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Virginia Permits Approved For Va. Coal Plant

Officials in a Virginia county have approved permits that could bring the state's largest coal-fueled power plant there.

  • 02/08/10
Clean Skies News, Politics, Power Generation, States/Regions, Coal
Town Grants Zoning Approval for Va.'s Biggest Coal-Fired Power Plant Town Grants Zoning Approval for Va.'s Biggest Coal-Fired Power Plant

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative wants to build a 1,500-megawatt coal-fired plant at an estimated cost of up to $6 billion in tiny Dendron, Virginia, population 297.

  • 02/02/10
Clean Skies News, Politics, Coal
Protests Turn Violent Near British Coal Fired Plant Protests Turn Violent Near British Coal Fired Plant

A protest against greenhouse gas emissions turned violent outside one of Britain's biggest coal-fired power plants this weekend.

  • 10/19/09
Clean Skies News, Power Generation, Coal
DOE: CCS at Coal-Fired Plants Will Cost Americans More DOE: CCS at Coal-Fired Plants Will Cost Americans More

The Department of Energy says Americans could pay up to 35% more for electricity if all the nation's coal-fired power plants are retrofitted with carbon capture and sequestration technology.

  • 10/14/09
Clean Skies News, Power Generation, Coal
Coal Ash Metals Found in N.C. Drinking Water Coal Ash Metals Found in N.C. Drinking Water

An environmental group is accusing Duke Energy and Progress Energy of letting heavy metals from coal ash ponds leach into North Carolina drinking water.

  • 10/08/09
Clean Skies News, Power Generation, Water, Coal, Environment
Stanford President Emeritus, Don Kennedy Don Kennedy on Climate Change & Sierra Club Green Tips

Stanford President Emeritus Don Kennedy on climate change and his role as the campaign chair for the Sierra Club Climate Recovery Project, and much more.

  • 25:29
  • 08/21/09
Sierra Club, Sierra Club TV
Dr. Jane Hightower's book, Diagnosis: Mercury Dr. Jane Hightower on Mercury Poisoning

The mercury is rising in all the wrong places, dishwashing etiquette for the green in you, and water conservation tips for one of the most popular rooms in the house.

  • 27:43
  • 08/20/09
Sierra Club, Sierra Club TV
Dominion Power Dominion: Va. Coal Plant Will Be Complete on Time, Despite Ruling

A judge in Richmond ruled that the mercury emissions permit would have improperly allowed the utility to adjust the limit after a coal-fired power plant in Southwestern Virginia is already operating.

  • 08/12/09
Clean Skies News, Power Generation, Coal

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