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EPA proposes stringent carbon pollution standards for U.S. power fleet
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed tight carbon pollution standards for the country’s fossil fuel-fired power fleet based on the best controls available.
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EPA’s golden opportunity to dramatically reduce climate pollution from the U.S. fossil fuel-fired power fleet
Pollution standards are designed to ensure that polluters control their emissions instead of imposing them on people and the planet.
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Unleashing technological potential through regulation: Scrubbing away pollution
As we advocate for U.S. EPA to issue carbon capture-based greenhouse gas emissions standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants, one question keeps coming up: how many power plants in the U.S. have carbon capture installed today?
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EPA proposes to update and strengthen the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants
Today, the EPA released its proposal to update and strengthen the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for coal-fired power plants.
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Clean Air Task Force Comments on EPA’s Proposal to Revise the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter
Clean Air Task Force and other environmental groups submitted joint comments in support of strengthening EPA’s proposal to revise the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter.
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EPA finalizes “Good Neighbor” Federal Plan to address interstate smog
The rule will reduce interstate ozone (also referred to as smog) pollution to improve air quality in downwind states.
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Hayden Hashimoto Testimony at EPA Public Hearing on Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter
On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, Hayden Hashimoto, Attorney, provided testimony at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public hearing on the proposed rule for the reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter (NAAQS).
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In a win for public health, EPA reaffirms it is “appropriate and necessary” to regulate hazardous air pollutant emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a final action reaffirming its finding under section 112 of the Clean Air Act.
