Tuesday, December 4, 2012

US could cut power plant pollution by 26 percent

Bloomberg: President Barack Obama could cut greenhouse-gas emissions from U.S. power plants 26 percent by 2020, the Natural Resources Defense Council said in a plan that puts pressure on the administration to issue new rules. Obama can use his authority under the Clean Air Act to clamp down existing polluters in a cost-effective way, the NRDC said in a report today. These emitters, which include Southern Co. (SO) and Duke Energy Corp. (DUK), are the biggest sources of U.S. carbon-dioxide pollution, with...

URL: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-12-04/u-dot-s-dot-could-cut-power-plant-pollution-26-percent-nrdc-says
Enclosure: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/data?pid=avimage&iid=in0gviV7sv_E

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