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Banks Want ‘Carbon Principles’ Extended To Municipal Utilities

Bankers are discussing the development of lending guidelines - similar to the carbon principles issued by J.P. Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley that make it tougher for investor-owned utilities to get financing for coal-fired power plants -...

Published 03-20-2008 1:26 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Pollution, U.S., Financial, Fossil Fuels, Economics, Utilities, Coal, Finance & Reporting

Westar Releases Energy Plan

Westar Energy has published an energy plan, Meeting Our Customers’ Energy Needs: A Strategic Plan for Uncertain Times (PDF) that outlines the company’s future plans. Westar says its strategy embraces state and federal policies encouraging...

Published 02-25-2008 4:28 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Electricity, Utilities, Coal, Finance & Reporting

Duke’s Carbon-Constrained Future

Duke Energy is the nation’s third-largest corporate emitter of carbon dioxide - after American Electric Power and Southern Co. Depending on what controls Congress passes on carbon emissions, that’s a potentially crippling threat for Duke,...

Published 02-22-2008 10:29 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Pollution, U.S., Economics, Electricity, New Technology, Utilities, Coal, Hydroelectric, Nuclear, Policy & Law, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Oil & Gas

Luminant Details Emissions Reduction Plan

Luminant, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings - formerly TXU - has released details of a voluntary emissions reduction program which includes new emissions control technologies to offset 100 percent of key emissions from new coal-fueled power plants...

Published 02-19-2008 12:44 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Utilities, Coal

Citigroup, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley Unveil ‘Carbon Principles’

Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley have announced new standards that will make it harder for companies to get financing for the construction of coal-fired power plants in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal reports. According to Reuters, the banks...

Published 02-04-2008 12:43 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Pollution, U.S., Financial, Government, Clean Energy, Economics, Coal, Finance & Reporting

HTC Purenergy to Launch New CO2 Capture System

HTC Purenergy announced that they have launched the world’s first modular, pre-engineered CO2 Capture System, called the Purenergy CCS 1000. The CCS 1000 is a stand alone system that will capture CO2 from the flue gas exhaust of power plants, oil...

Published 01-30-2008 10:39 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Pollution, Utilities, Coal, Oil & Gas

Xcel Plans Sorbent Injection System To Slash Mercury Emissions

Xcel Energy has filed plans that the company says will reduce mercury emissions from two Minnesota plants by 90 percent. The plans were filed with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and involve the King...

Published 01-02-2008 12:36 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Facilities, U.S., Utilities, Coal, Contracts & Installations

Senate Passes Energy Bill

An energy bill that included an increase in fuel-economy standards passed the Senate by a margin of 86-8 yesterday, The New York Times reports. Provisions of the legislation that passed the House and would have repealed more than $13 billion in tax breaks...

Published 12-14-2007 9:25 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Feature, Major Players, U.S., Automotive, Fossil Fuels, Government, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Clean Energy, Economics, Biofuel, Utilities, Coal, Nuclear, Policy & Law, Oil & Gas

U.S. Steel Proposes $1 Billion Environmental Upgrade

United States Steel Corporation is considering a $1 billion capital investment program at its Clairton plant coke making operation near Pittsburgh to boost the company’s environmental performance. The program, which would take place over a period...

Published 12-03-2007 9:04 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Industrial Goods, Refitting, Coal, Contracts & Installations

U.S. Can Halve Emissions Without ‘Big Changes In Consumer Lifestyles’

The U.S. could reduce projected 2030 emissions of greenhouse gases by between one-third to one-half at manageable costs to the economy and without requiring big changes in consumer lifestyles, according to “Reducing US Greenhouse Gas Emissions:...

Published 11-30-2007 11:22 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Supply Chain, Major Players, U.S., Automotive, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Agriculture, Clean Energy, Economics, Industrial Goods, Electricity, Biofuel, Wind Energy, Utilities, Coal, Hydrogen, Geothermal, Wave Energy, Predictions, Nuclear, Biomass, Today's Trend, Strategy & Leadership, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Oil & Gas

CARMA Tracks Emissions From 50,000 Power Plants

The Carbon Monitoring for Action database launched last week. CARMA says it is most detailed and comprehensive information on carbon emissions resulting from the production of electricity. It’s a product of the Confronting Climate Change Initiative...

Published 11-18-2007 10:03 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, Global, Facilities, Pollution, Electricity, Utilities, Coal, Research & Technology

RAN Campaign Targets Citi, BofA

Rainforest Action Network says that “thousands” of activists in more than 50 cities across the U.S. turned out last week to protest Citi and Bank of America’s investments in coal-fired power plants. RAN is pressuring the two banks to divest...

Published 11-18-2007 9:43 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, U.S., Financial, Coal, Strategy & Leadership

Kansas Rejects Proposed Coal Plant Because Of CO2 Emissions

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has become the first government agency in the U.S. to cite carbon dioxide emissions as the reason for rejecting an air permit for a coal-fired electricity generating plant, The Washington Post reports. Sunflower...

Published 10-19-2007 9:12 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Climate, Business-to-Business, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Government, Utilities, Coal

AEP To Pay $4.6 Billion In Record Clean Air Settlement

In a record settlement, American Electric Power has agreed to cut 813,000 tons of air pollutants annually at an estimated cost of more than $4.6 billion, pay a $15 million penalty, and spend $60 million on projects to mitigate the effects of its past...

Published 10-09-2007 9:23 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, Facilities, Pollution, U.S., Government, Economics, Electricity, Refitting, Utilities, Coal

Advanced Electricity Technologies Could Lower CO2 Control Costs By 50%

The aggressive development and implementation of a full portfolio of advanced electricity technologies could reduce the economic cost of cutting future U.S. CO2 emissions by more than 50 percent while meeting the continuing growth in demand for electricity...

Published 08-20-2007 12:15 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, Efficiency, Hybrid Technology, Electricity, Coal, Nuclear, Storage

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