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Despite cuts in regulations, US emissions continued to decline last year

Oct 21, 2018

Emissions of greenhouse gases in the US fell 2.7 percent in 2017, as coal power plants have closed in the face of increasingly stiff competition from natural gas and renewables like wind and solar, according to...

Trump’s EPA will reexamine an Obama-era pollution rule on mercury emissions

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Sep 1, 2018

Environment, Science

In another potential rollback of an Obama-era environmental regulation, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency is rethinking rules that restrict emissions of mercury, as well as other pollutants, according to ...

EPA relaxes Obama-era regulations on coal waste storage

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Jul 20, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science

The Environmental Protection Agency rolled back Obama-era regulations on toxic ash from coal plants on Wednesday, according to a report from The Guardian, following through on the Trump administration's promise...

Trump’s proposal for an emergency coal bailout is built on some dubious assertions

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Jun 3, 2018

Environment, Opinion, Policy, Science

The Trump administration announced plans Friday for a regulatory bailout to prevent the closure of coal and nuclear power plants, according to Politico. The president “directed Secretary of Energy Rick Perry to...

Trump’s promise to bring back coal is both unrealistic and ill-advised

West Side Story

May 7, 2018

Environment, Health, Opinion, Science

The questions raised by the decline of coal power have become heavily politicized in recent years. While Donald Trump’s presidential campaign famously promised to revitalize the dying coal industry, that promis...

UK government details plans for phasing out coal power

West Side Story

Jan 7, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science, World

The UK government detailed plans Friday for its phase-out of coal power, which include closing down one of the eight remaining power plants this year, with most of the rest forecasted to close by 2022. Unless t...

New EU rules will force plants to reduce harmful emissions

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Apr 28, 2017

Business, Policy, Science

New EU regulations, approved Friday by member states, will force power plants to reduce their emissions of toxic pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, mercury, sulphur dioxides, and particulate matter. Europea...

British power system manages first day without coal since industrial revolution

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Apr 23, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

According to the National Grid, the UK managed its first day without coal power since the industrial revolution Friday. It was the first continuous 24 hours without the use of coal since the use of fossil fuels...

Report says new coal power built in 2016 was down by two thirds from year before

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Mar 23, 2017

Environment, Science

A new report by Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, and research network CoalSwarm shows that the amount of new coal power built fell two thirds last year globally. It showed that the amount of new coal capacity being...

Coal industry hopes to get on board push for clean energy, with carbon capture advances

West Side Story

Feb 27, 2017

Business, Environment, Science

The US coal industry is attempting to position itself as a partner in the push to lower carbon emissions, instead of a relic of a high-emissions past. Executives from the three largest coal producers in the US ...

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