Permits For Coal-Fired Power Plants Appealed, Citing Carbon Dioxide Emissions And The Endangered Species Act.
This articles was originally published September 9, 2008. Over the past year, opponents of coal-fired power have filed high-profile appeals of Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permits issued for new coal-fired power plants. The appeals claim the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, 548 U.S....

Coal rush! With carbon caps on the horizon, U.S. utilities are racing to build dozens of antiquated coal-fired power plants.
For all the talk about renewable energy, the extraction industry is alive and well in the United States. In Texas, utility company TXU Energy has proposed building 11 new coal-fired power plants. American Electric Power, of Columbus, Ohio, is also seeking approval for several new coal plants. In the...

Mercury levels high in areas with coal-fired power plants.
Byline: BEN R. ROSARIO Levels of mercury in the air are reportedly dangerously high in communities hosting coal-fired power plants. This was gathered after members of the House of Representatives Committee on Ecology admitted that they are not convinced with the claim of Mirant Corp....

Threatened vistas: the explosive growth of coal-fired power plants in the Four Corners region could jeopardize the archaeological treasures of Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] STANDING ATOP A ROCK-STREWN MESA at Chaco Canyon, Barbara West can gaze back in time. To one side lie the Pueblo Alto ruins--remnants of a great house rising from the tawny earth. On the other is a vast expanse, cradling the very roots of Chaco...

Governor Perez cited for rejecting coal-fired plants.
Greenpeace visited Antique last week. It expressed support for the provincial government, noting its solidified efforts to promote renewable sources of energy as the main source of electricity on the island. Greenpeace officials described this as a "bold move" amid pronouncements by various government agencies of the...

Survey: Four Out of Five Texans Oppose Governor's 'Fast Tracking' of Dirty Coal-Fired Power Plants.
Health, Environment/Global Warming Concerns Are Major Roadblocks to Public Support; Three Out of Four Texans Want Stepped-Up Conservation to Reduce Number of Plants. AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- An overwhelming majority of Texas residents (81 percent) are not on board with Governor Rick Perry's controversial plan...

Legal Action Filed to Halt 'Fast-Tracking' of Texas Coal-Fired Power Plants.
Major New Challenge to Governor's Attempt to Short-Circuit Full Public Review of Health, Environmental, and Pollution Control Issues in the Permitting Process AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Sierra Club, represented by the Austin office of Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), took legal action today to stop...

No to coal-fired power plants.
Perez issued the declaration during the arrival of Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in Antique, which is one of the stops of Greenpeace's "Quit Coal Tour" in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The tour is intended to promote an energy revolution to check climate change. "The...

Indiana Utility Regulators Approve Updated Costs, Carbon Capture Study for Clean Coal Gasification Plant.
- Project could be among the first demonstrations of carbon capture, sequestration at a power plant - Plant will be one of the cleanest, most efficient coal-fired plants worldwide PLAINFIELD, Ind., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission today approved Duke Energy's revised...