"Florida Blasts Away Old Power Plant to Make Way for New"
"Oil plant demolition in Port Everglades part of a nationwide trend to decommission inefficient, costly, and polluting facilities."
Source: NatGeo, 07/17/2013
Economy & Business
"World Bank To Limit Financing of Coal-Fired Plants"
"The World Bank's board on Tuesday agreed to a new energy strategy that will limit financing of coal-fired power plants to 'rare circumstances,' as the Washington-based global development powerhouse seeks to address the impact of climate change."
Source: Reuters, 07/17/2013
"In Alaska, Rare Earth Discovery Pits Jobs Against Environment"
Mining of a newly discovered rare earth element near the remote Alaskan town of Hydaburg jeopardizes the fishery which is its economic mainstay.
Source: New America Media, 07/09/2013
Koch-Owned Group May Have Misled In Georgia Solar Energy Fight
"ATLANTA -- A political group founded by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch wants Georgia's utility regulators to reject a plan requiring Southern Co. to buy more solar energy, but an Associated Press review ahead of a vote on the issue finds that it has used misleading figures to build its case."
Source: AP, 07/09/2013
What the Public Doesn't Know About Treaties Won't Hurt the Corporations
If you are looking for yet another category of environmental information that the U.S. public is not allowed to know about, try international trade agreements. A recent court decision — one that got little attention from the news media — upheld the federal government's authority to keep secret some information about the health and environmental impacts of trade treaties.
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"Coal's Slipping Grip: Death of a Georgia Coal Plant"
"The smokestacks, more than 800 feet tall, barely peek from behind the tall pines just across from Chester Allen's farm, but to him the damage from Plant Yates' coal is plain to see."
"SARGENT, Ga. – The smokestacks, more than 800 feet tall, barely peek from behind the tall pines just across from Chester Allen's farm, but to him the damage from Plant Yates' coal is plain to see."
Source: EHN, 07/02/2013
"Koch Millions Spread Influence Through Nonprofits, Colleges"
"Koch Industries, one of the largest privately held corporations in the world and principally owned by billionaires Charles and David Koch, has developed what may be the best funded, multifaceted, public policy, political and educational presence in the nation today."
Source: Investigative Reporting Workshop, 07/02/2013
"Tenaska Drops Taylorville Coal-Plant Project"
"TAYLORVILLE, Ill. -- A Nebraska company dropped plans to build a $3.5 billion coal-based power plant in central Illinois, saying it instead will focus on developing natural gas-fueled and renewable facilities elsewhere."
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 06/24/2013
"Exelon Cancels Power Uprates for Lasalle, Limerick Nuclear Plants"
"Exelon has canceled plans for power uprates at four of its nuclear power reactors in Illinois and Pennsylvania, the company has told the US Securities and Exchange Commission."
Source: Platts, 06/13/2013
"Canada To Make Nuclear Operators Pay More for Accidents"
"Canada will make operators of nuclear power plants liable for the first C$1 billion ($980 million) of damages in the event of an accident, up from C$75 million under existing rules, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 06/11/2013
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