Kicking the Carbon Habit.
Kicking the Carbon Habit William Sweet Columbia University Press 61 West 62nd Street, New York NY 10023 9780231137119, $19.95 www.columbia.edu/cu/cup Most books discussing environmental management and conservation focus on cutting oil consumption: KICKING THE CARBON HABIT: GLOBAL WARMING AND...

Global warming demands attention.
OLEAN -- From the top-heavy Pile of Stuff I Never Get Around to Writing About in my office, here are some things that caught my eye in recent weeks: Global Warming--The outstanding environmental writer Bill McKibben, now a scholar in residence at Vermont's Middlebury College, is one...

AES Plans to Install New Multi-Emissions Control Technology for Unit at New York Coal-Fired Facility.
ENERGY RESOURCE-13 December 2006-AES Plans to Install New Multi-Emissions Control Technology for Unit at New York Coal-Fired Facility(C)2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com The AES Corporation today said that AES Westover, a 126 MW coal-fired facility near Binghamton, N.Y., will begin installation of advanced multi-emissions control technology on its...

AES Plans to Install Multi-Emissions Control Technology at New York Coal-Fired Facility.
SciTech21-13 December 2006-AES Plans to Install Multi-Emissions Control Technology at New York Coal-Fired Facility(C)2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com The AES Corporation today said that AES Westover, a 126 MW coal-fired facility near Binghamton, N.Y., will begin installation of advanced multi-emissions control technology on its 84 MW Unit #8...

Evergreen Energy Signs Agreements to Integrate Proprietary K-Direct Process at Coal Power Plants.
ENERGY RESOURCE-27 December 2006-Evergreen Energy Signs Agreements to Integrate Proprietary K-Direct Process at Coal Power Plants(C)2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Evergreen Energy Inc. today announced agreements with two major utilities to advance the integration of several K-Direct coal refineries in both existing and new coal power plants. ...

American Electric Power Subsidiary Purchases Generating Station for $325 Million.
ENERGY RESOURCE-3 January 2007-American Electric Power Subsidiary Purchases Generating Station for $325 Million(C)2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com American Electric Power yesterday announced that its AEP Generating Co. subsidiary has agreed to purchase the Lawrenceburg Generating Station from an affiliate of Public Service Enterprise Group for approximately $325 million....

The gasman cometh: interest in African energy resources used to focus almost entirely on North and West African oil but while oil still attracts the lion's share of investment, natural gas is steadily catching up in terms of importance. Neil Ford reports.
The continent's power sector prospects have yet to attract much interest from foreign investors, yet there are signs that the impetus for power development could come from within the continent. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains are either in operation or planned in Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Angola,...

Dear EarthTalk: How is wind power faring in the U.S. now? Is more of it coming on line and becoming a larger percent of the grid? And what about some of the highly publicized efforts to build wind farms, such as in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Has that been approved?
Dear EarthTalk: How is wind power faring in the U.S. now? Is more of it coming on line and becoming a larger percent of the grid? And what about some of the highly publicized efforts to build wind farms, such as in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Has that been approved?--Paul...

Myths about nuclear energy.
First shift at Milwaukee's Falk Corp. began on the morning of December 6, 2006 just like it had for decades at the giant industrial complex. The company's skilled workers filed in, replacing the third-shift workers who were headed home for some well-earned rest after spending the night at the...

Assessment of Pulverised Fly Ash (PFA) as an ameliorant of lead contaminated soils.
Abstract: Fly Ash (FA) is obtained by electrostatic or mechanical precipitation of dust-like particles from the flue gases of furnace fired with coal or lignite at 1100 to 1400[degrees]C. About 95-99% of Fly Ash consists of oxides of Si, Al, Fe and Ca, about 0.5 to 3.5% consists of...