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Carbon Pollution From U.S. Power Plants Hits 27-Year Low
Electric power plants in the US spewed 128 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in April 2015, the lowest for any month since April...
40% Less Mercury in Fish Shows Success of US Coal Industry Caps
A large drop in bluefish mercury levels suggest a healthier seafood supply – and that U.S. coal regulations are working.
Mercury levels in bluefish caught...
Wildlife and Wetlands Return to Former Coal Mine
Just three years ago, red and white smoke stacks loomed over the Wabamun power plant near the lake in Alberta, while across a highway...
US, China Agree to Cut Emissions From Vehicles, Coal
The United States and China, the world's top emitters of greenhouse gases, agreed to five initiatives on July 10 to cut carbon output from...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From U.S. Power Plants Down 4.6 percent
Greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants fell 4.6 percent in 2011 as more generators were switched to cleaner-burning natural gas and renewable sources...
New Clean Air Act Protections Tackle Deadly Mercury Pollution from Dirty Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday announced the first-ever national standards to reduce dangerous mercury, arsenic and other toxic air pollutants from power plants....
Mayor Bloomberg Donates $50 Million To Sierra Club for Anti-Coal Campaign
New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving the Sierra Club a substantial gift -- $50 million to put toward battling coal-fired power plants across...
Coal Waste Could Save Billions on Road Repairs
Fly ash, a byproduct of coal-burning electric power plants, could save billions of dollars if used in the repairing of U.S. bridges and roads,...
Missouri Pork Processor Will Reuse All its Waste to Power the Plant
Meat eaters should search out Heritage Acres' all-natural pork products. Not only are their pasture-raised hogs hormone-free and fed only soy, corn and oats...
US Invests in Wind Power as Costs Pull Even With Coal
The U.S. government is pushing for large-scale wind power development and the timing may be just right. A recent study from Bloomberg New Energy...
China Green Energy Growth Outpacing Coal
Though coal still provides the majority of China's power, there's good news about a greener future: New official Chinese records show that the...
US Cracks Down on Mountaintop Coal-mine Permits
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday it will put the brakes on 79 pending permits for mountaintop removal coal mines in Appalachia because they...
EPA Scraps Effort to Ease Controls on Power Plants
Six weeks before leaving office, the Bush administration is giving up on an effort to ease restrictions on pollution from coal-burning power plants, a...
Ten Millionth Tree Planted in Congo’s Gorilla Habitat
The World Wildlife Fund is celebrating the ten millionth tree planted around crucial endangered mountain gorilla habitat in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)....
North American Exclusive! Eco-Friendly Steel Cuts Coal Use and Emissions
The process of manufacturing environmentally friendly steel not only reduces coal use by one-third, it also salvages plastic waste from garbage dumps, cooking it...
U.S. Supreme Court Gives Boost to Environmental Groups on Power Plant Cleanup
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday unanimously supported a federal clean-air bill that "forces power companies in the U.S. to install pollution control equipment...
Maryland Adopts Historic Global Warming Law Mandating Pollution Reduction at Power Plants
ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 31 -- In a major victory against global warming, the Maryland General Assembly gave final approval Friday to the strongest power-plant...
The Perfect Energy Source Is Already Here – Endless Geothermal Is Poised for Release From Deep in the Earth
As physicists work in the nuclear fusion sector to unlock limitless clean energy through harnessing the power of the sun, they inadvertently invented a...
Branson-backed Company Captures Mega Tons of Carbon Injected Into Concrete–and Amazon is Building Their HQ With It
The second-most abundant manmade material in the world is being employed by a start-up to 'jail' carbon dioxide produced by factories before it's sent...
More Renewable Energy Used in 2020 Than Fossil Fuels For the First Time in World’s 4th Largest Economy
For the first time in history, a combination of wind, solar, and other renewables overtook Germany's coal, oil, and gas, for use as the...