Environment EPA Denies Alabama Plan to Run Own Permitting Program for Coal Ash Disposal Pam McFarland May 29, 2024 No Comments EPA's rejects Alabama's Dept. of Environmental Management plan to oversee permitting of coal ash disposal plans. Read More
Fossil Fuel Energy Babcock & Wilcox, Utility Gain $16M for Blue Hydrogen at Wyo. Plant Mary B. Powers February 16, 2024 No Comments Gillette coal-fired power plant would deploy firm's innovative technology for blue hydrogen also expandable to other Powder River Basin plants.Read More
Water Quality EPA Proposes Toughest Coal-Plant Wastewater Discharge Limit Plants can still use older technologies if they commit to early retirements Pam McFarland March 9, 2023 No Comments Plants could use older technologies if they commit to early retirements, under the federal plan. Read More
Fossil Fuel Energy World Bank OKs $497M to Take Down 1GW S. Africa Coal-fired Plant The site will be repurposed for solar and wind power installation Shem Oirere November 21, 2022 No Comments Komati plant site, one of the world's largest coal fired facilities, closed in October and will be repurposed for 220 MW of renewable energy.Read More
Global Climate Summit Countries Address Coal Emissions for First Time at Climate Summit Pam McFarland November 12, 2021 No Comments More than 40 nations agree to phase out construction of new coal-fired energy productionRead More
South African Coal Plant Likely Killed by High Court Shem Oirere December 29, 2020 One Comment The 1,200-MW project has also lost all of its financing.Read More
Altered Mercury Emissions Rule Is Latest Display of EPA's Changed Mindset Mary B. Powers April 17, 2020 No Comments Revised final mandate removes 'co-benefits' of wider pollution improvements; utilities object, with big investments made and 21 state attorneys general had jointly opposed.Read More
States Push to Limit Fossil-Fuel Plant Shutdowns Mary B. Powers February 1, 2020 One Comment Indiana bill, which would reward utilities that keep coal-fired plants open, is tied to Trump push for fossil-fuel power, says analyst.Read More
EIA Forecasts Renewable Generation To Rule by 2050 Pam Radtke Russell January 30, 2020 No Comments Current technologies will help reduce emissions through 2030, but the path to 2050 is not so clear.Read More
Settlement Will Close 780-MW Illinois Coal Plant by End of 2022 November 20, 2019 No Comments Vistra Energy will provide $8.6 million for worker job training and clean energy transitionRead More