Comments on: The Case against EPA’s Utility MACT (in pictures) http://www.globalwarming.org/2012/06/11/the-case-against-epa-utility-mact-in-pictures/ Climate Change News & Analysis Fri, 10 May 2013 07:59:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Before It's News http://www.globalwarming.org/2012/06/11/the-case-against-epa-utility-mact-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-69725 Before It's News Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:42:04 +0000 http://www.globalwarming.org/?p=14153#comment-69725 [...] View the slideshow: “The Case against EPA’s Utility MACT” William Yeatman Tue, 2012-06-12 Sub Title:  Study Intended to Inform [...]

]]> By: Senate Deliberates on Vote to Check EPA’s All Pain and No Gain Utility MACT | COAL BURNING FUELS http://www.globalwarming.org/2012/06/11/the-case-against-epa-utility-mact-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-69680 Senate Deliberates on Vote to Check EPA’s All Pain and No Gain Utility MACT | COAL BURNING FUELS Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:54:17 +0000 http://www.globalwarming.org/?p=14153#comment-69680 [...] EPA’s Utility MACT, simply put, is an affront to common sense. Industry and EPA agree that it would cost electricity ratepayers almost $10 billion per year, making it one of the most expensive regulations ever. Worse, it would effectively ban the construction of new coal-fired power plants, by establishing mercury emissions limits that are a third of detectable levels. Because pollution control equipment vendors cannot even measure the emissions limit required by the Utility MACT, they cannot offer a guarantee that new coal-fired power plants will be in compliance with the regulation. And without such a guarantee, utilities are unable to raise capital to build new coal-fired electricity generating units. [...]

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