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Ontario introduces Ending Coal for Cleaner Air Act

Posted on November 26, 2013 by manningenvironmentallaw

Ontario introduced legislation yesterday that, if passed, will eliminate coal-fired generation as a source of electricity. The proposed Ending Coal for Cleaner Air Act is intended to ensure that once coal facilities stop operating by the end of 2014, coal-burning generation on … Continue reading →

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Ontario on Track to Eliminate Coal-Fired Generation: Will U.S. Follow Its Example?

Posted on October 23, 2013 by manningenvironmentallaw

U.S. states and generators will doubtless be following Ontario’s progress as it comes closer to being the first jurisdiction in North America to eliminate coal as a source of electricity. Today, the province marked the end of burning coal at … Continue reading →

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Climate Change: Obama follows through with tough new regulations for coal-fired generation

Posted on September 21, 2013 by manningenvironmentallaw

Amid concerns from the US coal industry that the cost of implementing carbon capture technology will render new coal-fired generation plants uneconomic, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed yesterday Clean Air Act standards to cut carbon pollution from new … Continue reading →

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