On May 3, 2011, under authority of Clean Air Act (CAA) sections 111 and 112, the EPA proposed both national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) from coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units (EGUs) and standards of performance for fossil-fuel-fired electric utility, industrial-commercial- institutional, and small industrial-commercial-institutional steam generating units (76 FR 24976). After consideration of public comments, the EPA is finalizing these rules in this action. Pursuant to CAA section 111, the EPA is revising standards of performance in response to a voluntary remand of a final rule. Specifically, we are amending new source performance standards (NSPS) after analysis of the public comments we received. We are also finalizing several mi...
MONTREAL, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - North America's 3,000 fossil fuel-burning power plants continue to produce two-thirds of the region's electricity and, at the same time, generate the majority of certain harmful air pollutants and emit more greenhouse gases than any other industrial sector. North American Power Plant Air Emissions, a new report and database released today by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), provides detailed information on the electric power sector in North America, and profiles, on a plant-by-plant basis, the air emissions of six of the most-important contaminants-- the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and methane; sulfur dioxide; mercury; and particulate matter--emitted by North America's fossil fuel-fired power plants.
PITTSBURGH - President Obama pressed Congress to scrap billions in oil company tax breaks and pass legislation to help the nation kick a dangerous "fossil fuel addiction" Wednesday, trying to channel disgust over the worsening oil disaster into a force for clean energy. Seeking opportunity in a crisis, Obama argued for action in Congress as crews struggled into a seventh week to contain BP's mangled oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. He urged lawmakers to shift the tax-break money toward clean-energy research and approve a major energy bill, now stalled in the Senate, that would slap a price on carbon emissions.
This document corrects certain preamble and regulatory text. This action corrects typographical errors, such as cross-reference errors and certain preamble text that is not consistent with the final regulatory text, which published in the Federal Register on Thursday, February 16, 2012 (77 FR 9304).
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As G20 leaders prepare to meet later this week in South Korea, two NGOs have released the first independent evaluation of the success of the G20 Pledge to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. The report reveals large gaps in the reporting of subsidies, and that no new actions have been taken by G20 nations as a result of their commitment in Pittsburgh to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. Oil Change International and Earth Track jointly prepared the report, entitled "G20 Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Phase Out: A review of current gaps and needed changes to achieve success". In Pittsburgh in September 2009, G20 leaders pledged to "rationalize and phase out over the medium term inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption.
...Subpart D: Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generators for Which Construction...
The manner in which the US satisfies its energy needs over the next quarter century will determine the relative health of the country physically, politically, environmentally, and economically. This note will address some examples of the health and environmental consequences of fossil fuels and touch on methods used for monetizing these externalities. In particular it will focus on coal-based energy, the market-share leader in electricity and the biggest threat to public health and the environment. Technical solutions for many of these challenges offered by experts will be addressed. This note will also integrate examples of supply-side and demand policy initiatives into a comprehensive renewable energy policy proposal. If the need to craft energy legislation is indeed analogous to war,...
Once the new Tata Ultra Mega power plant in western India is fired up in 2012 and fully operational, it will become one of the world's 50 largest greenhouse-gas emitters. And the World Bank is helping make it possible. A year after World Bank President Robert Zoellick pledged to "significantly step up our assistance" in fighting climate change, the development institution is increasing its financing of fossil- fuel projects around the globe.
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