12.23.2008
Two days before Christmas, the Federal Appeals Court for the District of Columbia reinstated (PDF) the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) while the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) makes changes to it. Judge Judith W. Rogers said, "The...
10.15.2008 | Stephen M. Kohan, PhD, Terry W. Rettig, and T. Steven Torbov, APTECH CST, LLC and Thomas K. Gale, PhD, Southern Research Institute
A twist on an old technique, flue gas recirculation, helps prevent slagging in the upper furnace and convective pass, according to pilot testing recently completed by APTECH CST and the Southern Research Institute. The technology—along with a companion...
10.15.2008 | Dr. Gui-su Liu and Dr. Brian S. Higgins
A utility evaluated various methods of obtaining a NOx reduction of at least 30%, as required by upcoming regulations for its boiler, which originally produced 0.54 lb of NOx/million Btu at 410 MW full load. Nalco Mobotec engineers performed a computational...
09.15.2008 | Angela Neville, JD
Even though the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now CAIR-free, a lot of folks at the agency’s air quality program aren’t very happy. The federal court decision issued on July 11 that struck down the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR)...
09.15.2008 | Dr. Robert Peltier, PE Editor-in-Chief
Al Gore, self-appointed father of the climate change movement, astonished his most ardent supporters with a plan to produce 100% of the nation’s electricity from renewable energy and carbon-free sources within 10 years. “The quickest, cheapest...
09.15.2008 | Steven F. Greenwald and Jeffrey P. Gray
This November, as part of California’s eclectic version of participatory democracy, its residents will vote on whether to amend the Solar and Clean Energy Act of 2008. Proposition No. 7 (Prop 7) promises to place the state on “the path to energy...
08.15.2008 | Compiled by Sonal Patel
Australia considers seabed sequestration legislation If the Australian Parliament passes legislation that was introduced by the minister of resources and energy in mid-June, the country could have the world’s first legislative framework for storing...
08.15.2008 | By Steven F. Greenwald and Jeffrey P. Gray
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) recently issued its long-awaited draft Climate Change Scoping Plan (Draft Plan) for implementing Assembly Bill (AB) 32, California’s ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions-reduction initiative. AB 32 requires...
08.15.2008 | Dr. Robert Peltier, PE
Virtually every American news organization, industry pundit, and blogger was preoccupied with the recent U.S. Senate debate of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (L-W) that proposed to reduce carbon emissions in the U.S. by using the now-familiar...
07.15.2008
By Jim Rogers, Duke Energy Corp. The climate change debate has been dramatized in movies, on Hollywood’s red carpets, and in documentaries featuring melting ice caps. The collective effect is extraordinary, and positive. America now stands ready to...
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