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Breaking News: EPA Ruling - Coal Plants Must Limit CO2
Tomorrow we continue looking at the IEA WEO 2008. Tonight there is a press release by the Sierra Club. (Hat tip Jerome)In a move that signals the start of the our clean energy future, the Environmental Protection Agency s Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) ruled today EPA had no valid reason for refusing to limit from new coal fired power plants the carbon dioxide emissions that cause global warming. The decision means that all new and proposed coal plants nationwide must go back and address their carbon dioxide emissions. break Huge Legal Ruling Blocks US Coal DevelopmentThe ruling in the Bonanza coal plant permitting case (pdf) ruled with the Club s lawyers that since the Mass. v EPA Supreme Court ruling said Carbon Dioxide is a pollutant under the Clean Air Act, new coal fired power plants must implement Best Available Control Technology (BACT for short) for CO2. Thoughts, implications, discussion (read full article here!)



