As required by Congress, the EPA recently released annual greenhouse gas data “detailing carbon pollution emissions and trends broken down by industrial sector, greenhouse gas, geographic region, and individual facility.” Interestingly, in 2012, coal-fired electricity generation increased while natural gas generation decreased considerably. This is counter to all the talk … [continued]
“Gloom and doom for the economy,” “job-killing,” and “radical environmental and anti-coal jobs agenda” are just some of the verbal grenades being lobbed in the direction of Gina McCarthy, who has been tapped by President Obama to head the US Environmental Protection Agency. McCarthy was in for a bare-knuckles brawl … [continued]
For all those who have been or might be confused by nonsense pushed by fossil fuel industry reps, politicians, and a handful of utility companies regarding EPA regulations of coal power plants, here’s a great post by Daniel Weiss, Senior Fellow and the Director of Climate Strategy at the Center for … [continued]
