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Pollution from coal power plants contributes to far more deaths than scientists realized, study...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe longest-running study of its kind reviewed death records in the path of pollution from...
Soot pollution from coal-fired power plants is more deadly than soot from other sources, study shows
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBurning coal to generate electricity is on the way out in the United States, but the nation’s long...
Long-term coal power plants must control 90% of their carbon pollution, new EPA rules say
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe Environmental Protection Agency released long-awaited updated power plant standards Thursday,...
Environmental nonprofits sue EPA over pollution from eight Texas coal plants
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo national environmental advocacy groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over...
EPA announces plans to slash power plant greenhouse gas emissions
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Biden administration proposed new regulations Thursday that if enacted would aggressively limit...
New EPA Emissions Rules Squeeze Coal Plants
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoBUSINESS The Biden administration on Thursday issued sweeping new rules that crack down on power-plant pollution and could force many of the country’s...
Drought, heat waves could worsen air pollution for vulnerable communities
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLos Angeles abandoned a plan in 2019 to spend billions of dollars rebuilding three natural gas power...
Six things to know about Biden’s proposed crackdown on power plant emissions
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn Thursday, the Biden administration proposed a new rule aimed at slashing power plants’...
This state blew up its last coal plant to make way for a massive, community-changing construction...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNew Jersey has demolished Logan Generating Station, one of its last coal-fired power plants,...
MIT Study: Nuclear Power Shutdown Could Lead To Increased Deaths
Oilprice.com via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoIf U.S. nuclear power plants are retired, fossil fuel use to fill the energy gap could cause more than 5,000 premature deaths due to increased air pollution, according to a new MIT study.