Home > Law Homepage > Stop the Coal Rush > Coal News

Coal News

1, 2009: Energy Central
Constellation plans new fly ash dump: State rejects a call for public meeting in county
Constellation Energy plans to purchase a 65-acre industrial landfill in Curtis Bay to dispose of fly ash, a byproduct of its coal-fired power plants in Pasadena, a company spokesman said yesterday.

1, 2009: KansasCity.com
Utility must reapply for new state permit for coal plant in western Kansas, EPA says
TOPEKA | The utility behind a controversial coal plant project in western Kansas must reapply for a new state permit, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday.

30, 2009: Greenwire
EPA says Desert Rock developers' charge 'utterly without merit'
U.S. EPA is refuting developers' claims that the agency acted illegally when it asked to reconsider air permits for a controversial coal-fired power plant slated for Navajo Nation land in New Mexico.

29, 2009: The Post-Journal
BPU Bill Up In The Air
Opponents of the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities' efforts to construct an oxy-coal power plant at its Steele Street facility are ecstatic that a piece of legislation regarding the project has been defeated.

29, 2009: Power Engineering
SWEPCO to appeal adverse coal fired power plant ruling
AEP business unit Southwest Electric Power Co. plans to appeal a court ruling that revoked its permit to build the $1.6 billion, 600 MW John W. Turk Jr. coal-fired power plant in southwest Arkansas.

29, 2009: Forbes
Wyoming looks to keep coal in energy mix
If the mines near Wright shut down, Mayor Ralph Kingan says the town would "probably become almost nonexistent."

27, 2009: Post-Bulletin
Project reduces emissions at coal-fired power plant
What goes in must come out, right? Not necessarily, at least not anymore at the Silver Lake Power Plant.

26, 2009: Bizjournals.com
AEP, Southern Co. pull out of FutureGen
American Electric Power Company Inc. and a Georgia utility are pulling out of the FutureGen Alliance, a public-private initiative to develop a $2.4 billion coal-fueled experimental power plant in Illinois.

25, 2009: Arkansas Democrat Gazette
6 judges reject PSC approval of power plant
The $2.1 billion coal-fired John W. Turk Jr. power plant project under construction near Texarkana saw a major setback Wednesday as the Arkansas Court of Appeals unanimously rejected its approval by state utility regulators.

25, 2009: Reliable Plant
Cleaner coal equipment arrives at Duke Energy plant
Marking a giant step forward in the use of advanced coal technology, the first major pieces of equipment have arrived at Duke Energy’s new power plant in Edwardsport, Ind. The facility will use what’s known as “integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) technology.” That mouthful of a term essentially means producing electricity with lower emissions than conventional coal plants. When it enters service in 2011, Duke’s plant is expected to be the largest of its type in the world and will generate approximately 630 megawatts — enough to power about 400,000 homes.

24, 2009: The Daily Sentinel
AMP receives final ‘critical’ permit
LETART FALLS — Yesterday the United States Army Corps of Engineers approved a 404 permit for the American Municipal Power-Ohio Generating Station proposed for Letart Falls — the last major permit for the 1,000 megawatt coal-fired power plant.

24, 2009: todaysthv.com
Court Rejects Power Plant Permit For SWEPCO
The Arkansas Court of Appeals says state regulators didn't adequately review plans for a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in Hempstead County and has rejected a permit allowing its construction.

24, 2009: The Mining Journal
NMU to reapply to burn wood only
MARQUETTE - Members of the Sierra Club said they are pleased by Northern Michigan University's decision not to pursue a permit that would have allowed coal burning in a proposed heating and power plant.

23, 2009: Las Vegas Review-Journal
NV Energy withdraws application to build Ely Energy Center
Local power utility NV Energy has formally withdrawn its application to build the Ely Energy Center, a coal-fired power plant in central Nevada.

22, 2009: Forbes.com
Analysis: Arkansas coal plant faces many battles
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Opponents of a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in southwest Arkansas have multiple fronts on which they're battling the facility, and limited time to keep waging that fight.

22, 2009: KansasCity.com
Environmentalists seek hearing on Kansas coal plant
TOPEKA, Kan. | Environmentalists sent a letter to a state agency on Monday demanding that it hold public hearings on plans to build a new coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas.

18, 2009: Forbes.com
Hearing wraps up on SW Ark. coal plant plans
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- An attorney for groups opposing a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant under construction in southwest Arkansas said the facility is "not ready for prime time" as hearings concluded Thursday on challenges to the air permit issued for the project.