As Monday Deadline Looms, E3 Consulting Finds Few States Ready With Plans to Meet EPA Power Plant Pollution Rules
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E3 Consulting LLC, which specializes in financial, technical, operational and environmental analysis for energy sector clients, predicted today that most of the 28 eastern states facing tougher new U.S. EPA emissions standards for coal-fired power plants will be unable to meet the Monday, Sept.
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Despite its continuing difficulties forcing power plants to reduce their toxic emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency has enjoyed unusual success in bringing
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Nine chlorine plants in the nation pour at least eight tons of mercury into the environment each year &#151; a situation that demands federal action to force companies to convert to cleaner technology, activists said Wednesday.
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DENVER - A plan by Colorado&#39;s largest utility to build a $1.3 billion coal-fired power plant in Pueblo is facing strong opposition from people who say both environmental and financial concerns make the facility a bad idea.
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Officials are bracing for a long night and delays that may prevent some states from reporting final tallies until early Wednesday.
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Science & environment: More regulation needed to curb the potential harms of pollution, say researchers
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WASHINGTON Trying to break a deadlock on energy policy, a diverse group of environmentalists, academics and former government officials were to publish a report on Wednesday that presents strategies for making the United States cleaner, more competitive
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WHEEZE: Mayors and economic development officials say a growing number of businesses are not inclined to expand or open new plants in areas cited by the Environmental Protection Agency as "non-attainment zones," with too much smog-causing ozone or microscopic soot.
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The EPA tightens its rules on very small particles, but not enough to satisfy environmentalists
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By Spencer Hunt, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jun. 12--State efforts to clean polluted rivers will suffer if lawmakers cut the EPA's budget, the agency said.
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Governors of 20 U.S. states must slash levels of tiny particles spewed by power plants, cars and other sources by 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday.
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The nationâs leading effort to build a coal-fired electric plant that will capture and store its carbon emissions will take a shaky step forward on Tuesday.
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The EPA findings will require 20 states and the District to devise strategies to reduce dangerous levels of soot pollution in the air.
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By Seattle Times  Feb. 14--Environmental groups are challenging new state stormwater regulations, saying they won't do enough to keep polluted runoff from flowing into the state's rivers, lakes and Puget Sound.
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The state-led push could weaken the EPA's emissions-trading system, which is popular with industry.
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Xanadu, a $1.3 billion entertainment  complex planned for New Jersey, now faces a stiffer  environmental test because two state agencies likely will  demand a more in-depth look at how air quality and traffic  would be affected.
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Three years ago, a state-appointed panel said finding ways to quickly get military helicopters and planes airborne to battle raging wildfires should be a "high priority." Yet, last week, delays launching aircraft revealed a system still suffering from communication and planning shortfalls.