by jhwygirl
Someone tell GeeGuy.
Released today, a decision by the EPA regarding coal-fired plants effectively halts any new approval until plants address carbon dioxide emissions.
Carbon dioxide is a pollutant – by law – and EPA’s previous refusal to apply “best available control technology” to its emissions is a violation.
With the City of Great Falls pushing forward, despite all of its legal problems regarding that coal-fired plant, and officials talking a pretty mean talk about “clean coal technology” even though currently there really isn’t “clean coal technology” makes this decision pretty important.
While Montana isn’t part of EPA’s Region 9, count me as one of at least two people that hopes this decision falls over to EPA’s Region 8.
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Pingback on Jun 8th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
[...] if the price goes up. Coal is a major contributor to carbon emissions (the coal-burning industry has long gotten a free pass on this from the EPA, until recently), and the U.S. is currently inching closer and closer to cap-and-trade legislation that will make [...]
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Pingback on Sep 6th, 2009 at 8:51 am
[...] Kinda like how the EPA has been exempting carbon dioxide from regulations which was great for coal-fired plants. [...]
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Pingback on Nov 30th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
[...] the applicability of a year-old market analysis on the value of the coal (which was compiled pre-EPA ruling and pre-cap-and-trade legislation). They’re probably also looking at the rest of the Major [...]
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UPDATE: See this Great Falls Tribune story.