Source: Greenpeace press release. Federal coal program overseen by Interior undermining President Obama’s climate commitment Washington DC – The leaders of 21 organizations welcomed Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell to her first day on the job with a letter calling for “an immediate moratorium on new coal leasing in the Powder River Basin and [...]
ATLANTA, GA – In a victory for clean air and public health, Georgia Power announced today its plans to phase out 15 total aging coal and oil-burning units at Plant Branch, Plant Yates, and Plant Kraft as the utility prepares to begin its multi-year planning process at the Georgia Public Service Commission later this month. [...]
Sierra Club and Sierra Magazine release “Cost of Coal” Photo Project SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Earlier this month the Sierra Club and Sierra Magazine released a new photography project examining the effects of coal on the lives of everyday Americans. The feature, “Cost of Coal,” follows the life-cycle of coal, using sharp, poignant images to [...]
On the eve of the opening of the newest coal fired boiler in the country at Cliffside Coal Plant, Greenpeace has again urged Duke Energy to make the switch to renewable energy, a move that stands to save North Carolina ratepayers more than $100 billion over the next twenty years. Duke has already indicated they [...]
KNOXVILLE, TN – In a new report released today, August 14, Synapse Energy Economics reveals that the Tennessee Valley Authority is risking wasting billions of dollars to keep aging, out-of-date coal plants online instead of pursuing lower cost options like energy efficiency. The Synapse report, commissioned by the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign, outlines a [...]
by Ed Crooks and Javier Blas, Financial Times, and Jeff Gerth, ProPublica Aug. 5, 2012, 3 p.m. This story was co-published with The Financial Times and Propublica When Gunvor, one of the world’s largest energy traders, invested $400 million in a troubled Montana coal mine, it looked like a promising deal. The plan was to [...]
WASHINGTON — As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above approach to American energy, the Energy Department announced today the selection of eight projects to advance the development of transformational oxy-combustion technologies capable of high-efficiency, low-cost carbon dioxide capture from coal-fired power plants. The Energy Department’s $7 million investment – leveraged with recipient cost-share to support approximately [...]
One year after the historic Sierra Club, Bloomberg Philanthropies partnership, 112 coal plants announced for retirement and clean energy is making gains SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A year since the announcement of the partnership between the Sierra Club and Bloomberg Philanthropies, great strides have been made in the effort to retire old and outdated coal-fired [...]
CHICAGO, July 23, 2012. www.Solarthermalmagazine.com Illinois Workers and Contractors Urge Governor Quinn to Sign Bill Advancing Project The Chicago Clean Energy project, a gasification project slated for the Southeast Side of Chicago, is expected to create more than $10 billion in economic output for Illinois and an estimated $1.25 billion in added state and local [...]
In response to the new Energy Information Administration (EIA) “Annual Energy Outlook†(AEO) released today, Kyle Ash, Greenpeace Climate Campaigner made the following statement: Once again the EIA projections are encouraging to companies like Peabody and Duke Energy, who stand to make millions from a federal thumbs up to a rosy coal market. Contrary to [...]
Jackson, MS – As Mississippi Power prepares to ask the Public Service Commission (PSC) for a $100 million rate increase, filings from the independent monitor of the New Kemper County Coal Plant show Mississippi Power Company (MPC) has spent $366 million past the budget with the plant less than one-third complete. MPC has said it [...]
Power4Georgians in Tenuous Position on Plant Washington After Legal Agreement. Atlanta, GA – Clean air advocates and environmental groups won a victory today when Power4Georgians (P4G), the only company trying to develop expensive new coal plants in Georgia, agreed to cancel the proposed Ben Hill coal-fired power plant. The company also agreed to comply with [...]
March 20, 2012 London – Summit Power Group, a Seattle-based developer of low-carbon electric power projects, today announced it has entered into an agreement with National Grid and Petrofac to seek funding for the development of a low-carbon power plant—including full-chain, commercial-scale carbon capture and storage—in the United Kingdom. The project, to be named the [...]
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