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FERC Rejects DOE Rule as Winter Storm Proves Grid Resiliency

January 9, 2018

While proponents of a grid resiliency measure said it would bolster the system during bad weather, the recent winter storm proved such efforts unnecessary.

Battle Lines Drawn in Planned US Repeal of Clean-Power Rules

Mary B. Powers

October 12, 2017

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to roll back the Obama administration’s 2015 Clean Power Plan, meant to cut greenhouse-gas emissions 32% from 2005 levels by 2030.

Viewpoint: The American Energy Infrastructure

Make Coal Great Again—or Build New Industries?

President Trump has bet the farm on saving traditional jobs in industries that are evolving

Thomas F. Armistead

April 26, 2017

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Is there a better path to good jobs?

Perry Orders DOE to Review Electric Grid's Power-Source Mix, Resiliency

Pam Radtke Russell

April 25, 2017

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Energy Secretary Rick Perry has directed his department to examine whether subsidies, wholesale markets or other incentives may be skewing electric markets to favor one electricity power source over another or make the electric grid less resilient.

Commentary

Energy Viewpoint: Evolving Action on Climate Change Accelerates to a Glacial Pace

Thomas F. Armistead

February 22, 2017

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Climate change and its causes were not much discussed during the 2016 U.S. general election, but the issue has not gone away.

Late Mississippi Coal Plant Inches Toward Finish Line

Mary B. Powers

October 19, 2016

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Utility Southern Co.’s costly effort to produce clean energy from coal met a major milestone on Oct. 12, when its Kemper County, Miss., integrated gasification combined-cycle plant produced the first kilowatt of electricity with synthetic fuel made from local lignite.

Trump Floats Proposal for Infrastructure Fund

GOP nominee says it would be at least twice the size of Clinton's $275B proposal

Pam Hunter McFarland

Tom Ichniowski

August 2, 2016

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Republican nominee says fund would be composed of bonds and would be "a great investment."

TVA’s Cumberland power plant coal-ash impoundment

Coal Fired Power Plants

Opponents Set To Battle TVA On Coal Ash Cap-and-Close Plan

Opponents want wastes removed, noting a disastrous 2008 site spill.

Mary B. Powers

June 15, 2016

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The Tennessee Valley Authority's plan to cap, cover and monitor legacy power plant waste in three states is being challenged in court by environmental opponents.

South Africa Powerplant Project Will Get More Environmental Monitoring

Shem Oirere

June 18, 2012

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Although a World Bank inspection panel has criticized on environmental and other grounds a mammoth coal-fired powerplant under construction in South Africa, the project will proceed and the bank

LS Power, Sierra Club Agree to Kill One Coal Plant, Delay Another

Housley Carr

February 13, 2012

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After reaching an agreement with the Sierra Club in mid-December, LS Power has canceled its 1,200-MW Longleaf coal project in Washington County, Ga., and delayed by at least five years development of its 665-MW Plum Point 2 coal project near Osceola, Ark.