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New Carbon Targets, Other Measures Proclaimed at UN Climate Summit
Several countries and companies at the United Nations (UN) Climate Summit 2014 in New York City pledged action to address climate change by slashing carbon emissions, mobilizing funding, or putting a price on carbon. The one-day event on Tuesday was… Read More

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Coal Ash Continues to Challenge Duke Energy
On Sept. 23, Duke Energy told the Public Service Commission of South Carolina that it intends to excavate a portion of coal ash at the W.S. Lee Steam Station located in Anderson County. The company has been dealing with a… Read More

Nation’s First Coal Ash Law Takes Effect in North Carolina
Though unsigned by its governor, North Carolina has enacted the nation's first comprehensive coal ash management law. The statute, which took effect on Sept. 20, applies to all unlined dry and wet coal ash ponds owned by public utilities, including… Read More

Siemens Buying Dresser-Rand for $7.6 Billion
In the latest move shaking up the gas turbine business, Siemens agreed to acquire oil and gas services company Dresser-Rand for $7.6 billion in cash. Dresser-Rand manufactures turbines and compressors for the oil and gas sector, and is a major… Read More

Massive Wind-CAES Project Proposed to Power Southern California
A coalition of four companies are proposing to build a 2.1-GW, $8 billion project that would comprise the world’s largest wind farm in Wyoming, a huge compressed-air energy storage (CAES) system in Utah, and a 525-mile transmission line that would… Read More

South Africa and Russia Sign Nuclear Power Agreement
While meeting in Vienna on Sept. 22 for the 58th International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference, representatives from the Republic of South Africa (RSA) and the Russian Federation signed an Intergovernmental Agreement on Strategic Partnership and Cooperation in Nuclear Energy… Read More

Senators Call on Obama to Oppose Canadian Nuclear Waste Repository
The U.S. should ensure that Canada does not build a permanent nuclear waste repository in the Great Lakes Basin as proposed, a U.S. Senate resolution introduced last week proclaims. The resolution introduced by Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and co-sponsored by… Read More

Environmental Groups to Sue Dominion for Alleged Virginia Coal Ash Leaks
Five coal ash ponds at a Dominion power plant in Virginia have discharged coal ash pollutants into waterways for decades, environmental groups allege in a notice. The Southern Environmental Law Center, representing the Potomac Riverkeeper and the Sierra Club, on Sept.… Read More