Open AccessCarbon Pollution Guidelines Proposed by EPA
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo230004
Subject(s) - greenhouse gas , pollution , agency (philosophy) , environmental protection , fossil fuel , environmental science , air pollution , environmental pollution , waste management , carbon fibers , business , natural resource economics , environmental planning , environmental engineering , engineering , chemistry , computer science , ecology , economics , philosophy , organic chemistry , composite number , biology , epistemology , algorithm
A proposal released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on 2 June would, for the first time, cut carbon pollution from existing fossil fuel–fired electric‐generating units, which EPA says accounts for about one third of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.