http://www.coalpowermag.com COAL POWER en-us 2010 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:33:53 EST Adding a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system to an operating coal-fired plant may be an expensive and time-consuming project, but the environmental benefits are without question. However, once construction is complete and operations staff assume control of the SCR, proper measurement tools are required to monitor the catalyst performance life cycle.... http://www.coalpowermag.com/environmental/243.html Tue, 16 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST In one of the most far-reaching of numerous new air regulations expected from the Obama administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to tighten the primary federal standard for ground-level ozone, the principal constituent of smog, to within a range of 60 to 70 parts per billion, saying the tougher standard is needed to protect human health.... http://www.coalpowermag.com/environmental/245.html Tue, 16 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST The Energy Department’s top fossil energy official said [in December that] he might seek exemption or relaxation of “new source review” requirements for certain U.S. coal-fired power plants that are boosting efficiency through retrofits if the plants are also good candidates for subsequent installation of carbon capture and storage systems.... http://www.coalpowermag.com/environmental/246.html Tue, 16 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has adopted final rules tightening emissions limits for coal preparation and processing plants and imposing new reporting requirements on those facilities.... http://www.coalpowermag.com/environmental/229.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST In a major air regulatory development, the Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to issue rules by November 2011 to reduce mercury and other hazardous air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants under a settlement agreement resolving a lawsuit filed by a host of environmental organizations.... http://www.coalpowermag.com/environmental/231.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST The Environmental Protection Agency has decided it will reconsider the 2008 ozone standards issued by the Bush administration, with the agency suggesting in a court that it would toughen the standards because it has concerns about whether standards “satisfy the requirements of the Clean Air Act.”... http://www.coalpowermag.com/environmental/232.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST In another major legal victory for states pressing for controls on industry emissions of carbon dioxide, a federal appeals court has reversed a lower court decision and ruled that eight states and the city of New York City could bring “nuisance” suits against five coal-burning utilities to curb greenhouse gas discharges that the states claim are causing damage to their natural resources.... http://www.coalpowermag.com/environmental/220.html Thu, 8 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT The Environmental Protection Agency announced it plans to “revise” existing, decades-old guidelines for water discharges of toxic metals from fossil fuel-fired power plants, saying a recently concluded EPA study focused mostly on wastewater discharges from coal-fired power plants uncovered elevated levels of toxic pollutants.... http://www.coalpowermag.com/environmental/221.html Thu, 8 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT In a major climate change rulemaking, the Environmental Protection Agency has issued final regulations that will require most large emitters of greenhouse gases in the U.S. to report their emissions beginning in 2010.... http://www.coalpowermag.com/environmental/222.html Thu, 8 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT Can wind turbines actually reduce the amount of fossil fuels consumed? A Wall Street Journal analysis concludes that ERCOT utilities will begin to feel the squeeze in their profits this year and to expect the amount of fossil fuels used to generate electricity to be reduced.... http://www.coalpowermag.com/environmental/223.html Thu, 8 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT