Coal
Coal is a fossil fuel primarily made of carbon and generates the most energy in the world. These articles focus on legislation that affects coal use, for example, the Clean Water Act and the EPA’s Mountaintop Mining Rules. Clean coal technology is also discussed. We also include articles that address the transition from coal as a primary energy source to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power.
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: EU Target Defeated, Yucca Mtn., Shell in Alaska
The European Parliament has today voted against raising the continent’s emissions reduction target, from the current goal of a 20 per cent ...
Constellation's Proportion of Coal Up After Nuclear Sales
Constellation Energy’s proportion of electricity from combustion sources has risen because of the company’s selling equity in its nuclear power plants, according to the ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Sugar, Ford, RoHS, WEEE, Coal Ash
A Brazilian Coca-Cola bottler has become the first customer to buy sugar cane product certified under a new sustainability standard launched by the ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Mercury, Renewable Fuels, MACT Boiler Rules
The EPA is making yet another extension to a public comment period, this time on proposed mercury and air toxics standards for coal ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Light Bulbs, Mercury, BPA, Tidal Power
Presidential candidate and member of congress Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has hit out at a federal law that requires light bulbs to be 30 percent more energy efficient starting next year.
"President Bachmann will allow you ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Ethanol, EIA, Calif. Cap and Trade
An amendment by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) to eliminate a 45 cent on the dollar tax break given to ethanol blenders was defeated ...
AEP Says EPA Rules Will Raise Businesses’ Rates 10-35%
Proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations would cost AEP $6 billion to $8 billion by the end of the decade and raise electricity ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Renewable Funds, EPA Review, Belo Monte Dam
The House appropriations subcommittee on energy and water yesterday passed a bill that cuts renewable energy funding by 27 percent to $1.3 ...
New Jersey Quits RGGI, Bans Coal Plants
New Jersey governor Chris Christie has pulled the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the only mandatory cap-and-trade program in the U.S., ...
EPA Admits Mercury Math Error
The Environmental Protection Agency has admitted that its newly proposed limits on mercury from power plants are based in part on ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Boiler Rule Delay, Coal Ash, Waste-to-Energy
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is delaying the implementation of standards for industrial boilers and incinerators.
The EPA released the final Clean Air Act standards ...
Supply Chain Link in Low Carb Construction
In the last Low Carb Construction piece, I end with a statement intended to evoke the mental image of the treadmill of ...
Va. Threatens to Sue Feds Over Coal Permits
Virginia is threatening to sue the federal government after the Department of the Interior toughened its stance on state mining permits, the New ...
Adaptive Leadership in the U.S. Energy Sector
The Challenge of Climate Change: Reset or Hunker Down?
The question facing every energy CEO today is whether climate change can be ...
AEP Aims for 10% GHG Reduction
AEP expects to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by ten percent by 2020, from 2010 levels – even as it warns that it ...
Environmental Software News: Alliance, DS SolidWorks
Alliance Resource Partners has selected Enviance to track water, greenhouse gases and air emissions at ten coal mining complexes, plus a new mine ...
Apple Worst of ‘Dirty’ Cloud Companies, Greenpeace Says
Apple gets the worst ratings in a Greenpeace report that claims cloud computing companies are perpetuating the use of fossil fuels.
The report, How ...
Environmental Enforcement: TVA Shuts Coal Units After $3bn-$5bn Settlement
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will spend $3 billion to $5 billion on pollution controls after reaching a settlement yesterday with the Environmental ...
12 Countries Agree to Carbon Capture Actions; IEA Urges Aggressive Policies
Energy secretaries from the U.S., U.K. and ten other countries have agreed to accelerate the development of carbon capture projects, at the ...
Wind’s Share of New Power Down, Coal Up
Wind power provided 26 percent of all new electric generating capacity in the U.S. last year, down from 39 percent in 2009, ...
