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Worldchanging: Bright Green: EPA Makes Landmark Finding: Global Warming Threatens Public Health and Welfare
Greenbang: News you might have missed: 25 March 2009
The Energy Collective: First impression of Waxman-Markey: A solid bill that boosts the economy, creates green jobs, and puts the country on a path to preserve a livable climate. Grade: B+
EPA Makes Landmark Finding: Global Warming Threatens Public Health and Welfare
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
... power plants and then vehicles — which combined account for about half of the nation’s global-warming pollution — before requiring smaller operations to apply for new emissions permits.“The way I see it, it’s, in case of legislative gridlock, break open the Clean Air Act,” Weiss said. “It’s a backup option, not ideal, but it’s a way to make progress on emissions reductions.” Kudos to Obama and Jackson for taking this crucial step so quickly. This piece originally appeared on Climate Progress ...
News you might have missed: 25 March 2009
Greenbang —
... The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued a finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger the public’s health and welfare; ...
EPA Stops Coal Companies From Destroying Hundreds of Mountaintops and Streams With High Explosives
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
Article Photo This week the EPA scored a one-two combination against our unsustainable use of fossil fuels. Monday, three weeks earlier than expected, the EPA announced that greenhouse gases are pollutants that endanger public health and welfare (see here ), requiring the Obama administration to regulate them in accordance with the Clean Air Act. And yesterday, the EPA put a hold on hundreds of surface coal mine operations allowing the Agency time to assess the projects’ detrimental impact on the life of streams and wetlands. (More details ...
First impression of Waxman-Markey: A solid bill that boosts the economy, creates green jobs, and puts the country on a path to preserve a livable climate. Grade: B+
The Energy Collective —
... The provisions on new coal plants do not strike me as tough enough for the next few years, but don’t lose much sleep — or lower the overall grade for this bill too much — over this since the Obama administration is probably not going allow very many new dirty coal plants anyway (see “EPA makes landmark finding: Global warming threatens public health and welfare“). ...
