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October 21, 2009
Investment In CCS Seen As Vital As Coal Plays “Critical Role” In US EnergyIn an editorial, “Reflecting the Views of the United States Government,” the Voice of America writes, “Carbon dioxide [CO2] emissions from power plants contribute significantly to global warming. For that reason, the United States is making a concerted effort to develop advanced technologies that can capture carbon dioxide at existing American power plants so that the greenhouse gas may be sequestered or put to beneficial use.”
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October 21, 2009
Governor Hopes To Persuade Obama Of West Virginia’s Energy ImportanceThe AP reports that West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin “is angling for a sit-down with President Obama over his administration's stance on climate change and its pursuit of cap-and-trade legislation.” On Tuesday, Manchin told the AP “that West Virginia has a role to play as the nation considers cutting climate-affecting energy sources” and hopes that statistics demonstrating the country’s dependence on coal-fired power “will help him persuade the president that investing in the right technology can allow the US to continue to rely on coal, but more cleanly.” Said Manchin, “Coal is going to be our primary provider of electricity for the next 30 years.
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October 21, 2009
Challenge To Kentucky Coal Plant Permit FailsThe Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader reports a Franklin Circuit judge has “turned down an attempt by the Sierra Club to overturn a state permit for a coal-fired power plant that began operating last spring near Maysville, according to a release Tuesday from the state Energy and Environment Cabinet.” Judge Thomas Wingate decided “that the state Division For Air Quality properly issued the permit to East Kentucky Power Cooperative for its Spurlock No. 4 unit.”
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October 19, 2009
Five Technologies That Could Change Everything, Including CCSThe Wall Street Journal reports under the headline, “Five Technologies That Could Change Everything,” that space-based solar power, advanced car batteries, utility storage, carbon capture and storage, and next generation biofuels have the potential to drastically alter the world’s energy usage. The Journal notes that electric vehicles are necessary to cut CO2 emissions, but more efficient batteries, such as lithium ion batteries, are necessary to make EVs more widespread.
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October 18, 2009
Resurgent Coal Trade Would Positively Impact Hampton Roads AreaThe Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot reported, “Home to three major coal terminals, Hampton Roads exports more coal than any other port in the nation.” According to David Host of T. Parker Host, “A resurgence in coal exports would shore up hundreds of jobs statewide, in businesses ranging from railroads to port terminals, mines to shipping firms, coal-testing labs to harbor pilots and tugboat captains.”
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October 17, 2009
Obama administration to clear red tape surrounding alternative energy productionThe AP reports Interior Secretary Ken Salazar “has told a North Carolina meeting of corporate CEOs the Obama administration is clearing away red tape to speed progress on alternative energy production. Salazar spoke Friday to the Business Council, a group of 150 chief executive officers formed during the Great Depression to advise the federal government.”
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October 16, 2009
Chu Tells CEOs That The US Will Not “Turn Its Back On Coal"MYNC reported Secretary Chu “said finding cleaner ways to generate electricity is good, but America also needs greener ways to generate its current electricity sources. ‘The United States is not going to turn its back on coal,’ Chu said. ‘Fifty percent of our electricity is generated by coal. The industry will not develop that technology, but we have to partner with the industry to develop it.’”
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October 14, 2009
Local Officials Tour AEP’s Mountaineer PlantThe Point Pleasant Register reports, “American Electric Power’s (AEP) Mountaineer Plant, located in New Haven, is one of the main power plants in the area.” Yesterday, “members of the Mason County Area Chamber of Commerce took a tour of the facility prior to eating lunch, which was catered by the Eastern Star Group.” A “presentation detailing the Mountaineer Plant’s Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Validation Project” was given to all those present.
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October 14, 2009
Proposed Pipeline Would Carry CO2 From Midwest To Gulf CoastThe New York Times “Greenwire” blog reports, “Midwestern states are working with energy companies to overcome one of the biggest obstacles to carbon capture and storage: finding ways to transport the gas from its industrial source to its final resting place.”
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October 14, 2009
PNNL Report: China Can Cheaply Transport, Sequester CO2USA Today reports that a study conducted by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, set for release in London Wednesday, found that “getting China’s coal-plant emissions out of the atmosphere so they don’t worsen global warming may be cheaper, easier and longer-lasting than expected.”
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