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EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the already widely-discussed (albeit without much detail) “Clean Power Plan” proposal, which mandates a national average 30% cut in greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants from 2005 levels by 2030. EPA is only proposing goals for states with fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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EPA tightens ground-level ozone standard to 70 ppb

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA examined nearly 2,300 studies in this review of the ozone standards including more than 1,000 new studies published since the last review of the standards in 2008. EPA estimates that the public health benefits of the updated standards will range from $2.9 28,000 missed work days.

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Obama Administration withdraws proposed rulemaking on strengthened ozone standards

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In a statement released this morning, President Barack Obama said he has requested that US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson withdraw the agency’s draft Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) rulemaking. Earlier post.) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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San Jose Mercury News ). By 2020, [Masatami Takimoto, executive vice president in charge of powertrain development] said he expected hybrids to become the standard drivetrain and account for "100 percent" of Toyotas vehicles.He If that target is met, the largest U.S. Bloomberg News ). The truth is just the opposite.

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