Energy Research Project for Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, and Green Energy Technologies

1. Should The U.S. Build More Nuclear Power Plants? (With Live Poll)
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The need for energy in this country is enormous, and it appears will continue to grow. Coal and oil are criticized for their pollution. The U.S. ...

2. Canada to phase out older coal-fired power plants
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Canada will phase out older coal-fired power plants to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said on Wednesday, as it moves to make natural-gas fired plants the ...

3. 3 Questions: Noelle Selin on curbing mercury
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... from coal-fired power plants in the context of the increasing demand for energy, and dealing with local impacts of mercury contamination. The single largest source of anthropogenic mercury emissions is ...

4. Feds say WA plant deal not enough to reduce smog (AP)
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AP - The Washington Department of Ecology is finalizing a deal to reduce pollution at a major coal-fired power plant using measures that two federal agencies say won't reduce haze at a dozen national parks ...

5. A system that’s worth its salt
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... take care of these remaining particles — mostly industrial pollutants — the researchers suggest the unit could be combined with a conventional charcoal filter system, thus achieving pure, safe drinking ...

6. Czech minister quits over controversial power plant
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Czech Environment Minister Jan Dusik resigned Thursday from the caretaker cabinet, saying the prime minister had put pressure on him to decide hastily on plans to upgrade a controversial large coal-fired ...

7. Action needed to save climate, create jobs
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... businesses can base their plans on. Rowe, whose Chicago-based electric utility holding company has already closed many of its coal-burning plants and plans to eliminate all of its 15 million tons of greenhouse ...

8. World's top scientists to review climate panel (AP)
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AP - At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world's most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday to plug the recent cracks in the authoritative reports of the United Nations' ...

9. EPA to Phase in CO2 emissions permits/BACT for mid-sized sources
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The Obama administration will give small businesses a break on coming carbon dioxide emissions rules but big emitters like coal-fired power plants will face a crack-down, U.S. Environmental Protection ...

10. In Profile: Alex Slocum
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... place to promote the development and deployment of these technologies along with modular nuclear plants and liquefied coal or biomass for transportation fuels, he says, “The U.S. could essentially be energy ...

11. ENERGY: Coal-Fired Power on the Way Out?
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The past two years have witnessed the emergence of a powerful movement opposing the construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United States. ...

12. Asia-produced ozone making its way to U.S., study finds (McClatchy Newspapers)
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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A new study further bolsters concerns that pollution blowing across the Pacific Ocean from China and other rapidly developing Asian nations may swamp efforts to ...

13. Manchin argues against coal ash regulation (AP)
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AP - West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to drop plans to regulate coal ash from power plants as hazardous waste. ...

14. Manchin argues against coal ash regulation (AP)
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AP - West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to drop plans to regulate coal ash from power plants as hazardous waste. ...

15. A silver lining to the Copenhagen cloud?
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... now, if Congress doesn’t act, the EPA could require much more sudden and drastic changes such as immediately shutting down coal plants that are heavy emitters of CO2. As a result, he said, that puts pressure ...

16. Climate accord gets boost, but key elements still missing (AFP)
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AFP - Fifty-five nations including the world's top carbon polluters have registered their commitments to combat global warming, the UN climate chief said late Monday.

17. Power from down under
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... deep mine shafts for coal or minerals, and even from the pressure of water when a reservoir fills up behind a new dam. “Wherever there are existing faults, they will induce mostly minor quakes.” Toksoz’s ...

18. eSolar strikes deal to build power plants in China (AP)
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... on coal, imported gas and oil.  ...

19. Pa. high court backs ruling on mercury pollution (AP)
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AP - Pennsylvania's highest court is upholding a decision to throw out a state rule that required coal-fired power plants to cut mercury emissions beyond federal standards. ...

20. Duke Energy Resolves Clean Air Act Violations
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... coal-fired power plant in New Albany, Ind., located directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Ky. ...

21. Federal Officials Promote Use of Coal Waste on U.S. Farms
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Federal officials are promoting the use of a chalky residue from coal-burning power plants as a fertilizer on U.S. farms, even as regulators simultaneously consider new rules for the waste, which contains ...

22. Duke Energy Resolves Clean Air Act Violations
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... coal-fired power plant in New Albany, Ind., located directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Ky. ...

23. Federal Officials Promote Use of Coal Waste on U.S. Farms
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Federal officials are promoting the use of a chalky residue from coal-burning power plants as a fertilizer on U.S. farms, even as regulators simultaneously consider new rules for the waste, which contains ...

24. Shaw equips coal-fired units with air quality control tech
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Louisiana company expects three Maryland power plants to produce cleaner energy, reducing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions.

25. Coal still king in China, despite climate pledge (AFP)
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AFP - The choking soot that coats Linfen is testament to an inconvenient truth behind Beijing's promises to curb its greenhouse gas emissions: cheap and carbon-belching coal remains king in China.  ...

26. Regulators OK Limestone County coal plant permit (AP)
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AP - Texas environmental regulators on Wednesday issued an air-pollution permit for a power plant expansion, the first coal-fired plant to be approved since the Environmental Protection Agency ruled part ...

27. China's costly climate goals: report (AFP)
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AFP - China will need to invest up to 30 billion dollars a year to meet its goal of curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the state press said Friday, citing an academic study.

28. NY AG: AES Corp. agrees to pollution disclosures (AP)
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AP - AES Corp., which operates several coal-fired power plants in the U.S., has agreed to put more information about global warming in its public financial disclosures. ...

29. Fossil-fuel emissions up 2% in 2008 (AFP)
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AFP - Carbon emissions from fossil fuels rose two percent last year to an all-time high, leaving Earth on a worst-scenario track for global warming, scientists reported on Tuesday.

30. BP, GE to build 'clean coal' plant in Southern California
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Oil giants BP and General Electric Co. announced plans recently to collaborate on a 250-megawatt coal-fired power plant that would employ integrated gasification technology and carbon dioxide capture in ...