Already, operators of 26, 000 megawatts have announced that their plants will close rather than comply with the EPA regulations.
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The court sided with the EPA, two to one, and now the Supreme Court will consider the case, Massachusetts v.
Most automakers sided with the EPA, saying it would be impractical for each state to dictate its own emissions standards.
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His Kansas State spinout NanoScale Materials plans to register the magnesium oxide as a biocide with the EPA and build a factory to mass-produce the nanoparticles.
"We've been trying to work with the EPA...to get to a place where the rules are a bit more mindful of the costs, " says Roxanne Brown, the union's assistant legislative director.
With the EPA currently cracking down on its R-22 phase out and severely limiting the virgin R-22 production, R-22 prices tripled in 2012 and will likely move up materially again in 2013.
It points to Tampa Electric as a utility that has been proactive: In 1998, the company came to terms with the EPA and its own state regulators to become the first to agree to a notable emissions reduction program.
Earlier this week the giant power utility AEP announced that, in a settlement with the EPA and several states, it was shuttering three coal-fired plants in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky with 2, 000 megawatts of generation capacity.
As if to underscore his threat, Obama replaced the retiring Jackson with the head of the EPA office that regulates air pollution, Gina McCarthy.
That is all to conform with the array of EPA regulations on the horizon that include everything from mercury to coal ash to carbon dioxide.
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Due to efficiency improvements, the 2013 Nissan LEAF is expected to offer improved range, with testing on the EPA test cycle to be announced closer the vehicle's on-sale date.
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On the subject of finding cars with the best mileage, though the EPA issues industry-accepted fuel-efficiency data, we must add that the agency has come under fire in recent years for conducting mileage tests that don't approximate typical driving.
And then with regard to the EPA, which is often under siege but is responsible for ensuring that the air we breathe, that our children breathe when they run out on the soccer field is clean and that the water they drink is clean and not harmful, do really important work.
The University of North Carolina which provided the EPA with a required institutional review board (IRB) for approving the experiments is also conducting an inquiry.
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Or the White House budget and regulatory office could require the EPA to repropose the rule with more flexibility.
How did the EPA with its tiny budget out-engineer the world's carmakers?
The EPA and automakers argue the EPA is charged only with regulating poisonous stuff.
The good news is that the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals smacked down the EPA in August, siding with Texas that the agency had exceeded its authority under the Clean Air Act.
Lucas Mebrouk Dolega, 32, was a photographer with the European Press Agency (EPA).
Announce intension to join the Trans-Pacific Strategic Partnership Agreement (TPP) during 2011 and take speedy action to conclude an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union.
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With them dispersing some 70, 000 gallons a day of the chemicals, she says the EPA wasn't comfortable that the science was there to keep water quality safe with that much toxicity.
All deliver unprecedented range, with the 85 kWh variant achieving an EPA-certified range of 265 miles.
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The EPA, along with individual states, now regulates pollutants like hydrocarbons, particulate matter and nitrous oxides that are produced by cars and trucks.
The EPA is saying with a straight face that natural gas combined cycle is an emission reduction system that has been adequately demonstrated for coal power plants.
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That's why we'll improve our Partnership for Sustainable Communities by working with HUD, EPA, and the Department of Transportation in making sure that when it comes to development, housing, energy, and transportation policy go hand in hand.
However, the ninth company, Halliburton, has failed to provide EPA the information necessary to move forward with this important study.
This is just what the EPA will argue, with cheerleading from the auto lobby, in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
There's an effort in the Senate and I think in the House as well to legislatively prevent the EPA from going ahead with its regulations on greenhouse gases.
The EPA engineers came up with a formula that automakers around the world have long been groping for--an engine that explodes fuel at such a relatively low temperature (below 2, 000 degrees Fahrenheit) that almost no noxious nitrogen oxides are produced.
Japan must now speed-up the pace of current EPA negotiations with regional heavyweights South Korea and Australia.
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