Students protest coal-burning campus power plants, urge colleges to increase green energy useCOLUMBIA, Mo. — College students from Missouri to Oregon are urging their schools to stop using coal-based electricity in favor of cleaner energy sources ranging from wood chips to geothermal power. SPIN METER: What does ’starting’ projects mean? Biden’s stimulus promise stretches definitionWASHINGTON — Under pressure to show quick results from the economic stimulus, the White House is taking credit for starting to build hundreds of rural water systems nationwide. Environmentalists, economists, investors oil men and coal miners square off on climate billNEW YORK — Industry, economic and environmental groups are making a final push to influence a climate bill that may go before the Senate within weeks. Russia to help Venezuela start nuclear program; Chavez’s project still in planning stageCARACAS, Venezuela — Hugo Chavez wants to join the nuclear energy club and is looking to Russia for help in getting started. Schwarzenegger signs order giving Calif. the nation’s most aggressive renewable energy rulesRANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order Tuesday giving California the nation’s most aggressive alternative energy standards, requiring utilities to get a third of their power from renewable sources by 2020. Obama administration strengthens NW salmon protection plan but views original plan as soundPORTLAND, Ore. — Calling it an “insurance policy” for Pacific Northwest salmon, the Obama administration on Tuesday offered up a tougher conservation plan for the fish that includes climate-change monitoring and the “last-resort” possibility of removing dams. Schwarzenegger to sign order boosting clean power; critics say lawmakers had better approachRANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday is expected to sign an executive order giving California the nation’s most aggressive alternative energy standards, requiring utilities to get a third of their power from renewable sources by 2020. EPA plans stricter limits on power plant water pollution citing harm to water and wildlifeWASHINGTON — For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to limit the quantity of toxic metals that coal-fired power plants release into waterways. Interior Dept. unveils strategy to cope with climate change’s toll on land, wildlifeWASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar moved Monday to prepare the nation’s parks, refuges and endangered species for the onslaught of global warming. AES shares briefly rise to 1-year high on report Chinese investment arm weighs buying stakeCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Shares of AES Corp. briefly rose to a 52-week high on Monday on a published report that China’s investment arm is interested in buying a stake in the U.S. utility company and power plant developer. Schwarzenegger says he will veto Legislature’s renewable energy bills, impose his own orderSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office said Saturday that he would veto legislation requiring a third of California’s energy to come from renewable sources by 2020, choosing instead to mandate the change through an executive order. Calif. lawmakers approve inmate reduction but fail to agree on major overhaul of water systemSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers ended a legislative year dominated by an unprecedented fiscal crisis without an agreement on their top policy priority — an ambitious upgrade of the state’s water delivery and storage system. Bill would give Calif. the nation’s most ambitious energy standards, but its fate is uncertainSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Friday began approving legislation that would establish the nation’s most ambitious renewable-energy standards, even as some warned that the rules would increase energy costs and hurt the state’s economy. Lead utility Otter Tail Power pulls out of plans for $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in SDMINNEAPOLIS — The utility leading an effort to build a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in South Dakota pulled out of the project Friday, citing the economic downturn and uncertainty about climate change legislation to regulate carbon emissions. Lead utility Otter Tail Power pulls out of plans for $1.6B coal-fired power plant in SDMINNEAPOLIS — The utility leading an effort to build a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in South Dakota that would serve five states has pulled out of the project. Carbon price drops 33 percent in 5th auction of year-old Northeast regional groupALBANY, N.Y. — The price of carbon allowances dropped 33 percent in the latest quarterly auction held by 10 Northeastern states in an initiative to reduce greenhouse gases in the region. Calif. lawmakers seek deals on water, energy, prison spending on final day of their sessionSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Friday agreed to reduce the state prison population by 16,000 inmates and appeared ready to pass the nation’s most ambitious renewable-energy standards but were falling short of their top goal — upgrading the state’s decades-old water system. Calif. lawmakers race to get deals on key priorities on final day of legislative sessionSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers have left it to the final day of their regular legislative session to grapple with key issues facing the state. German government to investigate nuclear waste storage report amid manipulation accusationsBERLIN — Germany will investigate a 1983 report on a nuclear waste storage facility after allegations that the report was manipulated by officials at the time, the government said Friday. California lawmakers consider tough rules requiring utilities to boost renewable energySACRAMENTO, Calif. — Increasing California’s use of renewable energy would seem like a relatively simple goal, but it has become one of the hottest legislative debates as lawmakers rush to finish their business for the year. Mich. governor joins auto, energy executives to share plans for converting closed Ford plantWIXOM, Mich. — Longtime environmental advocate and Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. on Thursday formally announced a massive recycling project — a $725 million plan to retool a plant that once made Thunderbirds into one that churns out storage batteries and solar panels. Study says wind could meet half of China power needs by 2030, cutting emissions by 30 percentBEIJING — China could cut its emissions by 30 percent in the next two decades if it switches to wind power to meet about half of its electricity demands, a U.S. study published Thursday said. Coast Guard moving forward with first tidal project to generate electricity in eastern MainePORTLAND, Maine — The Coast Guard has signed off on its first tidal power project, a small underwater turbine that will generate additional electricity at its station in coastal Maine. France’s Sarkozy pushes ahead with contested, ambitious plan to tax carbon emissionsPARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to tax carbon dioxide emissions by households and businesses, a measure aimed at helping France slash its output greenhouse gases over the coming decades — but viewed with skepticism by many. Leaks, electrical problems have oldest US nuclear plant showing its ageLACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — As the nation’s oldest nuclear power plant shows its age, some call it Oyster Creak. US has ’serious concerns’ about Iran nuclear capabilities; urges Tehran to join talksVIENNA — The United States warned Wednesday that Iran is close to having the capabilities to produce a nuclear weapon, and joined major European powers in urging Tehran to “turn the page” and engage in dialogue to prove its atomic program is peaceful. Reporter critical of Siberian dam disaster that killed 74 says he was attackedMOSCOW — A fire broke out Wednesday at the Siberian hydroelectric plant that was wrecked in a deadly industrial accident last month, prompting an evacuation of workers but no injuries, the dam operator said. Federal regulators seek better ways to spot leaks in buried pipes at all US nuclear plantsATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Federal regulators say they’re looking for better ways to detect leaks from buried pipes at nuclear power plants. Crews pull fire truck from LA sinkhole caused by burst water mainLOS ANGELES — Crews using a crane and tow trucks pulled a 22-ton fire engine from a massive sinkhole that opened Tuesday as the vehicle was responding to a broken water main on a Los Angeles street. NRC finds no spread of contamination from 1st of 2 leaks at Oyster Creek nuclear plant in NJATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Federal regulators say the first of two leaks of radioactive tritium this year at the nation’s oldest nuclear power plant did not spread contamination beyond the plant’s grounds. |
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