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Duke’s Dan River Station Suffers Coal Ash Spill [UPDATED]
02.04.2014 | Thomas Overton [Update Feb. 10] Duke Energy workers have succeeded in permanently stopping the leak from its coal ash pond at the Dan River Steam Station, the company reported on Feb. 8. A storm drain under the pond broke on Feb. 2,… |
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Legal Deadline Set for EPA's Coal Ash Rule
01.29.2014 | Sonal Patel The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must issue a proposed revision of its Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle D rules regulating coal combustion residuals no later than Dec. 19, 2014, under a consent decree reached between the agency and environmental… |
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EPA to Hand Over GHG Permitting Authority to Texas
02.06.2014 | Sonal Patel The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week proposed to approve revisions to a Texas state plan to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the state. If finalized, likely later this year, the EPA will rescind its Federal Implementation Plan (FIP)… |
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Idling of Two Coal-Fired Plants Will Cost Jobs
01.28.2014 | Aaron Larson Big Rivers Electric Corp.—a member-owned, not-for-profit, generation and transmission cooperative serving western Kentucky—plans to idle two of its coal-fired power plants following the loss of its largest industrial load. The D.B. Wilson Station, a 417-MW plant located in Centertown, Ky.,… |
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European Parliament Backs Binding Targets for Climate, Energy, Shuns Commission's Proposal
02.06.2014 | Sonal Patel Legally binding targets to slash the European Union's (EU) carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 40%, increase the bloc's renewables' share to 30%, and improve energy efficiency by 40%—all by 2030—were strongly backed by the European Parliament on Wednesday. The… |
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EPA Reports Toxic Air Releases Down Due in Part to Coal Plants
02.05.2014 | Aaron Larson The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported on Feb. 4 that total releases of toxic chemicals decreased 12%, while toxic air releases were down 8% in its annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) report. The data—from 2012—was compiled from 21,024 facilities that… |
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Remote Monitoring and Diagnostics Within a Smart Integrated Infrastructure
02.01.2014 | Una Nowling It seems as if each week brings further bad news for coal power plants. Recently, Consumer’s Energy sought relief to close three power plants, South Carolina Electric & Gas announced it would cease |
