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Group: EPA’s Coordinated Regulatory Assault on Coal Power Could Push Retirements Beyond 86 GW by 2030

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:30:38 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is readying a regulatory sweep targeting more stringent limits on traditional pollutants that could accelerate coal power plant closures. A coal generation trade group estimates that even without new rules, an estimated 86 GW of coal generation is slated to retire by 2030. While the Supreme Court in June curtailed […]

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10 Power Sector Insights from the IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2019

January 2, 2020 admin africa, Business, climate change, Coal, coal power, distributed energy, electrification, Energy Storage, Environmental, flexibility, Gas, gas decarbonization, gas infrastructure, geothermal, Hydro, hydrogen, iea, International, net-zero, news, Nuclear, offshore wind, power sector investment, Renewables, renewables costs, Research and Development, Solar, solar growth, Wind, world energy outlook

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 05:00:00 +0000

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The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) November 2019–released World Energy Outlook 2019 (WEO2019) is studded with interesting findings about emerging trends in the power sector. Here are 10 from the

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For First Time, IEA Quantifies Coal’s Dominant Role in Global Temperature Increase

April 4, 2019 admin Business, Carbon Capture, carbon emissions, climate change, Coal, coal power, Gas, Global CCS Institute, iea, International, news, Paris, power sector, Renewables, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 14:22:56 +0000

Coal combustion was responsible for over 0.3 degrees C of the 1 degree C surge in global average annual surface temperatures above pre-industrial levels—and that makes coal the single largest source of the global temperature increase, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says in the new report. The finding, outlined in the IEA’s March 26–released Global […]

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Negros Occidental governor bans coal power plants in province

March 6, 2019 admin Alfredo Marañon, Coal, coal power, Latest News Stories, Negros Occidental, news, Regions

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:34:18 +0000

Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. issued an executive order Wednesday declaring Negros Occidental a coal-free province.

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Andrew Wheeler Confirmed as EPA Administrator

February 28, 2019 admin ace, ace rule, Clean Power Plan, Coal, coal power, Environmental, EPA, epa administrator, lamar alexander, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, MATS, news, Senate, Susan Collins

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 22:25:30 +0000

The Senate on February 28 officially confirmed Andrew Wheeler to be administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a 52–47 vote, mostly along party lines. The nomination of Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, was controversial, with many lawmakers and environmentalists criticizing his ties to the coal industry. Wheeler has held the role in an acting […]

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