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Tag Archives: Clean Air Act
10/27/2011 EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson: Keystone conversation is ‘awesome’
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson still offers some hope for a clean future. This from the Hill “Politico”. 10/27/2011 EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson: Keystone conversation is ‘awesome’ By Erica Martinson: EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on Thursday took an artful dodge when asked by a student activist about the Keystone XL pipeline, praising civic engagement and promising that the EPA will “do its job.” “People ask me all the time, ‘What about this whole issue?’ To me, it’s awesome; it’s awesome that we’re having this conversation in this country. This should be a moment where we’re having a big conversation,” she said. ... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, US Environmental Protection Agency
Tagged air toxic standards, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, coal ash, coal plants, environmental laws, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Keystone, Keystone XL pipeline, mercury, Politico, Sierra Club
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10/23/2011 Albuquerque Journal: Battle Over San Juan
The 1,798-megawatt coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington has been ordered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to install more pollution controls to cut emissions that cause haze. The mine that supplies the plant’s coal, operated by the San Juan Coal Company, can be seen in the background. Photo Credit – Richard Pipes/Journal 10/23/2011 Albuquerque Journal: Battle Over San Juan By Michael Hartranft / Journal Staff Writer: It’s called selective catalytic reduction — a million-dollar term for pollution control if ever there was one. Make that hundreds of millions of dollars in the case of the giant, coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington, its owners and the consumers who use the electricity it generates.... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability
Tagged Albuquerque Journal, Clean Air Act, EPA, green alternatives, national parks, Obama administration, PNM, pollutants, regional haze, San Juan Coal Company, SCR, Sierra Club, US EPA
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10/25/2011 Durango Herald: EPA chief keeps up the pressure – Jackson touts approach to replace coal with natural-gas generators
10/25/2011 Durango Herald: EPA chief keeps up the pressure – Jackson touts approach to replace coal with natural-gas generators By Joe Hanel Herald Staff Writer: DENVER – Regulators will continue to push for cleanups at coal power plants in the Four Corners despite a rough economy, the Obama administration’s top environmental official said Monday. Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, visited Denver to tout the state’s approach to retiring coal plants and replacing them with natural gas-powered generators. Jackson’s agency in 2009 blocked a permit for the proposed Desert Rock coal power plant in Northwest New Mexico, and it is requiring better pollution-control equipment on existing power plants.... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, US Environmental Protection Agency
Tagged asthma, Clean Air Act, Colorado Oil and Gas Association coal power plants, Desert Rock coal power plant, Four Corners, health, Lisa Jackson, natural gas-powered generators, Obama, pollution control, reitre coal plants, respiratory diseases, The Durango Herald
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10/14/2011 Let’s Unplug Dirty, Old Coal Plants – Political weakness keeps them polluting 30+ years too long
10/14/2011 EarthJustice Blog: Let’s Unplug Dirty, Old Coal Plants – Political weakness keeps them polluting 30+ years too long: Across the nation, old coal-fired power plants are gasping for their last breath, having survived long past their prime because of political favors and weak government regulations. They would have died decades ago if not for a fateful policy compromise in the late 1970s that exempted existing power plants from new air quality standards in the Clean Air Act.... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, Grand Canyon
Tagged air quality, asthma, Clean Air Act, coal fired power plants, coal mining, EarthJustice, EPA, Global warming, government subsidy, greenhouse gas emission, haze, mercury, old coal plants, smog, soot, unplug dirty, water pollution
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9/22/2011 US EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Testimony Before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
9/22/2011 US EPA: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: EPA Press Office, press@epa.gov, 202-564-6794: Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Testimony Before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations: As prepared for delivery: Chairman Stearns, Ranking Member DeGette and Members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to be here today to testify on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulatory process. It is a priority of the EPA and of this Administration, to ensure that our regulatory system is guided by science and that it protects human health and the environment in a pragmatic and cost effective manner. ... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, US Environmental Protection Agency
Tagged Administrator Lisa Jackson, asthma, bronchitis, Clean Air Act, environment, environmental justice, Executive Order 13563, human health, US EPA, US House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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8/6/2011 EPA requires cleanup at NM coal-powered plant
8/6/2011 Summit County Citizens Voice: EPA requires cleanup at NM coal-powered plant 
New pollution controls at coal-fired plant near the Four Corners will benefit public health and reduce regional haze; Utility company says it will appeal the federal decision By Summit Voice: SUMMIT COUNTY — Residents of the Four Corners region and tourists in the famed national parks in the area will be able to breathe a bit easier after the EPA this week issued a final rule that will help cut harmful nitrogen oxide emissions from the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station in New Mexico by 80 percent. The coal plant also emits more than 5,500 tons of sulfur dioxide per year.... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, Grand Canyon, Navajo Generating Station
Tagged asthma, Clean Air Act, coal pollution, coal-fired plant, Dine CARE, EPA, Four Corners, Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Navajo Nation, nitrogen oxide, ozone, public health, regional haze, respiratory problems, San Juan Generating Station, Summit Voice
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7/7/2011 US EPA: Here’s What They’re Saying About the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
Here’s What They’re Saying About the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule: CONTACT Enesta Jones (News Media Only): jones.enesta@epa.gov, 202-564-7873, 202-564-4355: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 7, 2011: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized Clean Air Act protections that will slash hundreds of thousands of tons of smokestack emissions that travel long distances through the air and threaten the health of hundreds of millions of Americans living downwind. The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule will protect communities that are home to 240 million Americans from smog and soot pollution, preventing up to 34,000 premature deaths, 15,000 nonfatal heart attacks, 19,000 cases of acute bronchitis, 400,000 cases of aggravated asthma, and 1.8 million sick days a year beginning in 2014 – achieving up to $280 billion in annual health benefits.... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, US Environmental Protection Agency
Tagged American Lung Association, asthma, bronchitis, Clean Air Act, cross-state air pollution rule, downwinders, heart attacks, power plants, premature deaths, sick days
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7/7/2011 EPA Reduces Smokestack Pollution, Protecting Americans’ Health: Clean Air Act protections will cut dangerous pollution
EPA Reduces Smokestack Pollution, Protecting Americans’ Health from Soot and Smog: Clean Air Act protections will cut dangerous pollution in communities that are home to 240 million Americans CONTACT: Enesta Jones, jones.enesta@epa.gov, 202-564-7873, 202-564-4355: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 7, 2011: WASHINGTON – Building on the Obama Administration’s strong record of protecting the public’s health through common-sense clean air standards – including proposed standards to reduce emissions of mercury and other air toxics, as well as air quality standards for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide – the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized additional Clean Air Act protections that will slash hundreds of thousands of tons of smokestack emissions that travel long distances through the air leading to soot and smog, threatening the health of hundreds of millions of Americans living downwind. ... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, US Environmental Protection Agency
Tagged air pollution, air toxics, asthma, Clean Air Act, clean air standards, dirty air, downwind, EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, heart attacks, mercury, nitrogen dioxide, premature death, public health, smog, soot, sulfur dioxide
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