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Georgia Power says data center growth will cause electricity demands to triple in next decade
Critics are warning of more fossil fuel use and surging customer costs.
Virginia air regulators awaiting info for Dominion’s proposed natural gas plant
The update comes after community members filed an appeal over land use determination.
Biden EPA proposes stronger standards to regulate NOx from combustion turbines
The future of the proposal, which would establish size- and capacity factor-based categories for turbines, is unclear under the incoming Trump administration.
Trump picks fossil fuel exec as energy secretary; creates new White House energy council
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary in his upcoming, second administration.
Ameren Missouri reaches agreement with federal prosecutors to offset clean air violations
The utility company was found in violation of the Clean Air Act for failing to install pollution controls when it updated the Rush Island Energy Center
Supreme Court allows a rule limiting pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in effect
The court denied a push from Republican-led states and industry groups to block the Environmental Protection Agency rule. One justice, Clarence Thomas, publicly dissented.
Supreme Court leaves in place two power plant environmental regulations
The high court is still considering challenges to a third Environmental Protection Agency rule aimed at curbing planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants.
What it means for the Supreme Court to block enforcement of the EPA’s ‘good neighbor’ pollution rule
The EPA’s “good neighbor” rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution.
Policy & Regulations
Supreme Court leaves in place two power plant environmental regulations
The high court is still considering challenges to a third Environmental Protection Agency rule aimed at curbing planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power p…
What it means for the Supreme Court to block enforcement of the EPA’s ‘good neighbor’ pollution rule
The EPA’s “good neighbor” rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas wi…
Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA’s plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants
The justices in a 5-4 vote on Thursday rejected arguments by the Biden administration and Democratic-controlled states that the plan was cutting air pollution…
‘War on coal’ rhetoric heats up as Biden seeks to curb pollution with election looming
The front line in the political battle over coal is in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana, a sparsely populated section of the Great Plains with the …
Legal challenges fly over EPA power plant rules
States, rural co-ops say the emission cutting rules are “unlawful” and will undermine reliability….
EPA delays rules for existing natural gas power plants until after the November election
In a turnaround from previous plans, the agency said it will review standards for existing gas plants and expand the rules to include more pollutants….
Emissions
Biden sets tighter standards for deadly soot pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks
The rule sets maximum levels of 9 micrograms of fine particle pollution per cubic meter of air, down from 12 micrograms established a decade ago under the Obama…
Senate approves Biden pick to lead EPA air office as final rules near on power plants, vehicles
Joe Goffman is a longtime EPA official who has headed the air and radiation office on an acting basis since Biden took office three years ago….
Emissions
As carbon pricing picks up around the globe, lawmakers urge New Hampshire to get on board
Carbon pricing is an economic instrument and market-based mechanism to curb greenhouse gas emissions, one that is becoming increasingly popular across the globe…
US can reduce greenhouse gas emissions 90% through existing measures, report says
The report, from ICF, says transportation electrification, building decarbonization, and clean energy can be used for a net-zero economy by 2050….
Republicans urge EPA to pull power plant limits
The EPA cites carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) and hydrogen co-firing as bedrock strategies for achieving its proposed carbon emission reductions….
Emissions
In building its carbon rule, EPA gave a nod to these power plants
The agency cited multiple examples of existing and planned power generating projects that use carbon capture and sequestration and hydrogen technologies…
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