Energy Research Project for Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, and Green Energy Technologies

1. Action needed to save climate, create jobs
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... businesses can base their plans on. Rowe, whose Chicago-based electric utility holding company has already closed many of its coal-burning plants and plans to eliminate all of its 15 million tons of greenhouse ...

2. World's top scientists to review climate panel (AP)
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AP - At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world's most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday to plug the recent cracks in the authoritative reports of the United Nations' ...

3. EPA to Phase in CO2 emissions permits/BACT for mid-sized sources
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

The Obama administration will give small businesses a break on coming carbon dioxide emissions rules but big emitters like coal-fired power plants will face a crack-down, U.S. Environmental Protection ...

4. In Profile: Alex Slocum
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... place to promote the development and deployment of these technologies along with modular nuclear plants and liquefied coal or biomass for transportation fuels, he says, “The U.S. could essentially be energy ...

5. ENERGY: Coal-Fired Power on the Way Out?
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The past two years have witnessed the emergence of a powerful movement opposing the construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United States. ...

6. Asia-produced ozone making its way to U.S., study finds (McClatchy Newspapers)
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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A new study further bolsters concerns that pollution blowing across the Pacific Ocean from China and other rapidly developing Asian nations may swamp efforts to ...

7. Manchin argues against coal ash regulation (AP)
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AP - West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to drop plans to regulate coal ash from power plants as hazardous waste. ...

8. Manchin argues against coal ash regulation (AP)
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AP - West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to drop plans to regulate coal ash from power plants as hazardous waste. ...

9. A silver lining to the Copenhagen cloud?
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... now, if Congress doesn’t act, the EPA could require much more sudden and drastic changes such as immediately shutting down coal plants that are heavy emitters of CO2. As a result, he said, that puts pressure ...

10. Climate accord gets boost, but key elements still missing (AFP)
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AFP - Fifty-five nations including the world's top carbon polluters have registered their commitments to combat global warming, the UN climate chief said late Monday.

11. Power from down under
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... deep mine shafts for coal or minerals, and even from the pressure of water when a reservoir fills up behind a new dam. “Wherever there are existing faults, they will induce mostly minor quakes.” Toksoz’s ...

12. eSolar strikes deal to build power plants in China (AP)
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... on coal, imported gas and oil.  ...

13. Pa. high court backs ruling on mercury pollution (AP)
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AP - Pennsylvania's highest court is upholding a decision to throw out a state rule that required coal-fired power plants to cut mercury emissions beyond federal standards. ...

14. Duke Energy Resolves Clean Air Act Violations
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... coal-fired power plant in New Albany, Ind., located directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Ky. ...

15. Federal Officials Promote Use of Coal Waste on U.S. Farms
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Federal officials are promoting the use of a chalky residue from coal-burning power plants as a fertilizer on U.S. farms, even as regulators simultaneously consider new rules for the waste, which contains ...

16. Duke Energy Resolves Clean Air Act Violations
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... coal-fired power plant in New Albany, Ind., located directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Ky. ...

17. Federal Officials Promote Use of Coal Waste on U.S. Farms
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Federal officials are promoting the use of a chalky residue from coal-burning power plants as a fertilizer on U.S. farms, even as regulators simultaneously consider new rules for the waste, which contains ...

18. Shaw equips coal-fired units with air quality control tech
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Louisiana company expects three Maryland power plants to produce cleaner energy, reducing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions.

19. Coal still king in China, despite climate pledge (AFP)
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AFP - The choking soot that coats Linfen is testament to an inconvenient truth behind Beijing's promises to curb its greenhouse gas emissions: cheap and carbon-belching coal remains king in China.  ...

20. Regulators OK Limestone County coal plant permit (AP)
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AP - Texas environmental regulators on Wednesday issued an air-pollution permit for a power plant expansion, the first coal-fired plant to be approved since the Environmental Protection Agency ruled part ...

21. China's costly climate goals: report (AFP)
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AFP - China will need to invest up to 30 billion dollars a year to meet its goal of curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the state press said Friday, citing an academic study.

22. NY AG: AES Corp. agrees to pollution disclosures (AP)
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AP - AES Corp., which operates several coal-fired power plants in the U.S., has agreed to put more information about global warming in its public financial disclosures. ...

23. Fossil-fuel emissions up 2% in 2008 (AFP)
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AFP - Carbon emissions from fossil fuels rose two percent last year to an all-time high, leaving Earth on a worst-scenario track for global warming, scientists reported on Tuesday.

24. BP, GE to build 'clean coal' plant in Southern California
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Oil giants BP and General Electric Co. announced plans recently to collaborate on a 250-megawatt coal-fired power plant that would employ integrated gasification technology and carbon dioxide capture in ...

25. Greenpeace dumps 18 tonnes of coal at Swedish govt offices (AFP)
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AFP - Environmental activists from Greenpeace dumped 18 tonnes of German coal outside Sweden's government offices Wednesday to protest against the Swedish state's coal plant ownership abroad.  ...

26. EPA to develop rule to cut toxic emissions at power plants
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreed to issue rules by November 2011 to cut toxic air pollution at electric generating plants that burn coal or fuel oil, a federal court ruled.  ...

27. EPA to develop rule to cut toxic emissions at power plants
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreed to issue rules by November 2011 to cut toxic air pollution at electric generating plants that burn coal or fuel oil, a federal court ruled.  ...

28. EPA to develop rule to cut toxic emissions at power plants
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreed to issue rules by November 2011 to cut toxic air pollution at electric generating plants that burn coal or fuel oil, a federal court ruled.  ...

29. EPA to limit mercury emissions from power plants by 2011 (McClatchy Newspapers)
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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency will put controls on the emissions of hazardous pollutants such as mercury from coal-fired power plants for the first time by November ...

30. Report: Is CCS an option for India?
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The country’s coal-powered ultra mega power plants could be retrofitted with carbon capture and sequestration tech to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, study suggests. ...