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Coal Decliner
Idaho legislature passes two-year moratorium on coal-fired power plants |
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03 Apr 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Coal Decliner Idaho legislature passes two-year moratorium on coal-fired power plants In a two-for-one snub of President Bush and Idaho Gov. (and likely future Interior Secretary) Dirk Kempthorne (R), Idaho's Republican-controlled legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill last week that would put a two-year moratorium on new coal-fired power plants in the state. The bill -- which says the plants "may have a significant negat ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Idaho, news (all these topics) |
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Bait and Switchgrass
New coal-powered ethanol plant a sign of things to come |
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27 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Bait and Switchgrass New coal-powered ethanol plant a sign of things to come Greens leery about jumping on the biofuels bandwagon have new reason for trepidation: An ethanol plant that opened last December in Iowa is burning 300 tons of coal a day to transform corn into ethanol ... in order to beat global warming. Mmm, taste the sweet, sweet irony! The plant is no anomaly: The biofuels business is booming, with 30 to ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, news, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Repent, Ye Synners
Shady synfuel industry making billions off tax-credit loophole |
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01 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Repent, Ye Synners Shady synfuel industry making billions off tax-credit loophole A budget bill currently being hashed out in Congress may help a few dozen coal plants continue to get filthy rich off of taxpayer money. The backstory: In 1980, Congress enacted tax incentives for turning coal into synthetic fuel, requiring only that the coal be chemically altered -- not necessarily cleaner. The subsidy was designed to be phased ... |
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| Topics: business, coal, energy, news (all these topics) |
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Freedom to Pollute Is on the March
New air rules could allow coal-fired plants to pollute more |
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31 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Freedom to Pollute Is on the March New air rules could allow coal-fired plants to pollute more The Bush administration may finally eviscerate the legal basis for many pesky air-pollution lawsuits against coal-fired power plants. A new proposal being drafted by the U.S. EPA would change the system for monitoring plants' emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide: after a plant modernized its equipment, ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, news, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics) |
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It's Not Your Overall Coughing, It's How Many Times You Cough Per Hour
Court hands coal-fired power plants huge victory on pollution regs |
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16 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| It's Not Your Overall Coughing, It's How Many Times You Cough Per Hour Court hands coal-fired power plants huge victory on pollution regs The long-running legal battle launched by the Clinton administration against aging coal-fired power plants -- the nation's largest industrial source of smog-, asthma-, and global-warming-causing emissions -- was dealt a decisive blow yesterday by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court o ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, coal, energy, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Everything New Is Old Again
Wisconsin power-plant expansion could have long-term eco-consequences |
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31 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Everything New Is Old Again Wisconsin power-plant expansion could have long-term eco-consequences The fate of a Wisconsin coal-fired power plant could augur poorly for the environment, say its opponents. At issue is what does and doesn't count as a "new" power-generating facility: Under the Clean Water Act, new facilities are subject to strict regulations on cleaning technology; an addition to an existing ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, news, US EPA, Wisconsin (all these topics) |
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That's Hot
States sue EPA over new mercury rules and the 'hot spots' they'll create |
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19 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| That's Hot States sue EPA over new mercury rules and the "hot spots" they'll create A coalition of 11 states filed suit against the U.S. EPA in federal court yesterday, charging that the agency's recently issued mercury emissions rules, which establish a "cap and trade" system whereby coal-fired power plants can trade pollution credits, pose an unacceptable threat to publi ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, coal, energy, news, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Everything Coal Is New Again
Congress seeks tax money to make defunct 'clean coal' plant dirty again |
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25 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Everything Coal Is New Again Congress seeks tax money to make defunct "clean coal" plant dirty again For aficionados of government pork, the energy bill that recently passed the House is the gift that keeps on giving. The latest gem uncovered is a provision that would offer $125 million in loan guarantees to a "clean coal" power plant in Alaska. Now, this pork isn't going to build the plant -- tha ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, coal, energy, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Two Paths Diverged in the Desert ...
Battle between coal and renewables plays out in Nevada |
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11 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Two Paths Diverged in the Desert ... Battle between coal and renewables plays out in Nevada A drama in the small Nevada town of Gerlach is a harbinger of things to come for communities around the U.S. On one side is Sempra Energy, which wants to build a coal-fired power plant that would generate enough energy for 1.5 million households and pipe it west to California and up to the Pacific Northwest. On the oth ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Nevada, news, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Climb Every Mountain. Then Remove It.
Activists plan summer of mountaintop-removal protests |
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29 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Climb Every Mountain. Then Remove It. Activists plan summer of mountaintop-removal protests Environmental activists are planning a summer of focused protest against mountaintop-removal coal mining in West Virginia and surrounding coal states. "Mountain Justice Summer" will call for nonviolent protests against this highly destructive mining technique, whereby entire mountaintops ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, mining and drilling, news, Tennessee, West Virginia (all these topics) |
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Conquered in Concord
New Hampshire Senate approves stricter mercury rules than feds |
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25 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Conquered in Concord New Hampshire Senate approves stricter mercury rules than feds At risk of getting stuck with a number of toxic mercury hotspots under the Bush administration's new mercury cap-and-trade rule, New Hampshire's Senate approved a bill yesterday to adopt rules more stringent than the feds' and to ban the state's two coal-fired power plants from trading pollution allowances with cleaner ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, New Hampshire, news, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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Scrubs
Debate over mercury-reduction technology rages on |
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18 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Scrubs Debate over mercury-reduction technology rages on The Bush administration's release of its Clean Air Mercury Rule this week has reignited debate over how well existing technology can remove mercury from emissions at coal-fired power plants. The rule mandates a 70 percent reduction in emissions by 2018, a number many enviros contend current mercury-removal technology can achieve within three to five years. ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, coal, energy, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Kids Absorb the Darndest Things
Lower IQs in mercury-exposed children cost U.S. billions, study says |
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01 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Kids Absorb the Darndest Things Lower IQs in mercury-exposed children cost U.S. billions, study says The effects of mercury on fetal development are costing the U.S. economy $8.7 billion a year, says a new study. Some 317,000 to 637,000 children born in the U.S. each year have been exposed to unsafe mercury levels in the womb, and many of them sustain diminished IQs, researchers reported in a National Institutes of Health jour ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Hazed and Confused
Appeals court rejects five-state plan for clean park air |
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24 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Hazed and Confused Appeals court rejects five-state plan for clean park air A market-based program used by five Western states to control haze in national parks and wilderness areas was rejected by a federal appeals court Friday. Brought to court in a challenge by a coal and utilities industry group, the states' efforts to cut sulfur-dioxide pollution and improve air quality and visibility in the parks w ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, coal, energy, news, US EPA, West (all these topics) |
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