A Federal Appeals Court today vacated a lower court’s decisions that invalidated mining permits in the Lake Belt area of Northwest Miami-Dade County and shut down limestone mining operations in approximately one-third of that area. The appellate court concluded that the lower court rulings of March 22, 2006 and July 13, 2007 were wrongly decided [...]
State regulators on Tuesday signed off on plans to build one of the nation’s first plants that would turn dirty coal into cleaner fuel, generating electricity while dramatically reducing smog and mercury pollution.
If built amid cornfields outside Taylorville, about 200 miles southwest of Chicago, the 630-megawatt plant would provide a lucrative boost to the state’s [...]
The Interior Department yesterday unveiled its proposal for expanding offshore oil and gas drilling, including a 2.9 million acre triangular area 50 miles or more off the coast of Virginia that could be leased by late 2011.
Members of Congress and environmental groups criticized the proposal, calling for increased energy efficiency and other measures to meet [...]
In December, when Congress moved the line on offshore drilling closer to Florida’s shores, it was touted as a major victory for Florida’s tourism-based economy because the measure preserved a significant no-drilling zone along Florida’s coastline.
But the area opened to oil and gas drilling was just a fraction of the publicly-owned waters the industry hoped [...]
Environmental groups warn of new pollution if state permits coal-burning plant in Early County
To make their point, they stood along River Street with a large inflatable coal power plant with smokestacks bearing labels such as “acid rain” and “mercury poisoning.”
A few tourists gathered nearby as representatives from three Georgia-based environmental groups called on Gov. Sonny [...]
Dynegy Corp. chief Bruce Williamson met with the Sierra Club to discuss eight proposed coal plants.
Following Dynegy’s merger with LS Power last week, Dynegy shifted into a plant developer role, the Houston Chronicle reported Monday. Williamson met with representatives from the environmental group in Washington to talk about the eight proposed plants.
Williamson said though the [...]
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - From the top of a new coal-fired power plant with its 550-foot exhaust stack poking up from the flat western Iowa landscape, MidAmerican Energy Holdings chief executive David L. Sokol peered down at a train looping around a sizable mound of coal.
At this bend in the Missouri River, with Omaha visible [...]
Carrying signs with slogans of “Stop the Coal Rush” and “Shame on Texas,” about 1,000 people rallied at the state Capitol to persuade lawmakers to abandon a plan to build up to 18 new coal-fired power plants.
Environmentalists fear the new plants will pump millions of tons of pollutants into the air every year.
“Coal plants seem [...]
Masquerading as activists battling coal plants, Big Gas is squaring off against Big Coal in a polished campaign run by a Hollywood ad agency.
Natural gas companies, calling themselves the Texas Clean Sky Coalition, have been fighting coal plant proposals with full-page advertisements in the state’s major daily newspapers.
Utilities have proposed at least 17 new coal-fired [...]
Dirty, gritty faces stared out from the ads in Texas major newspapers for the past two days declaring that “Coal is Filthy” and urging people to oppose TXU Corp.’s proposal to build 11 coal-fired electric plants.
The ads looked like they were placed by two well-known environmental groups to promote an anti-coal plant rally this weekend.
But [...]
