Thanks to the good work of the Sierra Club and a large coalition of
western and Utah organizations, the phrase ‘No New Coal’ may have gone
WAY out of style today. The Environmental Appeals Board of the EPA just
ruled that the EPA has the authority to establish a Best Available
Control Technology (BACT) limit for carbon dioxide.
Rebecca Tarbotton's blog
No more 'No New Coal'?
RAN's MIchael Brune faces off with Joe Lucas of ACCCE
Check out this video of RAN’s executive director facing off with Joe Lucas from the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.
Are you willing to take a seat in front of the bulldozers?
Activists blockade Dominion HQ to protest Wise County plant construction
Last week, the state Air Pollution Control Board in Virginia aproved pollution permits for the $1.8 billion, 585-megawatt power plant in Wise County - granting Dominion Virginia Power the final go-ahead to begin construction on the plant.
Clean or Not, Coal Ain’t Cheap
Yesterday’s announcement by New York City Comptroller William E. Thompson Jr requesting a review of the financial and environmental risks associated with the use of tax-exempt financing for the construction of new coal-fired power plants is the latest in a string of what I would call ‘learning moments’ for the financial sector.
