Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Second Integrated Urban Air Toxics Report to Congress - the final of two reports required under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to inform Congress of progress in reducing public ...
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WASHINGTON – In a settlement with the United States, Minnesota Power, an ALLETE company based in Duluth, has agreed to install pollution control technology and meet stringent emission rates to reduce harmful air pollution from the ...
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SAN FRANCISCO –Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized its rule to reduce harmful pollution from Navajo Generating Station (NGS), the culmination of five years of efforts between the federal government and tribes, ...
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Queensland's government expects the Australian state's exports of seaborne-traded coking and thermal coal to surpass 200 million mt for the first time in the current fiscal year ending June 30, budget papers released by state treasurer Tim ...
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US natural gas demand could increase by 3 Bcf/d to 10 Bcf/d by 2020 under an expected Environmental Protection Agency plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, analysts said Friday. Using its authority under the Clean Air ...
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Global demand for imported thermal coal is expected to continue to grow but at a slower rate of 2% per year until 2018, as China faces an oversupply of domestic coal and shifts to a more diverse mix of renewable energy sources to address ...
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Germany's power plants generated 5.4% less electricity in the first quarter, with output from all conventional sources falling, but coal- and gas-fired power plants recorded the biggest declines, German utility lobby group BDEW said ...
South Korea will seek to import more shale gas-based LNG from North America to meet rising power demand amid tighter environmental regulations, the deputy energy minister told Platts Friday. "Natural gas as a source of power generation ...
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Despite shutdown of nuclear power plants, Japan is not expected to raise its thermal coal imports significantly over the next five-seven years, as existing coal-fired power plants are running at high rates and new facilities are still on ...
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The prospect of Beijing banning imports of low-calorific value thermal coal again loomed over the Chinese seaborne market as the policy was rumoured to form the centerpiece of a tough new environmental law enacted by China's parliament, ...
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Led by Li Keqiang, the Premier of State Council of the People’s Republic of China, the new phase of China’s National Energy Commission was held on April 18th. Li announced at the Commission that the nation will reinforce the ...
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The proposed blending targets in the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard will likely be revised higher, advocates for multiple industries said Monday. Proponents of the ethanol, biodiesel, advanced biofuels, petrochemicals and biotechnology ...
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The US will export 101 million st of coal this year and 96 million st in 2015, the US Energy Information Administration said Tuesday, down from March projections of 103 million st and 99 million mt, respectively. Continued economic ...
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China's drive to transform its economy, which includes reducing the role of energy-intensive industries and paring steel capacity, is driving up coal inventories at key ports as demand across a variety of sectors weakens. Inventories at ...
In the past half century, power plants in the United States have made considerable strides in water use, but there is still a long way to go, according to new figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). More than 70 ...