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EPA moving unilaterally to limit greenhouse gases
WASHINGTON (AP) - Stymied in Congress, the Obama Administration is moving unilaterally to clamp down on greenhouse emissions, announcing plans for new Power Plants and Oil Refinery emission standards over the next year. In an announcement posted on the agency's website late Thursday, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson said the aim was to better cope with Pollution contributing to Climate Change. "We are following through on our commitment to proceed in a measured and ca...

EPA moving unilaterally to limit greenhouse gases
(12-24) 06:24 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stymied in Congress, the Obama Administration is moving unilaterally to clamp down on Power Plant and Oil Refinery greenhouse emissions, announcing plans for developing new standards over the next year. In a statement posted on the agency's website late Thursday, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson said the aim was to better cope with Pollution contributing to Climate Change. "We are following through on our commitment to proceed in a...

EPA moving unilaterally to limit greenhouse gases
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stymied in Congress, the Obama Administration is moving unilaterally to clamp down on Power Plant and Oil Refinery greenhouse emissions, announcing plans for developing new standards over the next year. In a statement posted on the agency's website late Thursday, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson said the aim was to better cope with Pollution contributing to Climate Change. "We are following through on our commitment to proceed in a measured and c...

EPA Moving Unilaterally To Limit Greenhouse Gases
Stymied in Congress, the Obama Administration is moving unilaterally to clamp down on Power Plant and Oil Refinery greenhouse emissions, announcing plans for developing new standards over the next year. In a statement posted on the agency's website late Thursday, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson said the aim was to better cope with Pollution contributing to Climate Change. "We are following through on our commitment to proceed in a measured and careful way to reduce GHG...

EPA moving unilaterally to limit greenhouse gases
WASHINGTON — Stymied in Congress, the Obama Administration is moving unilaterally to clamp down on Power Plant and Oil Refinery greenhouse emissions, announcing plans for developing new standards over the next year. In a statement posted on the agency’s website late Thursday, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson said the aim was to better cope with Pollution contributing to Climate Change. "We are following through on our commitment to proceed in a measured and...

EPA Moves to Unilaterally Impose Carbon Caps
From the Associated Press: Stymied in Congress, the Obama Administration is moving unilaterally to clamp down on Power Plant and Oil Refinery greenhouse emissions, announcing plans for developing new standards over the next year. In a statement posted on the agency’s website late Thursday, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson said the aim was to better cope with Pollution contributing to Climate Change. “We are following through on our commitment to proceed i...

EPA moving unilaterally to limit greenhouse gases
FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2010 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson, listens during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. The Obama Administration is moving through regulatory channels to clamp down on greenhouse Gas Emissions after Congress failed to act on new Legislation. WASHINGTON—Stymied in Congress, the Obama Administration is moving unilaterally to clamp down on Power Plant and Oil Refinery greenhouse emissions, announcin...

EPA Announces Landmark Greenhouse Gas Regulations Plan For Nation's Biggest Polluters
The Huffington Post Zoe Triska First Posted: 12-23-10 The Obama Administration announced landmark plans Thursday to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the Unites States. A Press Release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that new standards granted under the Clean Air Act will be implemented in 2012. The EPA also announced that it is taking unprecedented action to issue air permits to industries in Texas, due to the state's non-compliance with new regulations...

EPA moving unilaterally to limit greenhouse gases
The Obama Administration is moving through regulatory channels to clamp down on greenhouse Gas Emissions after Congress failed to act on new Legislation. The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a new plan for establishing greenhouse gas Pollution standards under provisions of the Clean Air Act. In an announcement posted late Thursday on EPA's website, administrator Lisa Jackson said officials "are following through on our commitment to proceed in a measured and careful way" to reduce p...

EPA moving unilaterally to limit greenhouse gases
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama Administration is moving through regulatory channels to clamp down on greenhouse Gas Emissions after Congress failed to act on new Legislation. The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a new plan for establishing greenhouse gas Pollution standards under provisions of the Clean Air Act. In an announcement posted late Thursday on EPA’s website, administrator Lisa Jackson said officials “are following through on our commitment to proceed in a m...

EPA moving unilaterally to limit greenhouse gases (AP)
WASHINGTON – The Obama Administration is moving through regulatory channels to clamp down on greenhouse Gas Emissions after Congress failed to act on new Legislation. The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a new plan for establishing greenhouse gas Pollution standards under provisions of the Clean Air Act. In an announcement posted late Thursday on EPA's website, administrator Lisa Jackson said officials "are following through on our commitment to proceed in a measured and car...

EPA Moves Toward Limits on Greenhouse Gases
In what could be one of the most significant regulatory changes since its founding, the EPA has moved toward imposing limits on Greenhouse Gases with a finding that such gases now present a “serious problem . . . for future generations.” The move could have widespread environmental benefits apart from Climate Change in forcing more fuel efficient cars and greater limitations on Power Plants and industrial sources. The EPA finding of endangerment prepares allows for the EPA to act if ...

EPA presents plan on greenhouse gases. Can Congress stop it?
Setting the stage for a New Year battle royale between Congress and the White House over greenhouse Gas Emissions, the US Environmental Protection Agency Thursday laid out a timetable for the nation's largest carbon emitters -- Power Plants and refineries -- to begin curbing those pollutants. Republicans have said all year that they plan to pull out all the stops to keep the EPA from phasing in greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations beginning in 2011, saying they would damage the energy industry, rais...

Carbon accountants stand to profit from EPA plan to regulate emissions
Photo: William N.The U.S. EPA's move Thursday to issue a plan for the Regulation of greenhouse Gas Emissions from large industrial Polluters will undoubtedly intensify the climate-change war. But for a host of startups that make software to manage corporate Carbon Emissions, the EPA action is a holiday gift that will keep on giving year-round. The agency will propose emission standards for Fossil Fuel Power Plants and oil refineries -- which it says account for almost 40 percent of the nation's ...

EPA moves to curb emissions from power plants, refineries
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday that it would regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from Power Plants and oil refineries next year, targeting the nation's two biggest sources of Carbon Dioxide. The move, part of a legal settlement with several states, local governments and environmental groups that have sued EPA under the Bush Administration for failing to act, highlights the Obama Administration's intent to press ahead with curbs on carbon despite c...

Early Christmas gift from Lisa Jackson: power plant greenhouse gas limits
First paragraph:  “Threatened with Lawsuits from environmental groups, the Obama Administration has agreed to issue another round of greenhouse gas limits for both Power Plants and refineries — this time through a provision of the Clean Air Act that allows U.S. EPA to require Pollution controls at both new and existing facilities.” You can read the story and get worked up, but, on second thought, why ruin your Christmas. This entry was posted in Current News, politics and...

Obamas EPA such a busy little bee [Darleen Click]
Addendum to JeffG’s post … not only do we have the EPA threatening to take over “permiting” in Texas because of Texas’ fighting the notion that CO2 is a “pollutant”, we also have an EPA setting schedules when it admits it has no clue what the final standards will require : Reporting from Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency announced a timetable Thursday to curtail greenhouse Gas Emissions from two major sources of the Pollution scientist...

Clash with Hill likely on EPA emissions rules
The Obama Administration vowed Thursday to press ahead with plans to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from Power Plants, setting up a near-certain clash with Republicans in the new Congress over Climate Change. The Environmental Protection Agency said it would set standards for fossil-fuel power plants and petroleum refineries - which together emit nearly 40 percent of U.S. Greenhouse Gases - starting in 2012. The move comes after President Obama tried and failed to get a major new energy and c...

EPA presents plan on greenhouse gases. Can next Congress stop it?
The EPA set out a timetable Thursday for curbing the emissions of Greenhouse Gases from Power Plants and refineries. But Republicans have signaled their steady opposition, and a battle looms....

EPA Acts Unilaterally on Climate Change
Frustrated that it couldn't achieve desired environmental Legislation despite huge majorities in both Houses of Congress, the Obama Administration has decided to govern by executive fiat....

EPA sets schedule on power plant, refinery pollution limits
Reporting from Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency announced a timetable Thursday to curtail greenhouse Gas Emissions from two major sources of the Pollution scientists link to Global Warming: Power Plants and oil refineries. The announcement was the latest step in an ambitious effort to begin taking action on Climate Change, and it is certain to draw fire from congressional Republicans and industry leaders who have promised to halt the agency's efforts. The new move toward...

EPA continues war against Texas jobs
Image via Wikipedia Washington Post: The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it would regulate greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants and oil refineries next year, targeting the nation's two biggest sources of Carbon Dioxide. The move, which comes as part of a legal settlement with several states, local governments and environmental groups which have sued EPA under the Bush Administration for failing to act, highlights the Obama Administration's intent to press ahead wi...

Obama to regulate carbon from power plants
US President Barack Obama's administration said it will regulate greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants, setting up a Climate Change battle with a skeptical new Congress. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it would set standards for Fossil Fuel power plants and petroleum refineries, which together emit nearly 40 percent of the gasses blamed for Climate Change in the United States. The decision comes after a bill to set up a "cap-and-trade" program to restrict emissions in the wor...

White House presses for new climate, wilderness protections
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it will regulate greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants and oil refineries next year in an attempt to curb Global Warming. This Story White House presses for new climate, wilderness protections Interactive Timeline: 40 Years of the EPA The move, coming on the same day the Interior Department unveiled a plan to protect a broader swath of the nation's wilderness, demonstrated that the Obama Administration is prepared to push its en...

Upton vows fight against EPA climate rules for power plants and refineries
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) plan to set greenhouse Gas Emissions standards for Power Plants and refineries drew a quick threat from Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), the incoming chairman of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee. "We will not allow the administration to regulate what they have been unable to legislate — this Christmas surprise is nothing short of a backdoor attempt to implement their failed job-killing cap-and-trade scheme,” Upton said in a statement.