http://www.theenergydaily.com Energy Portal en-us 2010 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 2:46:58 EDT Charging that Luminant Generation LLC’s massive Martin Lake coal-fired power plant has violated its air permit’s opacity limits tens of thousands of times between July 2006 and August 2008, the Sierra Club last week asked a federal court in Texas... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate/4996.html Tue, 7 Sep 2010 0:00:00 EDT In an assessment that could damage the clean coal project’s prospects, Illinois utility regulators told the state legislature Wednesday that the proposed Taylorville coal gasification and power generating facility “features high costs to... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate/4985.html Thu, 2 Sep 2010 0:00:00 EDT The upset defeat of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska’s Republican Senate primary puts North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr in line to be the senior Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, where Burr would bring a more conservative... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate/4986.html Thu, 2 Sep 2010 0:00:00 EDT An independent panel tapped in March to evaluate the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s scientific procedures said Monday the IPCC should revamp its governance structure, take pains to ensure that “genuine” scientific controversies... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate/4971.html Tue, 31 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT After agreeing to demands by green groups that it re-examine oil and natural gas leasing plans in three western states to assess potential releases of methane—a potent greenhouse gas—the Interior Department appears poised to lift suspension of... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate/4961.html Mon, 30 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT To the dismay of environmentalists, the White House Wednesday joined a group of electric utilities in asking the Supreme Court to overturn a 2009 federal appeals court ruling that held states may bring “public nuisance” suits against polluters to... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate/4958.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT An Environmental Protection Agency plan to tighten emission limits for new and existing industrial boilers has sparked alarmed protests from the biomass generation industry and electric utilities, who say the proposed regulations are so onerous they threaten... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate/4950.html Thu, 26 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT In a summer marked by massive floods and fires that some scientists say are consistent with projected impacts of climate change, researchers last week reported more fundamentally troubling findings that changing weather patterns and warmer temperatures appear... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate/4919.html Mon, 23 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT While there are no insurmountable barriers that would prevent carbon capture and storage technology from playing a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel power plants and other sources, the biggest single obstacle to broad deployment... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate/4865.html Fri, 13 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT The Environmental Protection Agency Thursday proposed two rules to ensure that businesses planning to build new, large facilities or make major expansions to existing ones will be able to obtain Clean Air Act permits that address their greenhouse gas... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate/4868.html Fri, 13 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT