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EPA to revisit air pollution rule for power plants. The move comes after EPA announced its replacement for the Clean Power Plan. By Stephanie Ebbs. August 29, 2018, 7:32 PM. 0:27.
Virginia Electric Power Co. – a subsidiary of Dominion Energy, which has a power plant on the exemption list – had a Clean Air Act settlement totaling $1.2 billion in 2003.
The Biden administration on Thursday cracked down on planet-warming emissions and other pollution from power plants, aiming to make these power sources more environmentally friendly. The ...
States that contribute to ground-level ozone, or smog, are required to submit plans ensuring that coal-fired power plants and other industrial sites don’t contribute significantly to air poll… ...
CHENNAI: A new report by the Save Ennore Creek Campaign on Wednesday has revealed that Ennore’s thermal power plants violated ...
The pollution that forms downwind of a power plant depends on shifting factors in the air. On some days, the mix produces hardly any of the fine particles that contribute to health problems such ...
Total power plant pollution has been dropping for years and declining pollution ... [10] NRDC, “EPA Proposal Would Exempt Power Plants from Key Clean Air Act Standard,” August 31, 2005, ...
A new study shows that if U.S. nuclear power plants are retired, the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas to fill the energy gap could cause more than 5,000 premature deaths.
Air pollution particles from coal-fired power plants are more harmful to human health than many experts realized, and it’s more than twice as likely to contribute to premature deaths as air ...
Oct. 17 -- Soot pollution from U.S. power plants shortens the lives of more than 30,000 people each year, according to a study by Clean the Air, a coalition of three national clean air advocacy ...
New research claims that shutting down nuclear plants could increase air pollution and cause more deaths because many potential replacement sources for power aren't clean.