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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 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
(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 — 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 (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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 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 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 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...

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.

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 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...

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......

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 ...

New boimass rules could hamper growth in industry
By Stephan Burklin Maine Watchdog.org A recently released study claims that new regulations on the Biomass industry may hinder Renewable Energy development and jeopardize U.S. energy policies. The National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) commissioned Atlanta-based Forisk Consulting to examine the potential impact of the “tailoring rule,” which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated in May to regulate greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Clean Air Act. The rule itself...

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...

Worst Family Runs Into Vacation Trouble
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How Republicans Behave: Greenhouse Gases Edition
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced "that it will regulate greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants and oil refineries next year in an attempt to curb Global Warming." This is nothing new or surprising, given that the EPA basically has to do this - per a 1997, Bush-era Supreme Court ruling "that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air Act by improperly declining to regulate new-vehicle emissions standards to control the pollutants that scientists say con...

Oil prices trade near two-year highs...
Oil prices traded close to recent two-year highs on Thursday, as traders continued to absorb news that US crude reserves fell by more than double market expectations last week. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in February rose eight cents to 93.73 dollars per barrel after soaring on Wednesday to 93.94 dollars -- a level last seen in early October 2008. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for February, gained 10 cents to 90.58 dollars on Thursday, after touching a similar peak of 90.8...

EPA May Be Cooking Own Goose In Texas
The Environmental Protection Agency is trying to limit Greenhouse Gases like Carbon Dioxide especially at the refineries and power stations along the Texas sea coast from Houston to Beaufort and beyond. But by going so far as to take regulatory responsibility from the Texas state commission because of perceived laxness, the EPA may be writing its own death warrant. Agency administrator Lisa Jackson (pictured) is taking on not just "Small Government" Texas, but Texas oil, according to the Austin American