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Power Companies Refute Findings of Widespread Coal Plant Groundwater Contamination

March 7, 2019 admin Business, closure, Coal, coal ash, data, Environmental, EPA, groundwater, impoundments, landfills, Legal & Regulatory, monitoring, news, report, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 14:31:43 +0000

An estimated 91% of U.S. coal power plants that submitted groundwater monitoring data as required by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2015 Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) rule have unsafe levels of one or more contaminants, a collaborative analysis of the monitoring data by several environmental groups suggests. The March 4 report is significant because power […]

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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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EPA to Retain Primary NAAQS for Sulfur Dioxide

February 28, 2019 admin Coal, emissions, Environmental, EPA, Legal & Regulatory, NAAQS, news, NOx, SO2

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 14:32:15 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will refrain from amending the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for sulfur dioxide (SO2), retaining a 2010 rule, which it said adequately protects public health. The agency on Feb. 25 said in a notice that a periodically required review of the primary—or health-based—rule concluded no revision was necessary. The […]

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Clean Air Act Issues Congress Could Grapple With in New Session

January 9, 2019 admin 116th congress, ace, clean air act, Clean Power Plan, Coal, Congress, courts, Environmental, environmental rules, EPA, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, MATS, NAAQS, news, nsps

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 15:48:02 +0000

While the Republican-led U.S. House and Senate in the 115th Congress was mainly focused on reviewing, for modification or repeal, several environmental rules issued under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the new Democrat majority in the House could focus on a slew of different measures, a new report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) suggests. […]

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Report: CO2 Emissions from Power Sector Rising

January 8, 2019 admin Business, carbon dioxide, climate change, Coal, emissions, Environmental, EPA, Gas, International, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, Renewables, rhodium group, Trump

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 20:05:21 +0000

A new study from an economic research group shows that U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) rose about 3.4% last year, including a 1.9% rise in emissions from power generation. The New York-based Rhodium Group, which released its findings on Jan. 8, said its study used data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and […]

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EPA: Mercury Rules for Coal, Oil Power Units Not ‘Appropriate and Necessary’

December 28, 2018 admin caa, Coal, courts, emissions, EPA, hap, Legal & Regulatory, MATS, mercury, news, Obama, pollutant, section 112, Supreme Court, Trump

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:08:55 +0000

Because compliance costs to coal- and oil-fired power plants for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) far exceed quantifiable benefits to regulating hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions, the Trump administration has proposed it is not “appropriate and necessary” to regulate HAP emissions from power plants under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), […]

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Trump EPA Scraps CCS as BSER for New Coal Units

December 17, 2018 admin CCS, climate change, Coal, coal technology, Environmental, EPA, new coal, news, nsps, supercritical

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:45:45 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has significantly relaxed requirements needed to build new coal-fired power units in the U.S. The revisions proposed on December 6 for performance standards governing carbon dioxide emissions from new, reconstructed, and modified coal power units respond to the Trump Administration’s Executive Order on Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth, which […]

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Amid Broad Legal Challenges, EPA Proposes Narrower Definition of WOTUS

December 17, 2018 admin Army, Clean Water Act, Coal, Environmental, EPA, Gas, groundwater, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, Obama, Supreme Court, Trump, Water, WOTUS

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:24:48 +0000

In a move widely applauded by the power industry, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of the Army proposed a new definition of “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) that could exempt groundwater and ditches from regulation under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The measures follow other recent significant regulatory actions by the agency. On […]

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Contamination Found in Water Near Illinois Coal Ash Dumps

December 1, 2018 admin Coal, coal ash, courts, duke energy, EPA, Illinois, Legal & Regulatory, news, NRG, O&M, pollution, vistra energy

Analysis based on testing mostly conducted by energy companies shows that water near all but two coal plants in Illinois is contaminated with toxic waste. The Chicago Tribune on November 28 reported that a compilation of industry-supplied data from 24 Illinois coal plants shows harmful levels of arsenic, chromium, lead, and other heavy metals in […]

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Indiana Utility Will Close Coal Units, Transition to Renewables

November 7, 2018 admin Coal, elg, Energy Storage, EPA, Gas, Michigan City, natural gas, news, NIPSCO, Plant Design, Renewables, Schahfer, Solar, wheatfield, Wind

Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO) last week told state regulators it plans to retire four coal-fired units at its Wheatfield plant by 2023, a coal-fired unit in Michigan City by 2028, and increase its generation from renewables as part of its “Your Energy, Your Future” initiative. The company’s latest Integrated Resource Plan filed on October […]

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