A communiqué drafted by participants from 22 coal-heavy countries at the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) that was held in Washington D.C. last week affirms that carbon capture and storage…
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Legal and technical aspects of power plant environmental monitoring and control; regulatory issues
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exceeded its authority under the federal Clean Air Act when it promulgated the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) in 2011, nine states argue in a…
Dan Utech has replaced Heather Zichal as Director for Energy and Climate Change at the White House Domestic Policy Council. Zichal filled the role for more than five years and…
An executive order signed by President Obama today requires federal agencies to promote the "dual goals" of a greater resilience to climate change and a removal of barriers to carbon-curbing measures,…
A revised technical guidance released by the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday to bolster a key facet of President Obama's Climate Action Plan (CAP) declares an end to U.S. support…
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from power plants plunged 10% in 2012 largely due to the coal-to-gas switch and a slight decrease in power production, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said…
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today unanimously established an energy storage target of 1,325 MW that California's largest investor-owned utilities, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison, and…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a narrow challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) authority to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources, including power plants.…
Late last month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest report on climate change and carbon emissions, which noted that “atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide . .…
While many people believe coal is incompatible with meeting the challenge of climate change, the World Coal Association (WCA) disagrees. Together with the Polish Ministry of Economy, the WCA has…