N.Y. Orders Power Plants to Cut Emissions
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Citing what they called a public health emergency, New York officials on Tuesday ordered power plants to reduce emissions blamed for acid rain.
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Governors of both parties are taking the lead on finding ways to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
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ALBANY - New York State is ordering the same emissions restrictions on its power plants that were struck down by a court in May, saying the emissions blamed for acid rain threaten public health, a state official said.
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Air cooled by ice is just as efficient -- and more environmentally friendly -- than traditional air-conditioning systems. It's also taking pressure of the city's power grid.
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Leaders of the world's major powers agreed today to pursue "substantial reductions" in greenhouse gas emissions but stopped short of committing themselves to specific numerical targets in apparent deference to U.S. opposition.
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U.S. environmental regulators issued new standards on Friday to reduce the amount of cancer-causing emissions from gasoline, vehicles operating in cold weather and portable gas cans.
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A Cambridge power plant reduced its emissions last year when it switched from oil to natural gas. But environmentalists gathered yesterday to say that the plant simply traded one kind of pollution for another, now threatening the water instead of the air.
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By CHRIS MORRIS  BRUDENELL, P.E.I. (CP) - A coalition of environmental groups says Eastern Canadian provinces are lagging behind the New England states in controlling greenhouse gas emissions.  Canadian and U.S.
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New York state needs to do a better job at reducing mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants and warning residents about fish contaminated with the poisonous element, environmentalists said Thursday.
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Two environmental outfits, Western Resource Advocates and Environmental Defense, have issued a study called "Climate Alert: Cleaner Energy for the Southwest." Predictably, the groups oppose the construction of a planned new $3.8 billion, 1,500-megawatt coal-fired electric plant near Ely.
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A plan to require automakers to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks by about 30 percent is expected to be approved on Thursday by the California Air Resources Board, backers and opponents said.
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The Bush administration wants to eliminate federal support for geothermal power just as many U.S. states are looking to cut greenhouse gas emissions and raise renewable power output.
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By Ken Dey, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Jun. 13--Washington Group International will help design what backers are calling the nation's first coal-fueled, near-zero-emissions electric power plant.
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Governors of 20 U.S. states must slash levels of tiny particles spewed by power plants, cars and other sources by 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday.
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Companies are looking for ways to cut down on greenhouse gases and save money on increasingly expensive gasoline.
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The agency strikes down the state's tough new rules on carbon emissions, in a move environmentalists call a crippling setback
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Chemists unveil a type of material that could eventually help power plants generate electricity without emissions.