Council backs coal power station
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Kent councillors have voted in favour of building the UK's first new coal-fired power station for 24 years.
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The British government on Thursday announced support for the construction of new nuclear power plants, backing atomic energy as a clean source of power to fight climate change.
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By Daniel Kelley, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Jun. 15--MARISSA -- A Peabody Energy proposal to reopen a surface mine and use adjacent land as a burnt coal landfill outside Marissa has drawn concern from nearby residents and praise from the business community.
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By Andy Mead, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Jun. 21--Lexington's Urban County Council, which said in 1999 that it wanted the city's water to come from the Kentucky River, now wants to hear what the Louisville Water Co. has to say about pumping in some Ohio River water.
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The European Commission approved a multi-billion pound bailout of the nuclear group British Energy, after securing guarantees that the company would not breach EU competition rules.
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A deal to get one-third of the city's electricity from wind power is a sign of the times.
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Electricity Commissioner Roy Hemmingway has finally been issued with the weapons needed to fulfil his role as New Zealand&#39;s top energy regulator.
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By Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb. 9--Utah Mining Association President David Litvin looked at displays  for a proposed surface coal mine southwest of Bryce Canyon National Park and  saw a solution to the country's increasing demand for electricity.
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Science & environment: Green groups urge government not to scrap key local authority policy that has been credited with boosting the use of renewable energy.
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Science & environment: Government expected to approve building of coal-fired power station without emissions limits
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By Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 6--The state Senate conservation committee yesterday endorsed a bill, favored by industry, that would strip powers from two state pollution-fighting boards.   The bill goes before the full Senate today.
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The location of a $1.8 billion pollution-free coal plant research project is to be announced on Tuesday
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A southern nuclear explosion Brighton, Bristol, and picturesque Oxfordshire have topped the list of places most suitable to have new nuclear power stations bestowed upon them, replacing existing coal or gas fired power stations.â¦
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Global conservation group WWF on Wednesday backed the oil-rich United Arab Emirates' plan to build the world's first zero-carbon emissions city and a futuristic solar-powered electricity plant.
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By Josh Mitchell, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 6--A plan for Baltimore County to buy parkland next to a high school on the east side won approval of the County Council last night.
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KAMP-LINTFORT, Germany  - A tidy German town that has long flourished above its underground treasure of subsidized coal is struggling to cope with the shock after the government decided last week to shut down the mine.
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The State Council has sent a task force to the site of a coal mine gas blast that happened Wednesday night in the central Henan proivince and left at least 56 people dead.