Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is circulating around Capitol Hill a proposal that would allow nuclear and coal with carbon capture and storage technology to count toward the country’s clean energy mandate.
Graham’s “clean energy standard” is a potential threat to the support that Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and Sam Brownback More…
A new report by the Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit environmental group, finds that pollution from coal-fired power plants will result in the premature death of more than 13,000 people this year. The report, which is an update from similar studies conducted in 2000 and 2004, says that emissions More…
Today in Arlington, the Environmental Protection Agency is holding its first public hearing on its proposal to regulate coal ash, the byproduct of coal-fired power generation. Coal ash first became a part of the public discourse following a massive spill of the substance from a containment pond in Tennessee More…
Via Politico, it looks like several performers have pulled out of playing at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky because Alliance Coal is a sponsor.
The story is significant because it shows that there is real resistance to coal in a region in which the economy is very More…
A new report by a coalition of environmental groups identifies 39 sites in 21 states where coal ash — a potentially toxic byproduct of coal-fired power production — is being dumped. The groups say that the coal ash is “contaminating drinking water or surface water with arsenic and other More…
Coal production in the United States dropped by 8.5 percent in 2009 compared to 2008, the Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the Energy Department, said today. In addition, coal consumption was decreased in 2009 by 10 percent, EIA said.
Why the decrease in coal consumption?
The Environmental Protection Agency is holding seven public hearings in August and September on its proposal to regulate the disposal of “coal ash,” a byproduct of coal-fired power production.
The Hill reported today that the head of the agency in charge of mine safety, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, has pledged to increase enforcement of ventilation standards, a key issue in the ongoing investigation of the deadly April explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in West More…
Rand Paul came out swinging against the Environmental Protection Agency this weekend, arguing that President Obama is “forcing the EPA down out throats.”
The Associated Press reported yesterday that Paul held a rally in a Kentucky coalfield on Saturday. Paul took the opportunity to position himself as an ally More…
GE Energy, which has been a vocal proponent of so-called “clean coal” technology, is none too pleased with the Obama administration’s interagency report on the issue, released yesterday.
The report, which outlines a plan for commercializing carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, finds that while there are no “insurmountable” More…
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