Pollution standards will protect Virginia’s health, economy
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EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy today announced a major proposal to curb carbon pollution from our nation’s existing power plants for the first time ever.
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Amanda Starbuck: New federal pollution standards
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We welcome the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to limit carbon pollution from power plants.
President Obama: EPA power plant rules and climate change
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I think a lot of people are aware of the Climate Action Plan that I put forward last year based on what we know, which is that climate change is real. It has impacts not just in a distant future. It has serious impacts, as we speak.
Tim Kaine: On EPA move on power plant emissions
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Today the EPA proposed standards for carbon emissions for existing power plants. Reducing this carbon pollution is in our national interest, but we have an obligation to do it in a way that makes economic sense.
EPA proposes new pollution guidelines for power plants
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The EPA is releasing the Clean Power Plan proposal, which for the first time cuts carbon pollution from existing power plants, the single largest source of carbon pollution in the United States.
Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam concludes Southside, Southwest VA swing
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This afternoon Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam finished a two-day barnstorm trip through Southwest and Southside Virginia, his first as the Commonwealth’s lieutenant governor.
Virginia groups respond to National Climate Assessment
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Today, the U.S. Global Change Research Program, a national committee of experts in agriculture, climate science, commerce and disaster relief, published the third National Climate Assessment (NCA).
Study outlines plan for CO2 reduction from U.S. power sector
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A new study by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) outlines how energy efficiency could be used in an upcoming standard by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reduce CO2 levels with no net cost to the economy.
Earth Talk: Apple Computer’s Green Initiatives
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Long criticized for its lack of commitment to sustainability, Apple has really worked on turning things around over the past couple of years.
Virginia becomes first state to file brief in support of Chesapeake Bay restoration
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Attorney General Mark R. Herring today announced that he has filed an amicus brief to protect Virginia’s efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay and to defend the right of Virginia and other Bay states to work together to protect and restore the Bay.
