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D.C. Circuit Halts Clean Power Plan, Mercury Rule Litigation
In two separate actions over the past 24 hours, the D.C. Circuit granted the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) request to suspend cases challenging the Clean Power Plan and the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). Read More

EPA Guidance on State Coal Ash Permit Programs Is Coming, Pruitt Says
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it is working on guidance to give states the flexibility in implementing programs for the management of coal combustion residuals (CCR) disposal. Read More

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[UPDATED] Dynegy Rethinks Illinois Ventures Amid Market Turmoil
As Dynegy moved this week to assume full ownership of two struggling Ohio coal plants it co-owns with AES Corp. subsidiary DPL Inc., the company's CEO reportedly said it is mulling withdrawing its presence from downstate Illinois owing to the state's… Read More

Energy Secretary Perry: War on Coal Is Over
The Barack Obama administration waged war on the coal industry, but that’s all over now, recently confirmed Secretary of Energy Rick Perry told the National Coal Council (NCC) during its annual spring meeting. Read More

DOE Issues First-Ever Emergency Order to Keep Open a Unit That Is Noncompliant with MATS
The Department of Energy (DOE) issued an unprecedented emergency order on April 14 to keep open a power plant that had been slated for shutdown under the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) in a bid to secure electric reliability.… Read More

Norwegian CCS Boss: CCS is not BS
Sitting on a panel during the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit in New York City on April 24, Michael Bloomberg proclaimed that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is “total bullshit.” Read More

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