Published: May 13, 2010
Tags: air pollution, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, emissions, pollutants, power plant
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new coal-fired power plant in central Wisconsin must limit the visibility of pollutants leaving the smokestack of its main boiler, according to an appeals court. The court said the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources erred when it did not include a federal visibility standard on an air pollution permit for [...]
Published: April 21, 2010
Tags: cap-and-trade approach, carbon dioxide, energy, energy bill, global warming, greenhouse gases, Obama, offshore drilling, pollutants
By Matthew Daly AP Writer Washington — White House energy adviser Carol Browner says she thinks Congress still has time to approve a climate and energy bill this year. Browner called action on the long-delayed legislation “doable,” because members of Congress increasingly understand the need to develop clean energy that does not emit carbon dioxide [...]
By DINA CAPPIELLO and H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouses gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment. The announcement came as the Obama administration looked to boost its arguments at an international climate conference [...]