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EPA Proposes Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants Press Highlights - September 20 Featured Highlight - Pollution Prevention (P2) Week Connect with EPA Recent Blogs, Videos & Social Media EPA Proposes Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants Today, EPA proposed Clean Air Act standards to cut carbon pollution from new power plants built in the United States to combat climate change and improve public health. For live updates throughout the day regarding today's Clean Air Act announcement, follow @EPA and @GinaEPA on Twitter. We will be using the hashtag #ActOnClimate. Watch a Vine of EPA administrator Gina McCarthy signing the proposed Climate Pollution Standards: https://vine.co/v/hvTpQaELLPH Watch her speech on the proposed rule here: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Gina Read Administrator McCarthy's op-ed in Huffington Post on why we're taking action for our children and future generations: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gina-mccarthy/time-to-act-on-climate-change_b_3954969.html Additional information on the new standards can be found on our website: http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards For the full news release:  http://go.usa.gov/DPR9 Press Highlights - September 20 Sep 19: First WaterSense Labeled Product Available for Commercial Kitchens Sep 19: CITGO Agrees to Reduce Air Pollution and Pay Penalty to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations at Refineries in Louisiana and Illinois Sep 18: EPA administrator Gina McCarthy Testimony Before House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Energy and Power Sep 17: EPA and Ad Council Launch New Public Service Announcements to Prevent Asthma Attacks Sep 17: EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz Testify Before House Energy and Commerce Committee on Climate Change Sep 17: EPA Provides Grant for Organic Gardening and Composting Training in Brooklyn Sep 16: EPA Marks Pollution Prevention (P2) Week with Renewed Emphasis on Reducing Carbon Pollution Featured Highlight - Pollution Prevention (P2) Week Earth Day may be months away, but this week, from September 16-22, we're encouraging you to participate in P2 Week. By preventing pollution before it happens, you save money, reduce waste and ensure a healthier home, workplace and community. Visit our P2 Week page to learn more about P2 activities this week and the simple steps you can take everyday to prevent pollution and protect the planet! Visit: www2.epa.gov/p2week. Are you interested in understanding what makes products safer? We're hosting a Twitter Chat at 2pm  EDT on Tuesday 9/17 to answer questions about #SaferProducts and our Safer Product Labeling Program as part of P2 Week. Learn more about the DfE label, which identifies cleaning and other products that perform well, are cost-effective, and are safer for people and the environment! Join us on Tuesday by following @EPAlive and using #SaferProducts. Ask us a question, share your ideas, and join the conversation on safer products! Learn more about Design for the Environment:  www.epa.gov/dfe Connect with EPA Webinar Sep 24: EPA's online greenhouse gas data publication tool, FLIGHT Webinar Sep 25: Harmful Algal Blooms Campus RainWorks Challenge On September 24, 3:00 pm ET, EPA will host a training webinar on FLIGHT. The webinar will review how to perform popular searches and view emissions by industry, geographic location, or greenhouse gas. It will also preview new features coming to FLIGHT with the release of the 2012 data in October.  http://go.usa.gov/DC6G On October 1, EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program will release its third year of detailed, facility-level greenhouse gas data from the largest stationary sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. On September 25, 1:00 pm ET, EPA will host a webinar on Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). Join us for "Linking Nutrient Pollution and HABs: State of the Science and EPA Actions" the fourth in an exciting series of summer webinars about this worsening environmental problem and public health threat. Harmful algal blooms are a major environmental problem in all 50 states. Known as red tides, blue-green algae or cyanobacteria, harmful algal blooms have severe impacts on human health, aquatic ecosystems and the economy.  To register for the webinar click here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/248409642 Recent Blogs, Videos & Social Media Inspired by the Next Generation by Shaun McGrath EPA Science: Supporting the Waters of the U.S. by Nancy Stoner and Lek Kadeli Introducing… The Breathe Easies by Janet McCabe Pollution Prevention Week: Making Every Day Earth Day by Jim Jones Revitalize for Jobs: Investing in Manufacturing, a Michigan Community Roundtable by Mathy Stanislaus Desarrollemos nuestro Lórax interior or Developing the Lorax Within by Isabel Long In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month 2012, Isabel Long, a Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States employee, shares stoies that are running concurrently on the BLM Daily, oneINTERIOR, and the Environmental Protection Agency's bilingual blog at http://blog.epa.gov/espanol/. 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