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EPA to Require Large Emitters to use ‘Best Technologies’ to Reduce Emissions

environmentalleader.com (Sep 30 2009) Cap and Trade , Emissions , Fossil Fuel
1. In a move that could galvanize industrial opposition to cap and trade, the EPA is proposing that large emitters use the “best available” technologies to minimize GHG emissions when facilities are constructed or significantly modified. The rule would apply to large industrial operations and utilities that emit more than 25,000 tons of GHGs a year. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is introducing the proposal Sept. 30 at the California Governor’s Global Climate Summit. (Read Full Article)
  
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