power plant air pollution News
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BASF Mercury Sorbent ZX solution for coal-fired power plants
BASF’s Catalysts division will introduce Mercury Sorbent ZX, an innovative mercury adsorbent solution for coal-fired power plants, at the Power Plant Air Pollutant Control “MEGA” Symposium, being held Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, 2010, in Baltimore, Maryland. The symposium is sponsored by The U.S. Department of Energy, the Electric Power Research Institute, the U.S. Environmental ...
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Study: Cutting Carbon Dioxide saves 3,500 US Lives s Year
The Obama Administration's hotly debated plan to reduce heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the nation's power plants will save about 3,500 lives a year by cutting back on other types of pollution as well, a new independent study concludes. A study from Harvard and Syracuse University calculates the decline in heart attacks and lung disease when soot and smog are reduced - an anticipated byproduct ...
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US moves toward ban on coal-fired power plants to focus on renewables
In a report compiled in early 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy listed 151 coal-fired power plants in the planning stages and talked about a resurgence in coal-fired electricity. But during 2007, 59 proposed U.S. coal-fired power plants were either refused licenses by state governments or quietly abandoned. In addition to the 59 plants that were dropped, close to 50 more coal plants are being ...
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ADA-ES to Present at the Stifel Nicolaus Cleantech Conference and the Lazard Capital Markets Alternative Energy Investor Summit
ADA-ES, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADES) today announced that Michael D. Durham, President and CEO and Mark McKinnies, Senior Vice President and CFO will address institutional investors at two investment conferences scheduled as follows: Stifel Nicolaus Cleantech Conference: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 12:55 PM ET at The Omni Berkshire Place in New York. Lazard Capital Markets Alternative Energy Investor ...
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Water associations challenge EPA steam power plant rule
In a brief filed Monday in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, the American Water Works Association and the National Association of Water Companies challenged a new rule on steam power plant discharges, arguing that it does not adequately protect drinking water consumers. In challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final Effluent Limitation Guidelines for Steam Power Plants ...
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New Report: America’s energy productivity and security has never been better
Key economic, security, and environmental indicators show the state of the U.S. energy economy has never been better, according to a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council. One key finding: the United States has found so many innovative ways to save energy that the nation has more than doubled its economic productivity from oil, natural gas, and electricity over the past 40 years, ...
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NRDC Analysis: More Solutions, Cheaper and Cleaner Ways to Cut Carbon Pollution Under EPA Power Plant Standards
A ground-breaking Natural Resources Defense Council proposal on how to cut carbon pollution from America’s power plants can achieve even greater reductions than previously thought—and at less cost, NRDC said today as it released an updated analysis of its 2012 plan. NRDC’s new analyses shows that 470 to 700 million tons of carbon pollution can be eliminated per year in 2020 ...
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The US oil and natural gas producers want to be part of the climate solution
In an era when carbon based energy is under scrutiny for impacts to climate change, the American Petroleum Institute is looking to be part of the solution rather than simply named as the problem. The US oil and natural gas producers have had positive impacts to the US economy while helping to achieve substantial emissions reductions. A global climate conference will be taking place later this ...
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EPA to Hold Public Listening Session Nov. 8 in Philadelphia on Reducing Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public listening session in Philadelphia on Friday, Nov. 8 to solicit input from the public and stakeholders about the Clean Air Act approaches to reducing carbon pollution from existing power plants. Power plants are the nation’s largest stationary source of carbon pollution, responsible for about one-third of all greenhouse gas ...
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EU limits permission to pollute for dirty coal
Health, environment and climate groups have welcomed the decision today by EU Member States of new air pollution standards (LCP BREF) which will force the coal industry to reduce their toxic fumes and save more than 20,000 lives every year (1). The new LCP BREF standards will require member states to tighten the limits of toxic pollutants like nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and ...
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EPA landmark clean air act settlement with tva to modernize coal-fired power plants and promote clean energy investments / state-of-the-art pollution controls and clean energy technology to provide up to $27 billion in annual health benefits
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at 11 of its coal-fired plants in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The settlement will require TVA to invest a TVA estimated $3 to $5 billion on new and upgraded state-of-the-art pollution controls that will prevent approximately 1,200 ...
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Big Shift In Process Equipment Markets In The U.S.
The market for process equipment, instrumentation, and services will slow in the traditionally strong regions of the South East, South Central and Pacific Regions. Instead, the growth will be in the Midwest, North Central and Western regions. This is the prediction resulting from findings in four McIlvaine publications including, World Market for Your Products, North American Analysis and ...
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California approves biggest energy efficiency program in the country`s history
California today approved the biggest utility energy efficiency program in the country’s history that will result in lower utility bills, cleaner air for Californians, and move the state a step closer to implementing its landmark Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32), according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). “This investment in California’s clean energy economy is just what we ...
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Step forward for health protection in Turkey: Proposal to extend the pollution exemptions given to privatised coal power plants withdrawn
Last night, 14 February, all political parties in the Turkish Parliament agreed to withdraw a proposal on granting exemptions from environmental investments including filtration systems, flue gas facilities and ash dams to privatized coal power plants for an additional 2 years. This so-called Article 45 would have allowed private operators of coal plants to continue polluting. During ...
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EPA Region 7 to Host November 4 Public Listening Session in Lenexa, Kan., on Reducing Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants
EPA Region 7 will host one of 11 national listening sessions from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Nov. 4, 2013, in Lenexa, Kan., to solicit input from the public about the best Clean Air Act approaches to reducing carbon pollution from existing power plants. WHAT: Public Listening Session - Reducing Carbon Pollution From Existing Power Plants TIME: Monday, November 4, 2013 (4 p.m. to 8 p.m. CST) ...
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EPA to Hold Lenexa, Kan., Public Listening Session on Reducing Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants
Following through on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, U.S. EPA Region 7 will hold one of 11 national public listening sessions from 4-8 p.m. on Nov. 4, 2013, to solicit ideas and input from the public and stakeholders about the best Clean Air Act approaches to reducing carbon pollution from existing power plants. DATE: Monday, Nov. 4, 2013 TIME: 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 pm CDT LOCATION: ...
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Cleaner air for Arizona after US$400m coal-fired power plant settlement
As part of the fifteenth settlement secured by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Justice to control harmful air pollution from coal-fired power plants, the owner and operator of a plant in St. Johns, Ariz., has agreed to install pollution controls at an estimated cost of US$400 million to reduce harmful emissions and pay a US$950,000 civil penalty. This week's ...
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Record fine proposed for coal mining operations
The Obama administration is proposing a record fine for thousands of water pollution violations by coal mine operators in five Appalachian states. Alpha Natural Resources Inc., the nation's third-largest coal supplier, will pay a $27.5 million fine and spend $200 million to reduce illegal toxic discharges from 79 mines and 25 coal processing facilities in West Virginia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, ...
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Feds, Duke Energy settle on pollution at coal-burning plants
Duke Energy and the Obama Administration are settling a 15-year-old lawsuit over claims that the largest U.S. electric company violated federal clean air laws by modifying coal-fired power generators without required air pollution control equipment, company and administration officials said Thursday. The Charlotte-based energy company would pay a civil penalty of $975,000, shut down one ...
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EPA to Hold Public Listening Sessions on Reducing Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold 11 public listening sessions across the country to solicit ideas and input from the public and stakeholders about the best Clean Air Act approaches to reducing carbon pollution from existing power plants. Power plants are the nation’s largest stationary source of carbon pollution, responsible for about one third of all greenhouse gas ...
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