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Matagorda County coal plant developer fights new EPA rules

May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Matthew Tresaugue Houston Chronicle - Analysts predicted early retirement for some coal-fired power plants when the Environmental Protection Agency issued new limits on emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants last year. More...

EPA official visits Portland, touts benefits of new federal pollution limits

May 18 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Seth Koenig Bangor Daily News, Maine - New England's top federal environmental official told a Portland crowd Thursday that one of the new air quality regulations being proposed will prevent as many as 300 premature deaths and save as much as $2.5 billion in health care costs annually. More...

FERC Approves Policy Outlining its Role in EPA's New Mercury Rule

May 18, 2012 -- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Documents and Publications/ContentWorks - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today approved a policy statement outlining how it will advise the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on requests for extra time for electric generators to comply with the new mercury and air toxics standards rule. More...

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Senator Pushes Clean Energy

May 18 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Michael Coleman Albuquerque Journal, N.M. - The national debate over clean energy, greenhouse gases and the economy flared at a Senate hearing Thursday as lawmakers considered Sen. More...

Feds won't force White River fish project

May 18 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Christine Pratt The Wenatchee World, Wash. - Saying they prefer their licensees be "good citizens" and resolve problems locally, federal dam regulators ruled Thursday that they won't allow the Grant PUD to circumvent local, Chelan County rules to build salmon-rearing ponds along White River shoreline near Lake Wenatchee. More...

Cape Vincent officials urge tougher wind turbine noise standards

May 19 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Jaegun Lee Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. - The town board has decided to submit its own recommendations to the state Public Service Commission regarding Article X of the 2011 Power NY Act. More...

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As expected, county sues utility over No Name power

May 19 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Ryan McCarthy Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon - Add another lawsuit to the battle over commercial electricity on Lower Keys island No Name Key. More...

Power-line profit may wane

May 17 - The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Federal energy regulators may dial down incentives now in place to build high-voltage power lines, a research analyst said Tuesday. More...

PSC consumer advocate weighs in on Century rate plan

May 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - George Hohmann Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va. - The state Public Service Commission's Consumer Advocate Division is arguing that the special electricity rate structure requested by Century Aluminum would have an adverse effect on Appalachian Power Co.'s residential customers. More...

Bill paves way for Tracy-area solar project

May 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Zachary K. Johnson The Record, Stockton, Calif. - President Barack Obama has signed into law a bipartisan bill clearing the way for a 200-acre solar energy project on land west of Tracy. More...

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