Tag: Power Plants

The EPA proposal will require electricity-generating power plants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent by 2030. (Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

New EPA rules may speed up changes in how you get power

Zack Colman · June 3, 2014 10:00 am

Energy and Environment

CHART: The EPA’s proposed new regulations on power plants cut some states a break

Zack Colman · June 2, 2014 7:55 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy signs new regulations for power plants June 2, 2014 in Washington. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

EPA proposes slashing power plant emissions 30 percent

Zack Colman · June 2, 2014 4:17 pm

In this July 1, 2013, photo smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal burning power plant in in Colstrip, Mont. The Obama administration wants to cut emissions from power plants by 30 percent by 2030. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Energy and Environment

GOP: Obama war on coal a ‘dagger in the heart’ of Americans

Paul Bedard · June 2, 2014 2:53 pm

The EPA proposal will require electricity-generating power plants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent by 2030. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Today is the day President Obama gets serious about making electricity rates ‘skyrocket’

Mark Tapscott · June 2, 2014 12:27 pm

Energy and Environment

EPA to propose cutting power-plant emissions 30 percent

Zack Colman · June 2, 2014 3:17 am

Energy and Environment

UN climate chief hails US power plant plan

Washington Examiner · June 1, 2014 3:51 pm

President Barack Obama speaks at Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, Friday, May 30, 2014, during a hurricane preparedness meeting. at right is Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator Craig Fugate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama launches public push on power plant rules

Josh Lederman · May 30, 2014 8:14 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce Monday the first-ever carbon emissions limits on the nation's 1,600 power plants.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

Energy and Environment

Seven things to know about the coming EPA power-plant rule

Zack Colman · May 30, 2014 5:29 pm

Energy and Environment

Cap-and-trade to get fresh look with EPA power plant rule

Zack Colman · May 28, 2014 9:00 am

This photo taken May 5, 2014 shows the stacks of the Homer City Generating Station in Homer City, Pa. Three years ago, the operators of one of the nationâs dirtiest coal-fired power plants warned of âimmediate and devastatingâ consequences from the Obama administrationâs push to clean up pollution from coal. Faced with cutting sulfur dioxide pollution blowing into downwind states by 80 percent in less than a year, lawyers for EME Homer City Generation L.P. sued the Environmental Protection Agency to block the rule, saying it would cause a painful spike in electricity bills and grave harm to power producers like itself.

Power plant becomes a model for cleaner operation

DINA CAPPIELLOKEVIN BEGOS · May 28, 2014 7:13 am

This photo taken May 5, 2014 shows the stacks of the Homer City Generating Station in Homer City, Pa. Three years ago, the operators of one of the nationâs dirtiest coal-fired power plants warned of âimmediate and devastatingâ consequences from the Obama administrationâs push to clean up pollution from coal. Faced with cutting sulfur dioxide pollution blowing into downwind states by 80 percent in less than a year, lawyers for EME Homer City Generation L.P. sued the Environmental Protection Agency to block the rule, saying it would cause a painful spike in electricity bills and grave harm to power producers like itself.

After decades, dirty power plant to get clean

DINA CAPPIELLOKEVIN BEGOS · May 27, 2014 8:38 pm