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EPA proposes new pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new CO 2 standards for coal and natural gas-fired power plants. Through 2042, EPA estimates the net climate and health benefits of the standards on new gas and existing coal-fired power plants are up to $85 billion.

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Rule Britannia: Can the UK Set Global AI Standards?

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The government, which invited input, says it hopes to publish a plan by the end of the year, and Mitchell says heightened standards for AI are badly needed. Could national standards repair the damage? Complicated questions, but ones that even some tech companies—who could be on the receiving end of regulatory change—support asking.

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Climate Disclosure Standards Board Proposes New Framework for Data Reporting at World Business Summit

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The Climate Disclosure Standards Board ( CDSB ) introduced for public consultation a set of proposals designed to assist directors in the inclusion of climate change-related information in companies’ annual reports. There is no scarcity of warnings of the risk of irreversible climatic damage to the environment.

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Galp and Northvolt establish JV for lithium conversion plant in Portugal; initial annual capacity of 35,000 tons of lithium hydroxide

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The JV partners are unwavering on driving the highest standards of sustainability, notably in the extraction and concentration of spodumene, the processing of lithium hydroxide, as well as in all related processes. —Paolo Cerruti, Co-Founder and COO of Northvolt.

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EPA issues final actions to cut methane emissions from municipal solid waste landfills

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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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Washington Governor Issues Executive Order Directing State Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gases; Consideration of California Low Carbon Fuel Standard and Highway Electrification

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Gregoire issued her executive order, entitled “Washington’s Leadership on Climate Change,” after testifying at the US Environmental Protection Agency’s public hearing in Seattle on the regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Washington’s Leadership on Climate Change. Executive Order 09-05.

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California Air Resources Board releases draft regulations for cap-and-trade program linkage with Québec

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The draft linkage regulations provide guidelines to ensure that California and QuĂ©bec carbon allowances are interchangeable at auction and can be used for compliance purposes in one another’s programs. Climate change is a global issue that must be addressed by all levels of government. Earlier post.). —ARB Chairman Mary D.