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Germany Launches One Of Europe’s Most Modern Gas-Fired Power Plants Replacing Coal-Fired Power Station
German municipal utility, Stadtwerke Kiel, launched one of Europe’s most modern and flexible gas engine-based combined heat and power (CHP) plants on the eastern shore of the Kieler Förde inlet in northern Germany
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Mitsubishi Electric Sets Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it has set ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2030 and that these have been approved by the Science-Based Targets initiative1 (SBTi) as measures that will contribute towards "Maintaining global warming below 2°C relative to pre-industrial temperatures", a key aim of the "Paris Agreement"
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Washington Supreme Court Sets The Stage For Legislative Action On System-Wide Carbon Reductions
Today’s Supreme Court ruling restricting the Department of Ecology’s authority to cap greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) creates a patchwork of regulations that are at odds with effective carbon reduction policy
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Crestone Peak Resources Announces New Partnership For Real-Time Well Site Air Quality Monitoring
Crestone Peak Resources today announced an innovative partnership for a large-scale test of real-time continuous air quality monitoring at its oil and natural gas production sites in Colorado
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NOAA Announced 2016 Is Still The Hottest Year On Record – Dr. Peter Ward's Research Claims Major Global Warming In Future Decades Is Unlikely
NOAA and NASA have just announced that 2016 remains the hottest year on record, followed by 2019, 2015, 2017, and 2018
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Majority Of British Columbians Recognize The Importance Of Minerals And Metals To Reach The 2040 Zero Emissions Target
A public opinion poll conducted this past summer by Research Co. found that nearly two-thirds of British Columbians (63%) believe mineral exploration and mining industries have a role to play in achieving the provincial government’s 2040 zero emissions target
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ACROSS THE WIRE
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Germany Launches One Of Europe’s Most Modern Gas-Fired Power Plants Replacing Coal-Fired Power Station
German municipal utility, Stadtwerke Kiel, launched one of Europe’s most modern and flexible gas engine-based combined heat and power (CHP) plants on the eastern shore of the Kieler Förde inlet in northern Germany
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Mitsubishi Electric Sets Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it has set ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2030 and that these have been approved by the Science-Based Targets initiative1 (SBTi) as measures that will contribute towards "Maintaining global warming below 2°C relative to pre-industrial temperatures", a key aim of the "Paris Agreement"
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Washington Supreme Court Sets The Stage For Legislative Action On System-Wide Carbon Reductions
Today’s Supreme Court ruling restricting the Department of Ecology’s authority to cap greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) creates a patchwork of regulations that are at odds with effective carbon reduction policy
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Crestone Peak Resources Announces New Partnership For Real-Time Well Site Air Quality Monitoring
Crestone Peak Resources today announced an innovative partnership for a large-scale test of real-time continuous air quality monitoring at its oil and natural gas production sites in Colorado
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Stop & Shop To Convert 40 Stores To Bloom Energy AlwaysON Microgrids To Better Serve Customers During Severe Weather And Power Outages
Stop & Shop announced today that it will power 40 of its stores in Massachusetts and New York with Bloom Energy Servers
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Nation's Largest Dairy Renewable Natural Gas Producer Announces Expansion Of California Facility
Calgren Dairy Fuels and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced that four additional Central Valley dairies have started sending methane produced from cow manure to Calgren's biogas operation in Pixley, where it is processed into high-quality, renewable natural gas (RNG) and injected into SoCalGas' system
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ATTENTION BOILER OWNERS
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EPA No Longer Accepting Paper Submittals
EPA is no longer accepting paper submittals of the Notification of Compliance Status (NOCS) for Energy Assessments for area source boilers. We now require the NOCS to be submitted electronically to the Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI). For further information, please see the implementation videos.
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EPA And Industry Fail To Settle Waste Unit Risk Policy Fight
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry groups including cement producers have failed to settle a permit dispute that is testing whether the agency has the authority to require operators of hazardous waste combustion units to conduct risk assessments that can be used to strengthen emissions limits for mercury and other pollutants when renewing the facilities' existing waste and air permits. Negotiations stalled during a meeting in November 2013 between EPA lawyers and cement kiln operators at EPA's Region V offices, according to an 8 January 2014 status report the parties filed with the Environmental Appeals Board (EAB). Litigation will continue on 20 February 2014.
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EPA Publishes Final Boiler MACT And Other Rules - Compliance Dates Set
On January 31, 2013, U.S. EPA published the final Boiler MACT in the Federal Register. This sets the existing source compliance date as January 31, 2016.
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EPA Reopens Public Comment Period On Reconsideration Of Startup And Shutdown Provisions
EPA is reopening, for 60 days, the public comment period on the startup and shutdown provisions included in the November 2012 proposed updates to pollution limits for new power plants under Mercury and Air Toxics Standards.