Tag: Coal
Duke Energy Coal Ash Settlement
Last week, Duke Energy, the nation’s largest electric power company pleaded guilty in federal court to illegal pollution for discharging ash and water from leaking coal-ash dumps at five North Carolina power plants. The company’s plea to nine misdemeanor counts involved violations of the Clean Water Act was part of a negotiated settlement with federal […]
Kentucky's Greenhouse Gas Policy Implications White Paper
Kentucky has sent a white paper to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy in order to present Kentucky’s Energy & Environment Cabinet’s ideas regarding existing power plants and ways to control and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The white paper can be found here. Dr. Peters, Secretary of the Energy & Environment Cabinet, asserts that this white paper is […]
The Cloudy Future of Carbon Capture Technology
It seems that as soon as one question is answered, another emerges in its wake, at least when it comes to the future of carbon capture technology. While the EPA announced new rules for future power plants that confirmed the reliance on the technology in future coal plants, the promise of this technology took a […]
Army Corps of Engineers Scope Defined
Another precedent was set on Friday, August 23rd in the long running legal challenge to mountaintop mining. In his decision, U.S. District Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell of Louisville ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers does not have “to consider the cumulative effects of mining operations as a whole” when issuing a permit. Mr. […]
Scott Smith Offers His Prospective on Energy Production in the Commonwealth
Scott R. Smith, a senior consultant at Smith Management Group, is quoted in an article published by the Lane Report. The article focuses on investment and development activities for energy production in Kentucky. As a contributor to the article, Scott suggests that jobs in the growing natural gas industry could supplant jobs that are being […]