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Some industry analysts predicted the regulation would also benefit firms that make pollution-control equipment, including Babcock & Wilcox Co. and URS Corp.
EPA Rule Targets Mercury Pollution Stephen Power 2011
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Other plaintiffs argued that the law didn't allow states to set their own pollution-control plans, as the Clean Air Act requires.
Court Delays EPA Smog Rule Ryan Tracy 2011
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Secretary Clinton's stern admonition to Europe to abandon this extremely modest pollution-control measure, and instead work to reach an international standard at UN-sponsored talks on aviation, is an outright sham.
Vera Pardee: Bullying the EU on Global Warming...or Trying to Vera Pardee 2011
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"We know from experience that constructing pollution-control technology can be done in a reasonable time frame," Constellation said in a statement.
EPA Rule Targets Mercury Pollution Stephen Power 2011
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Since the Clean Air Act in 1970, California — alone among all states — has had the authority to impose pollution-control standards more stringent than the national rules, so long as the federal Environmental Protection Agency concluded that the regulations were not arbitrary or unreasonable.
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Secretary Clinton's stern admonition to Europe to abandon this extremely modest pollution-control measure, and instead work to reach an international standard at UN-sponsored talks on aviation, is an outright sham.
Vera Pardee: Bullying the EU on Global Warming...or Trying to Vera Pardee 2011
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The conventional wisdom had been that some old, outmoded coal-fired power plants would be withdrawn from service, but that costs for the remaining coal plants -- and therefore for the electricity they provide -- would increase because of the need to install modern pollution-control equipment.
Carl Pope: No, It's Not All as Hard as It Looks Carl Pope 2011
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And making even modest improvement in their pollution-control technology would have cost about $3.5 billion -- all money that ratepayers have just saved.
Carl Pope: No, It's Not All as Hard as It Looks Carl Pope 2011
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Secretary Clinton's stern admonition to Europe to abandon this extremely modest pollution-control measure, and instead work to reach an international standard at UN-sponsored talks on aviation, is an outright sham.
Vera Pardee: Bullying the EU on Global Warming...or Trying to Vera Pardee 2011
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President Obama is correct when he said: "When we put in place new commonsense rules to reduce air pollution, we create new jobs building and installing all sorts of pollution-control technology."
Adrianna Quintero: Obama Vows to Stand with EPA Adrianna Quintero 2012
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