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Small industrial boilers: A big burden on Ohio’s air?
COLUMBUS — “A new analysis is shedding light on a little-known source of toxic air pollution. Industrial boilers are the on-site power plants used by major industrial operations. They are believed to...
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Pollution control market to top $9bn by 2017, report says
FORT COLLINS, CO — “The global air pollution control equipment market should grow significantly once utility, oil and gas companies comply with increasingly stringent environmental regulations such as...
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Coal’s share of total U.S. electricity generation falls below 40% in November...
WASHINGTON, DC — “Although still the largest single fuel for electricity generation, coal’s share of monthly power generation in the United States dropped below 40% in November and December 2011. The...
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Has Big Coal lost its power?
The International Coal Group mine remains idle in Sago, West Virginia. The mine has remained closed since an explosion on January 2nd, 2006 killed 12 miners. NEW YORK, NY — “In the world of energy...
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7 areas pool electric demand
HAMILTON CO — “Residents of seven Hamilton County municipalities will have the opportunity to save about 24 percent on the generation portion of their electric bills starting in May, under an...
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Cincinnati dumps Duke Energy
CINCINNATI — “This is big news. The announcement is the culmination of a campaign that started last fall, when Ohio Citizen Action and Greenpeace ran a successful ballot initiative to allow the City to...
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Utilities give coal the heave-ho
Power plants abandon longtime staple for generating electricity as price of natural gas plummets Coal consumption fell 9.4% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier as power generators sought cheaper...
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Coal power plants may be razed or sold once closed
American Electric Power plans to raze the Picway power plant near Lockbourne and two others in Ohio after closing them. COLUMBUS — “The shutdowns will eliminate toxic compounds, including mercury,...
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Inefficient combustion contributes to pollution
CINCINNATI — “The article could have been more explicit when noting “fuel combustion” as the major source of our soot; the number one source is the inefficient combustion of coal in Duke Energy’s...
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Duke Energy names new CEO
Lynn Good, 54, will become Duke Energy’s president and chief executive officer July 1, 2013. CHARLOTTE, NC — “Duke Energy on Tuesday announced that its board of directors has unanimously elected Lynn...
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Duke CEO sees coal entirely disappearing from its power mix
Snow falls on coal. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg CHARLOTTE, NC — “Duke Energy Corp.’s $4.9 billion purchase of Piedmont Natural Gas Co., set to close next week, will accelerate the utility...
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Americas super polluters
Fine particles — toxic specks that research has linked to a variety of ills, including shorter lifespans — aren’t evenly concentrated across the country. Vanderburgh in southwest Indiana has higher...
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Looking to ‘get ahead’ of coal ash issues, utilities support bill for...
Photo credit: Wikipedia commons Utilities are throwing their weight behind an amendment that would give states a bigger role in regulating coal ash disposal WASHINGTON, DC — “On Oct. 17th, utilities...
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Don’t subsidize coal, Consumers’ Counsel, NOPEC, AARP, Ohio Manufacturers’...
The Kyger Creek power plant in Cheshire, Ohio, on the Ohio River began operating in 1955 to make power for a uranium enrichment plant in Piketon, Ohio. Since 2003, the plant, which is owned by a...
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IEEFA Report: ‘National security’ argument for saving 2 power plants is a red...
CLEVELAND — “The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) today published a research brief questioning a bill in the Ohio legislature that would bail out two failing coal-fired...
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Ohio budget amendments: another utility ‘bailout’ and a rollback of wind...
The Ohio Statehouse (Credit: Tlarrow/Creative Commons) COLUMBUS — “Ohio’s budget bill reported out of the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday comes with an amendment that would expressly authorize extra...
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Proposed Ohio subsidy for coal-fired power plants now uncertain
AEP’s Clifty Creek power plant in Madison, Indiana is among the facilities covered under income guarantee plans recently approved by Ohio regulators (Credit: Crowezr / Wikimedia Commons) COLUMBUS — “A...
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Ohio Senate budget bill lets PUCO charge power customers higher rate to keep...
Credit: Tom Knox COLUMBUS — “Ohio’s utility regulator could consider a utility’s credit rating when establishing base rates paid by customers, an apparent nod to FirstEnergy Solutions, the unregulated...
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Ohio decision could put more ratepayers on the hook for old cleanup costs
“Gavel,” a sculpture by Andrew F. Scott, outside the Supreme Court of Ohio (Credit: Sam Howzit / Creative Commons). COLUMBUS — “Critics say an Ohio court decision last week underscores the urgency of a...
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Emails reveal how Duke edited scientific reports on coal ash, coordinated...
Credit: Sky3 / WBTV CHARLOTTE, NC — “Emails and documents obtained by WBTV show senior officials at Duke Energy edited reports prepared by at least one professor hired by the company to prepare...
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