Feb 8 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - George Hohmann Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va. - The federal Environmental Protection Agency has proposed regulations that would result in the rapid retirement of 25 percent of the nation's coal-fired power plants -- and increase electric rates by 10 to 25 percent, the head of American Electric Power said. More...
Feb 8 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Anne Danahy Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa. - Penn State climate scientist Michael Mann's upcoming talk at the university has been the target of a coal and gas interest group that would like the university to "disinvite" him. More...
Feb 7 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Annette Cary Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. - Layoffs are expected to be announced late this month at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, but lab director Mike Kluse hopes fewer than 100 jobs will be cut, he said Monday. More...
Feb 6 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Bill McAuliffe Star Tribune, Minneapolis - Minneapolis has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 12.8 percent since 2006, putting the city on pace to meet longer-term goals designed to confront climate change. More...
NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire - Leaders across the political and religious spectrum celebrate Tu B'Shvat by setting goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 14% by 2014 More...
Feb 3 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - The Santa Fe New Mexican - If you are an Anglo man, about 25 years old, 5-feet 6-inches tall and tipping the scales at 154 pounds, then water-quality standards were designed for you, according to Joni Arends, executive director of Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety. More...
Feb 4 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - David Shaffer Star Tribune, Minneapolis - Xcel Energy Inc. says it is willing to install $50 million in emissions controls on its Sherco coal-fired power plant to help reduce haze over Voyageurs National Park and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. More...
Feb 1 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Heath Urie Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. - Boulder needs to continue funding programs that reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, the City Council generally agreed Tuesday night. More...
Feb 1 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Steve Snyder Lebanon Daily News, Pa. - Three Lebanon County facilities have been listed in an inaugural report on greenhouse gas emissions issued by the federal Environmental Protection Agency last month. More...
Siemens Energy, Inc. - Siemens Energy amongst other participants has been awarded to participate in a technology qualification program for full-scale CO2 capture at Mongstad (CCM). more...
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- In a typical biomass pre-processing facility, feedstock arrives at the plant in chops or bales. The bales are cut more...
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- A recent article in ENR, “Contracting – Sub Prequalification is Tougher but Needed More”, got me to thinking about the more...
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