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April 05, 2010
U.S. natural-gas data overstatedThe Energy Department is preparing to make sweeping revisions to its U.S. natural-gas production data after finding it has been overstating output, raising new questions about the government's collection of energy information.
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April 04, 2010
Colorado gas bill may be used as modelThe natural gas industry won its first significant victory last week in its drive to offer its product as a cleaner alternative to coal. But the coal industry is ready to take on natural gas on a national scale.
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April 04, 2010
Plans for new coal-generated power plant in Kentucky proceedThe Middlesboro (KY) Daily News reports, “Plans to construct a coal-fired power plant within Bell County - directly off of US Highway 119 - continue to develop, according to local officials.
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April 02, 2010
Jackson: EPA will impose CO2 restrictions if Congress doesn’t pass climate billNewsweek notes that EPA administrator Lisa Jackson warns that if Congress fails to pass legislation this year, the EPA “will use its authority under America's Clean Air Act to phase in new restrictions on carbon dioxide.”
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April 01, 2010
Officials think ‘Clean Air’ bill will hurt jobsState Sen. Al White, R-Hayden, said the state Senate approval of House Bill 10-1365, also known as the Clean Air, Clean Jobs Act, on Wednesday, will harm the Colorado coal industry and mining jobs.
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April 01, 2010
Sanderson: Clean energy bill a bustHouse Bill 1365, erroneously called the Clean Energy-Clean Jobs Act, speedily moved through the Colorado legislature under a plan engineered by Gov. Bill Ritter, Xcel Energy, the natural gas industry and some environmentalists.
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April 01, 2010
Colorado power plant bill poised to become lawColorado is poised to require its largest utility to cut emissions at some coal-fired power plants and nudge it toward using more natural gas. The House and Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill requiring Xcel Energy Inc. to give primary consideration to natural gas to cut emissions. Smokestacks at aging power plants in Denver and Boulder could be targeted.
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April 01, 2010
Clean Air, Clean jobs bill movesThe Colorado Mining Association said in a press release yesterday that House Bill 1365, the Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act, would be a job-killer and would lead to higher electricity rates.
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April 01, 2010
AEP outlines Mountaineer CCS projectOver the past few weeks representatives from American Electric Power have attended various public meetings to discuss the company’s Carbon Capture and Storage Project.
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April 01, 2010
Coal-generated plant goes online in WyomingThe AP reports, “A new coal-fired power station went online in northeastern Wyoming on Thursday, marking the state's first coal plant completion since early 2008."
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