EPA May Be Cooking Own Goose In Texas

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...

Obama to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama’s administration said Thursday it will regulate greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants, after Legislation on Climate Change died in Congress. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it would regulate Fossil Fuel power plants and petroleum refineries — which together emit nearly 40 percent of US Greenhouse Gases — starting in 2012. “We are following through on our commitment to proceed in a measured and careful...

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...

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
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 Sharpens Its Regulative Teeth
A smokestack from a Power Plant near Lansing, MI. Though politically vague and without immediate action, the Environment Protection Agency has announced it will put some regulative pressure on power plants and oil refineries to limit greenhouse Gas Emissions by the end of 2012. —JCL The Environmental Protection Agency announced a timetable on Thursday for issuing rules limiting greenhouse Gas Emissions from power plants and oil refineries, signaling a resolve to press ahead on such regula...

U.S. eyes new rules on power plants, refineries to curb emissions+
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The United States plans to impose new Pollution standards on Power Plants and oil refineries in 2012 as part of efforts to curb greenhouse Gas Emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. Power plants and refineries are two major emitters in the business sector, Accounting for roughly 40 percent of the country's Carbon Dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. The agency said it will propose standards for Power Plants in July and for r...

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
(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 (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...

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 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 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 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...

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...

EPA issues timetable for greenhouse gas emission rules
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a timetable on Thursday for issuing rules limiting greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants and oil refineries, signaling a resolve to press ahead on such Regulation even as it faces stiffening opposition in Congress. The agency said it would propose performance standards for new and refurbished Power Plants in July 2011, with final rules to be issued in May 2012. Proposed emissions standards for new oil refineries will be published in December 20...

EPA throws down the gauntlet to Texas: do we kneel or not?
Have you picked up your permit to breathe? No? Well, be on your guard, then: the EPA will probably have its agents after you soon. The federal Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it would unilaterally take over issuing clean-air permits to industries in Texas because the state has been “unwilling to comply” with the agency’s Regulations to “prevent Global Warming,” and came on the same day the agency announced it would begin developing standards...

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...

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 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 to set industry greenhouse gas levels
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a schedule for establishing greenhouse gas Pollution standards in 2011 under the Clean Air Act . The EPA is moving forward on standards for Fossil Fuel Power Plants and petroleum refineries, sources of Greenhouse Gases representing nearly 40 percent of the Pollution in the United States, it said in a release Thursday. "We are following through on our commitment to proceed in a measured and careful way to reduce GHG ...

EPA To Take Over Greenhouse Gas Permits In Texas
DALLAS — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it is taking the unprecedented step of directly issuing air permits to industries in Texas, citing the state's unwillingness to comply with greenhouse gas Regulations going into effect Jan. 2. EPA officials indicated they reluctantly were taking over Clean Air Act Permits for greenhouse Gas Emissions because "officials in Texas have made clear . . . they have no intention of implementing this portion of the federal air ...

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...

BYPASS CONGRESS: EPA moves 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 an...