Obama to regulate carbon from power plants

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 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 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...

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...

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
(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 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.

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
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...

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 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
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...

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 (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 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...

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 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 ...

Jim and Bills excellent misadventure
This is a web formatted version of the PDF found here on Dr. James Hansen’s Columbia.edu web site. I don’t have much respect left for Dr. Hansen, particularly when he uses the word “deniers” nine times in this interview. The interview itself is like pal-review, since McKibben isn’t capable of being an unbiased interviewer, and particularly since he co-authored a book with Hansen. Reading it, you can feel some of the anger these two guys have for people like you and ...

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...

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...

Obama to regulate carbon from power plants (AFP)
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 way to redu...

Obama to regulate carbon from power plants
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's administration said Thursday it will regulate greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants, setting up a potential climate-change battle with a skeptical new Congress. 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. "We are following through on our commitment to proceed in a measured and careful way to re...