committee omits renewables from energy package
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s final mark-up of the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 includes five titles: efficiency, infrastructure, supply, accoun…