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EPA awards half a million dollars to reduce greenhouse gas pollution in central New York
Section: News
Category: Emissions
2010-06-18 14:31:16
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has provided a half million dollar grant to the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board to fund a project designed to reduce greenhouse gas pollution in Central New York, including Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga and Oswego Counties. During each of the next three years, the planning board will select three communities within Central New York to participate in its project, called the Central New York Climate Change Innovation program. The winning local communities will receive sub-grants from the Central New York Planning and Development Board to develop plans to retrofit vehicles, buildings and other equipment to make them energy efficient; introduce alternative-fuel vehicles and fueling systems; reduce the miles their fleets travel; and conduct feasibility studies for renewable energy projects. They will also consider how their city planning and land use policies can become more sustainable. Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board's greenhouse gas reduction program is one of only twenty-five projects in the entire nation to receive funding as part of EPA's $10 million competitive grant Climate Showcase Communities program.
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Category: Emissions
2010-06-18 14:31:16
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has provided a half million dollar grant to the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board to fund a project designed to reduce greenhouse gas pollution in Central New York, including Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga and Oswego Counties. During each of the next three years, the planning board will select three communities within Central New York to participate in its project, called the Central New York Climate Change Innovation program. The winning local communities will receive sub-grants from the Central New York Planning and Development Board to develop plans to retrofit vehicles, buildings and other equipment to make them energy efficient; introduce alternative-fuel vehicles and fueling systems; reduce the miles their fleets travel; and conduct feasibility studies for renewable energy projects. They will also consider how their city planning and land use policies can become more sustainable. Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board's greenhouse gas reduction program is one of only twenty-five projects in the entire nation to receive funding as part of EPA's $10 million competitive grant Climate Showcase Communities program.
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EPA announces $10 million for communities to combat climate change
Section: News
Category: Emissions
2010-06-09 00:50:05
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making available up to $10 million in grants to local governments to establish and carry out initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Under the Climate Showcase Communities program, EPA expects to award approximately 25 cooperative agreements ranging from $100,000 to $500,000, with approximately five percent of the funds ($500,000) being made available specifically for tribal governments. Local governments, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, and inter-tribal consortia are eligible for grants to create sustainable community actions that can be used elsewhere, generate cost-effective greenhouse gas reductions and improve the environmental, economic, public health, and social conditions in a community. A 50 percent cost share is required for recipients, with the exception of tribal governments and intertribal consortia, which are exempt from matching requirements under this grant.
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Category: Emissions
2010-06-09 00:50:05
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making available up to $10 million in grants to local governments to establish and carry out initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Under the Climate Showcase Communities program, EPA expects to award approximately 25 cooperative agreements ranging from $100,000 to $500,000, with approximately five percent of the funds ($500,000) being made available specifically for tribal governments. Local governments, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, and inter-tribal consortia are eligible for grants to create sustainable community actions that can be used elsewhere, generate cost-effective greenhouse gas reductions and improve the environmental, economic, public health, and social conditions in a community. A 50 percent cost share is required for recipients, with the exception of tribal governments and intertribal consortia, which are exempt from matching requirements under this grant.
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Data centers can now earn energy star label
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Category: Energy Savings
2010-06-09 00:31:49
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that stand-alone data centers and buildings that house large data centers can now earn the Energy Star label. To earn the label, data centers must be in the top 25 percent of their peers in energy efficiency according to EPA's energy performance scale. By improving efficiency, centers can save energy and money and help fight climate change. EPA uses a commonly accepted measure for energy efficiency, the Power Usage Effectiveness metric, to determine whether a data center qualifies for the Energy Star label. Before being awarded the Energy Star, a licensed professional must independently verify the energy performance of these buildings and sign and seal the application document that is sent to EPA for review and approval. Data centers are found in nearly every sector of the economy and deliver vital information technology services, including data storage, communications and internet accessibility. Data centers use a significant amount of energy, accounting for 1.5 percent of total U.S. electricity consumption at a cost of $4.5 billion annually, an amount that is expected to almost double over the next five years.
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Category: Energy Savings
2010-06-09 00:31:49
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that stand-alone data centers and buildings that house large data centers can now earn the Energy Star label. To earn the label, data centers must be in the top 25 percent of their peers in energy efficiency according to EPA's energy performance scale. By improving efficiency, centers can save energy and money and help fight climate change. EPA uses a commonly accepted measure for energy efficiency, the Power Usage Effectiveness metric, to determine whether a data center qualifies for the Energy Star label. Before being awarded the Energy Star, a licensed professional must independently verify the energy performance of these buildings and sign and seal the application document that is sent to EPA for review and approval. Data centers are found in nearly every sector of the economy and deliver vital information technology services, including data storage, communications and internet accessibility. Data centers use a significant amount of energy, accounting for 1.5 percent of total U.S. electricity consumption at a cost of $4.5 billion annually, an amount that is expected to almost double over the next five years.
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Friends of the Earth sues EPA for failure to properly regulate biofuels
Section: News
Category: Biomass
2010-06-01 05:25:13
The Clean Air Task Force and Friends of the Earth filed today a lawsuit to the EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in the U.S. Court of Appeals and petitioned the EPA to reconsider its assumption regarding land conversion. The EPA's finalized regulations for the RFS released in March 2010 do not meet standards set in Congress 2007 expansion of the RFS biofuels mandate. The 2007 RFS included requirements that biofuels reduce net greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional gasoline and diesel. Safeguards to protect natural ecosystems from biofuel crop production were also included.
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Category: Biomass
2010-06-01 05:25:13
The Clean Air Task Force and Friends of the Earth filed today a lawsuit to the EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in the U.S. Court of Appeals and petitioned the EPA to reconsider its assumption regarding land conversion. The EPA's finalized regulations for the RFS released in March 2010 do not meet standards set in Congress 2007 expansion of the RFS biofuels mandate. The 2007 RFS included requirements that biofuels reduce net greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional gasoline and diesel. Safeguards to protect natural ecosystems from biofuel crop production were also included.Friends of the Earth Energy Policy Campaigner Kate McMahon had the following comment: "The EPA must look at the impact that the biofuels mandate is having on global warming today and not use rosy projections about what the state of biofuel production will be in 2022. Using these projections ensures that for the next several years greenhouse gas emissions will only get worse, rather than better. The EPA also needs to take into consideration current research about existing land conversion for biofuels crop production and provide the congressionally mandated safeguards for natural ecosystems."
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"EPA tailoring rule a first step to reducing devastating impact of global warming"
Section: News
Category: Emissions
2010-05-17 09:58:16
In response to the EPA tailoring rule, Senior Legislative Representative Kyle Ash of Greenpeace issued the following statement: "This final "tailoring" rule is a first step toward reducing the devastating impact of the nation's biggest smokestacks on the planet's climate, oceans, and quality of life. The Clean Air Act has been successfully used to reduce pollution for four decades. Now, three years after the Supreme Court ruled that EPA must come to grips with this problem, we will finally see needed requirements to reduce carbon dioxide pollution caused by the burning of coal and other fossil fuels at large facilities like power plants and incinerators. Unfortunately, this final rule is weaker than the proposed rule, in that it has raised the threshold of covered emissions to 100,000 tons per year (from 25,000 tons per year), which reduces covered sources from around 13,000 to less than 5,000. Nonetheless, these facilities are responsible for 64% of the nation's global warming pollution from stationary sources and represent about 40% of the total U.S. contribution to global climate change."
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Category: Emissions
2010-05-17 09:58:16
In response to the EPA tailoring rule, Senior Legislative Representative Kyle Ash of Greenpeace issued the following statement: "This final "tailoring" rule is a first step toward reducing the devastating impact of the nation's biggest smokestacks on the planet's climate, oceans, and quality of life. The Clean Air Act has been successfully used to reduce pollution for four decades. Now, three years after the Supreme Court ruled that EPA must come to grips with this problem, we will finally see needed requirements to reduce carbon dioxide pollution caused by the burning of coal and other fossil fuels at large facilities like power plants and incinerators. Unfortunately, this final rule is weaker than the proposed rule, in that it has raised the threshold of covered emissions to 100,000 tons per year (from 25,000 tons per year), which reduces covered sources from around 13,000 to less than 5,000. Nonetheless, these facilities are responsible for 64% of the nation's global warming pollution from stationary sources and represent about 40% of the total U.S. contribution to global climate change."
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