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Sustainability and global warming decisions are best made with universal rating system
Corporations and governments are making major decisions relative to sustainability issues including energy efficiency, employee relations, global warming, health and safety. A number of sustainability evaluation tools have been developed. However, compartmentalization is a major flaw in all of them. It allows fair comparison of one cigarette company to another but not fair comparison of a ...
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Kentucky Utility Must Spend $650 Million on Pollution Controls
WASHINGTON, DC, July 3, 2007 (ENS) - The East Kentucky Power Cooperative, a coal-fired electric utility based in Winchester, Kentucky, will spend $650 million on pollution controls and pay a $750,000 penalty to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act at its three plants, the federal government said Monday. The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, said ...
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NRDC Analysis: `Gang of Eight` Utilities Spent Millions Lobbying and Litigating Against EPA Action While Pollution Contributes to Over 10,000 Deaths
On Eve of Inhofe Vote to Repeal EPA Mercury Standards, "Price of Pollution Politics" Links Emissions to Lobbying Efforts by AEP, Ameren, DTE Energy, Energy Future Holdings, FirstEnergy, GenOn, PPL and Southern Company – Headquarters in GA, IL, MI, OH, PA and TX. WASHINGTON, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --As eight leading U.S. utilities spent millions of dollars lobbying and ...
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Coal/Biomass combination with CO2 capture greener than renewables but not most eco-efficient
If a combination of coal and biomass provided the energy source for electricity and the CO2 from the combustion was captured, there would be more carbon extracted from the atmosphere than returned to it. The best global warming reducer would be a 100 percent biomass boiler with 90 percent CO2 capture, but there is not enough biomass to generate the electricity the world needs. However, a ...
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EPA Air Rule Defies Unanimous Supreme Court Decision
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) - A supplemental rulemaking that would allow coal-fired power plants to increase their emissions when they add new generating capacity was proposed Wednesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. The proposal would exempt coal-fired power plants from installing the best available pollution controls when upgrading their facilities to produce more power. The ...
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Today: EPA administrator to host conference call to discuss landmark clean air act settlement with tennessee valley authority
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will host a teleconference to discuss the landmark settlement reached today with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The settlement will result in the modernization of TVA’s coal-fired power plants and promote clean energy investments that will provide nearly $27 billion in annual health benefits. WHO: U.S. ...
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Study: Coal-Fired Power Plants Are Polluting Groundwater
Environmental groups are pushing for tighter regulation and enforcement of EPA rules A new study shows that of the 265 coal-burning power plants it studied in the United States, 241 have dangerous levels of toxic metals in the groundwater around them, based on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards. The figure, which comes to 91% of the plants, was derived only from plants that must ...
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Dirtiest Power Plants in the USA Named
WASHINGTON, DC, July 26, 2007 (ENS) - Nevada Power's Reid Gardner coal-fired power plant has a higher emission rate of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide than any other power plant in the United States, according to a new ranking issued today by the Environmental Integrity Project. The report ranks the 378 largest power plants in the country based on company-reported data. When it comes to total ...
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New York Subpoenas Five Energy Companies for Climate Risks
ALBANY, New York, September 17, 2007 (ENS) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Friday sent subpoenas to five of the nation's largest energy companies, demanding that they disclose the financial risks of their greenhouse gas emissions to shareholders, specifically to the New York State Common Retirement Fund. Attorney General Cuomo sent letters to the top executives of AES Corporation, ...
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United States files clean air act complaint against Homer City power plant
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a Clean Air Act complaint on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency against the owners and operators of the Homer City Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant in Homer City, Indiana County, Pa. The facility, located at 1750 Power Plant Rd., is operated by EME Homer City Generation L.P. and currently owned by eight individual limited ...
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Fossil Fuel-fired Power Plants can be a Positive rather than A Negative Contributor to Water Quality
Operators of coal-fired power plants and gas turbine combined cycle power plants can utilize municipal wastewater for cooling and other needs. When they also eliminate discharges through zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technology they become positive rather than negative contributors to water quality. Water lost through evaporation can be greatly reduced by heat extraction from the flue gas before it ...
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Media Advisory: EPA public hearing tomorrow in Charlotte on proposed coal ash regulations (NC)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is hosting a public hearing on the agency’s proposal to regulate the disposal and management of coal ash from coal-fired power plants. EPA’s proposal is the first-ever national effort to ensure the safe disposal and management of coal ash from coal-fired power plants. TIME: 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. DATE: Tuesday, September 14 PLACE: Holiday Inn ...
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Ohio utility to settle clean air act violations emissions to be cut by more than 34,000 tons annually
American Municipal Power (AMP), an Ohio non-profit utility, will permanently retire its Richard H. Gorsuch Station coal-fired power plant near Marietta under a settlement to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today. As part of the settlement, AMP will also spend US$15 million on an environmental ...
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U.S. announces clean air act settlement to protect Indiana public health / Northern Indiana Public Service Co. to reduce emissions by more than 64,000 tons annually (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department today announced a global Clean Air Act settlement with Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO) that will cover all of NIPSCO’s coal-fired power plants, located in Chesterton, Michigan City, Wheatfield and Gary, Ind. NIPSCO has agreed to invest approximately $600 million in pollution control technology that ...
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U.S. Announces Clean Air Act Settlement with Electric Utility
Washington, D.C. - East Kentucky Power Cooperative, a coal-fired electric utility based in Winchester, Ky., will spend approximately $650 million on pollution controls and pay a $750,000 penalty to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act at its three plants, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. Today’s action is part of the EPA’s national ...
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EPA opens registration for Knoxville, TN hearing on proposed Coal Ash regulations (TN)
On Wednesday, October 27, 2010 in Knoxville, Tenn, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will host its 8th public hearing on the agency’s proposal to regulate the disposal and management of coal ash from coal-fired power plants. EPA’s proposal is the first-ever national effort to ensure the safe disposal and management of coal ash from coal-fired power plants. TIME: 9:00 a.m. to ...
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Minamata Convention will help China and India avoid mercury emissions in 2050
Under the United Nations Minamata Convention on mercury, China and India could avoid a combined 242 tonnes of mercury emissions in 2050 from coal-fired power plants, a new study predicts. This amount is equal to approximately 12% of total emissions in 2010. While the benefits will be mostly regional, lower mercury deposition in surrounding oceans is good news for Europeans who eat fish sourced ...
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EPA expects to revise rules for wastewater discharges from power plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to revise the existing standards for water discharges from coal-fired power plants to reduce pollution and better protect America’s water. Wastewater discharged from coal ash ponds, air pollution control equipment, and other equipment at power plants can contaminate drinking water sources, cause fish and other wildlife to die and create other ...
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Hoosier energy agreement marks 20th settlement under EPA’s power plant enforcement initiative (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Justice Department, and the state of Indiana announced that Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $950,000 and install and upgrade pollution control technology at its two coal-fired power plants in Indiana to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act. The settlement, filed in federal court today, will ...
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Westar energy to spend approximately $500 million to settle clean air act violations
Westar Energy has agreed to spend approximately $500 million to significantly reduce harmful air pollution from a Kansas power plant and pay a $3 million civil penalty, under a settlement to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today. As part of the settlement, Westar will also spend $6 million on ...
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