A study has found that waves off the coast of Brazil can potentially generate 87 GW of electricity.

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp. (ENEC) on July 15 said it received a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), the environmental regulator, for the construction of Barakah Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2 in Abu Dhabi.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a report saying that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is overtaking state's regional haze programs to manage visibility in parks, but will end up costing the states additional money with little visible benefits.

Health Canada has launched a study with Statistics Canada to explore the effects of wind turbines on the health of those living nearby.

The Shaw Group said on July 12 that it has achieved substantial completion of the 585 MW Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center for Dominion Virginia Power.

URS Corp. has announced that it is partnering with W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. to commercialize a new mercury control technology for coal-fired power plants.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency says it will reconsider an air pollution permit it previously granted to Tenaska Inc. for a coal-to-gas plant proposed near Springfield.

On July 3, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will not revise greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting thresholds under the Clean Air Act.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to approve Arizona’s air quality plan to control sulfur dioxide (SO₂) and soot at the Cholla, Apache and Coronado coal-fired power plants.

The 10^th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver issued a stay on June 29 that blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from implementing a regional haze plan to reduce emissions from coal-fired power plants in Oklahoma.

The Department of the Interior announced the release of final environmental impact statements for a proposed wind power complex in Wyoming that would generate up to 3,000 MW of power.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 2 granted a 90-day stay for New Mexico officials to evaluate emissions compliance alternatives for the San Juan Generating Station, the 1,800 MW coal-fired facility that is New Mexico’s single largest producer of electricity.

The natural gas boom has certainly changed the Pennsylvania landscape in recent years.

One of the hardest parts of my job is trying to help my clients understand the difference between permitting and reality; there is a purposeful disconnect between the two. Permitted limits should be higher than actual emission rates in order to provide operating margin.

Texas officials say they are considering an appeal after a federal appeals court upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rules on greenhouse gases.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s limits on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The 450 MW B.L. England coal-fired power plant in Cape May County, N.J. will shut down one of its coal-fired units by fall 2013 and switch two others to natural gas to reduce emissions from the plant by 2016.

In a June 20 vote, the Senate defeated Senate Joint Resolution 37, Senator James Inhofe’s (R-Okla.) measure to overturn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS).

The U.S. power system will retire more than 70 GW of fossil-fired capacity over the next four years.