Environmentalists had hoped that if a new coal-fired power plant like the one proposed near Waterloo had to be built in Iowa it would at least be required to get some of its energy from renewable sources.
But an Iowa House committee has scrapped the idea after concerns about the cost to the industry.
A measure killed [...]
Sierra Geothermal Power Corp. reported today that drilling has been completed at the company’s Reese River Project, Lander County, Nevada. Well 56-4 was successfully drilled to a total depth of 1200 m (3930 ft). Testing for geothermal reservoir characteristics has now begun with results pending. The drilling program was operated by Sierra Geothermal’s US [...]
Holding ‘excessive’ use of coal responsible for climate change, Greenpeace India Friday staged protests at a coal-based power plant here.
The demonstration at Ennore in north Chennai was part of a series of activities the Indian arm of Greenpeace, the international environment organisation, is undertaking to draw attention to the immediate threat from climate change.
‘Even the [...]
The city said no to buying electricity from a new coal-fired plant, drawing applause and criticism on an issue that pits future energy needs against the environment.
“We won’t be heard on the world front, but we’ll make a statement and somebody somewhere will hear it,” said Municipal Council Chairman [...]
The first coal-fired ethanol plant in Minnesota is expected to soon be in operation in Heron Lake, Minn.
High natural gas prices are leading new ethanol plant owners to embrace coal power, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.
“The country is investing in ethanol not only as a way to reduce our reliance on oil, but as [...]
Texas, as everyone knows, does everything big. Its giant oil and gas fields dominate America’s energy patch. It is now the nation’s largest wind power producer, with more than 2,000 turbines gathering some of the country’s strongest currents. It gets the booby prize for being the biggest producer of greenhouse gases.
And now Texas faces [...]
LOGAN - The city’s utility chief is recommending a long-term contract for coal-fired power from a central Utah plant.
Other communities, especially in California, are backing out, searching instead for electricity made from a cleaner source. But the director of Logan City Power and Light said his utility needs power and could [...]
Plantation firm PPB Oil Palms Bhd. said Thursday it is confident Malaysian regulators won’t block its US$4.3 billion (euro3.6 billion) merger with Singapore palm oil refiner Wilmar International Ltd.
“I don’t think the government will stop (the deal) but they might impose conditions,” Oh Siew Nam, executive chairman of PPB Group Bhd. which is the parent [...]
HOUSTON – Texas, as everyone knows, does everything big. Its giant oil and gas fields dominate America’s energy patch. It is now the nation’s largest wind producer, with more than 2,000 turbines gathering some of the country’s strongest currents. It gets the booby prize for being the biggest producer of greenhouse gases.
And now [...]
The founders of the Dallas-based Texas Business for Clean Air, an unlikely coalition of free-market well-to-dos formed to oppose Texas’ 17 proposed pulverized coal power plants, paid a visit to Austin last week. Co-founder David Litman, the father of Hotels.com, argues that utilities’ coal proposals, especially those of TXU (proposing 11 plants), don’t reflect the [...]
