The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold two public hearings on the proposed Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants.

The 50 MW Enbridge Silver State North solar photovoltaic (PV) project began operations May 7 in Nevada.

FMC Corp. on May 2 launched FMC Environmental Solutions, a new division that integrates the company's products and solutions that prevent or remediate contamination of air, soil and water.

Natural gas in the U.S. is as cheap and supplies are as abundant as at any time in recent history.

The EPA senior administrator for the South Central Administration (Region 6) has resigned after receiving an onslaught of criticism from comments he made two years ago.

PacifiCorp, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway's MidAmerican Energy Holdings, said upgrading its coal fleet in order to comply with future federal and state environmental requirements may cost $1 billion.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff said there are no adverse environmental impacts in renewing the operating license of the Columbia Generating Station in Washington state.

Over the next few years, electric power companies will face a host of new environmental regulations that will tighten existing limits on air pollutants and other waste streams and introduce restrictions on previously unregulated substances.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill 265-154 on March 7 that gives small hydroelectric projects the ability to bypass environmental reviews.

U.S. Senators introduced a bill March 1 that would create a federal clean energy standard if passed.

Enviance, Inc. has released a report from this week’s EUEC 2012 conference revealing that more than 60 percent of attendees believe carbon pricing will affect their businesses this year. The survey was completed by 237 North American energy and utility industry professionals.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality thought it was doing the good citizens and industries of Texas a favor by refusing to implement EPA's Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule. Did this plan backfire?

ICI-BMACT. This little eight-character acronym – short for EPA's National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area and Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers – has been causing agitation in both the commercial andindustrial boiler user and manufacturer communities for a decade … for different reasons.

A judge ruled that a $2.8 billion, 895 MW coal-fired power plant cannot be built until there is an environmental review.

The American Wind Energy Association has released its fourth quarter 2011 results, indicating a surge in wind power developments.

Edison Mission Group (EMG), a subsidiary of Edison International, on Jan. 23 commissioned the 55 MW Pinnacle Wind Farm near the Maryland-West Virginia border.

The U.S. will make more natural gas than it will use and emissions are expected to increase in the next two decades.

Blue Castle Holdings Inc. (BCH) on Jan. 20 said it received approval from the State of Utah to use existing water rights for the planned Blue Castle Nuclear Plant Project (BCP).

Exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) could increase U.S. consumer prices for the fuel by 36 to 54 percent by 2018, according to the Energy Information Administration study, “Effect of Increased Natural Gas Exports on Domestic Energy Markets.”