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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting proposals to advance comprehensive, integrated modeling and assessment of multiple greenhouse gases (GHGs) and air pollutants, and to also enhance understanding of climate change impacts and their economic implications. EPA estimates total program funding of $2 million.

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JULY 30, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied 10 petitions challenging its 2009 determination that climate change is real, is occurring due to emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities, and threatens human health and the environment. The basic assertions by the petitioners and EPA responses follow.

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JUNE 11, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to find under section 231(a) of the Clean Air Act that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from commercial aircraft engines endanger the health and welfare of Americans by contributing to climate change. of total global GHG emissions, according to the EPA.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final endangerment finding on greenhouse gases (GHGs), concluding that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people. EPA also finds that GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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EPA Climate Change Emissions 2007 218

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APRIL 2, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the completion of the Midterm Evaluation (MTE) process for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for cars and light trucks for model years 2022-2025, and his final determination that the current standards are not appropriate and should be revised.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded 2015 Climate Leadership Awards to 16 organizations and one individual representing a wide array of industries from finance and manufacturing to retail and technology for showing what the agency said was exemplary corporate, organizational, and individual leadership in response to climate change.

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JULY 17, 2016

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued final New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) to reduce emissions of methane-rich landfill gas from new, modified and reconstructed municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, updating standards that were issued in 1996. Currently, methane’s effect on climate change are also of concern.

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APRIL 29, 2013

In its recently released Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990 – 2011 ( earlier post ), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that methane (CH 4 ) emissions from the field production of natural gas have declined by 36% from 2007 to 2011 (from 83.1 Climate Change Emissions Natural Gas'

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APRIL 2, 2012

Source: EPA. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted its final Report to Congress on Black Carbon , in response to an October 2009 request from Congress to advance efforts to understand the role of black carbon (BC) in climate change. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Congress EPA Carbon Emissions 252

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APRIL 16, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the 17 th annual US greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory. EPA prepares the annual report in collaboration with experts from multiple federal agencies and after gathering comments from stakeholders across the country. The final report shows overall emissions in 2010 increased by 3.2%

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2010 EPA Transportation Emissions 252

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APRIL 17, 2009

After a thorough scientific review ordered in 2007 by the US Supreme Court, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposal with two distinct findings regarding greenhouse gases. In both magnitude and probability, climate change is an enormous problem. The proposal does not include any proposed regulations.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

kWh—approximately 2–4 times current retail costs—for emission-free alternatives to fossil fuel electricity due to the cost of health impacts from fossil fuel electricity, according to a new analysis by a pair of researchers at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Energy and Climate Change Office, Region 9.

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EPA Emissions Fuel Climate Change 277

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JUNE 6, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Southern Company, and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) are together contributing more than $20 million in research funding to support the SouthEast Atmosphere Study (SAS).

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JUNE 2, 2014

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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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

If efforts to address climate change remain similar to what they have been, the researchers estimate that methane emissions as a result of coal mining will increase dramatically by the end of the century: Nearly eight times what they are today from abandoned mines and four times what they are from working mines.

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Coal Emissions Escape Ukraine 321

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MARCH 9, 2010

The draft report of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s annual Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2008 shows that in 2008, overall greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions decreased by 2.9% (206.1 This annual report is prepared by EPA in collaboration with experts from other federal agencies. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 3, 2013

Having approval for such a high octane certification fuel would, the EPA proposed in the Tier 3 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: help manufacturers that wish to raise compression ratios to improve vehicle efficiency, as a step toward complying with the 2017 and later light-duty greenhouse gas and CAFE standards (2017 LD GHG). Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 5, 2012

Former and realigned EPA research programs and strategic goals. Dr. Anastas, appointed to the EPA by President Obama, is known widely as the “Father of Green Chemistry” for his groundbreaking work on the design and manufacture of chemicals that are nonhazardous and environmentally benign. Safe and Sustainable Water Resources (SSWR).

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APRIL 2, 2019

—lead researcher Jason Hill, associate professor at the University of Minnesota (UMN) College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences. This uses a value from the US EPA of $9 million for each death avoided. Increased concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) are driven by emissions of ammonia—a PM 2.5

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Source: EPA. Materials management refers to how material resources are managed as they flow through the economy, from extraction or harvest of materials and food (e.g., Materials management refers to how material resources are managed as they flow through the economy, from extraction or harvest of materials and food (e.g.,

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Emissions EPA Climate Change 2006 257

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JUNE 30, 2009

The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has granted California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards (Pavley I) for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. California requested from EPA the waiver required for implementation of the Pavley regulations in December 2005.

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MARCH 27, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the first Clean Air Act standard for CO 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new power plants. EPA is proposing that new fossil?fuel?fired According to the EPA, new natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power plant units should be able to meet the proposed standard without add?

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APRIL 2, 2010

Source: EPA. As part of its program, EPA is establishing a system of averaging, banking, and trading (ABT) of credits, based on a manufacturer’s fleet average CO 2 performance. Both EPA and NHTSA programs are footprint-based—i.e., g CO 2 /mi (EPA). mpg US (EPA). g CO 2 /mi (EPA). mpg US (EPA).

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AUGUST 3, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the final Clean Power Plan (CPP). Under the CPP by 2030, emissions of sulfur dioxide from power plants also will be 90% lower compared to 2005 levels, and emissions of nitrogen oxides will be 72% lower, EPA said. Earlier post.). up to 1,700 heart attacks. 90,000 asthma attacks.

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

The agreement, in both French and English, was signed for California by California Air Resources Board (ARB) Chairman Mary D. California and Québec signed an agreement outlining steps and procedures fully to harmonize and to integrate their respective cap-and-trade programs. The sale of Québec allowances will generate at least $2.5

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Photo by Juan Mt on Pexels.com The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will fine oil and gas companies for emitting excess methane – the first federal government tax ever on greenhouse gas emissions. EPA administrator Michael S. It only applies to emissions that exceed the statutorily specified levels.

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Oil Gas Emissions Waste 52

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JUNE 25, 2013

Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. The headliner in this segment is the issuance of a Presidential Memorandum directing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to work “ expeditiously ” to complete CO 2 emission standards for both new and existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the US.

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JULY 17, 2017

These effects were found with ozone exposure lower than that which affects respiratory health, and lower than current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air quality standards. In 2015, 108 million Americans—one third of the population—lived in counties with ozone levels that exceeded standards set by the EPA.

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DECEMBER 23, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into two proposed settlement agreements to issue rules that will address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from certain fossil fuel-fired powerplants—electric generating units (EGUs)—and refineries. EPA also issued a series of. pollutants separately, EPA said.

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EPA Emissions Pollution Power 218

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JULY 28, 2017

The near-zero engine will provide immediate NO x relief to our region at a low cost, and coupled with renewable natural gas (RNG), would provide long-term stability to our energy and climate change needs. The engine tested below the California Air Resources Board voluntary limit of 0.02g/bhp-hr.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working on a rulemaking—to be complete by July— that would defer , for three years, greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting requirements for CO 2 emissions from biomass-fired and other biogenic sources. EPA New Source Review regulations and standards.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

The US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to begin developing new standards for greenhouse gases and fuel economy for light-duty vehicles for the 2017-2025 model years. Source: EPA. Source: EPA.

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JANUARY 1, 2013

A waiver has been granted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the California Air Resources Board on its Advanced Clean Car regulations. Thanks to the revision, changes have been made to both the Low Emission Vehicle program and the Zero Emission Vehicle program.

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MARCH 7, 2009

according to the annual Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2007 draft report released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This annual report is prepared by EPA in collaboration with experts from multiple federal agencies. Overall greenhouse gas emissions in the US during 2007 increased by 1.4%

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MAY 18, 2009

In testimony for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public hearing ( earlier post ) on the proposed endangerment finding for greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act ( earlier post ), Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson urged the EPA to include black carbon in the finding. Mark Jacobson.

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MARCH 17, 2009

For example, future land use policies may well be major factors in determining future land use changes, and yet adequate information and approaches for calculating the effects of such as-yet-unknown policies aren’t available. Many factors drive land use changes. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The 957 Gg in emissions for completion flowbacks, pneumatics and equipment leaks, coupled with EPA national inventory estimates for other categories, leads to an estimated 2,300 Gg of methane emissions from natural gas production (0.42% of gross gas production). The way in which wells are drilled and brought into production has been evolving.

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