The California Energy Commission on April 16 officially suspended further consideration of the proposed 100-MW Quail Brush peaking plant for one year following a request by the developer.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will take comments on a range of options to help reduce mercury, arsenic, lead and selenium released into waterways by power plants, including through coal ash and air emissions control waste.

A coalition of states and other government entities, led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, has sent of a letter of intent to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to finalize the New Source Performance Standard for new power plants.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions decreased 1.6 percent in 2011 from the previous year, according to the EPA’s 18^th Annual U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory.

Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to serve as administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, faced a round of difficult questions from senators April 11, but top senators still expect the Massachusetts native's confirmation to be approved.

Alstom recently announced it has been awarded a $970 million contract to supply equipment for the 3,100 MW Yanbu 3 power and desalination plant in western Saudi Arabia.

ABB launched its eco-efficient SF6 gas management portfolio Monday in response to its customers’ need to comply with regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resource Board.

Energy related carbon dioxide emissions in 2012 were the lowest in the U.S. since 1994 with the largest drop in emissions coming from coal.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a request with the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that struck down the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.

Emissions of sulfur dioxide SO₂ and NO_x from U.S. electric power plants in 2012 dropped to their lowest level since the passage of the Clean Air Act amendments of 1990

The Climate Change and Emissions Management Corp., an organization funded by the Canadian province of Alberta, is funding a C$35 million open innovation challenge to create commercially available technologies to convert carbon dioxide into carbon-based products.

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released a new study by the University of California-Davis that attempts to identify the source origin of ultrafine airborne particulate matter.

Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ken., warned that President Barack Obama’s administration would have “a big battle on their hands” if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tried to cap greenhouse gas emissions on existing power plants.

Summit Power Group and The Linde Group have teamed up to develop commercial-scale natural gas-fired power plants that will capture up to 90 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is nearing completion of its National Ambient Air Quality Standards for PM_2.5, or soot.

The U.S. federal government is significantly underestimating the costs of carbon emissions because it is using a faulty analytical model.

Gas-fired power generation is expected to grow across all regions of the world as countries increasingly opt for its relatively clean-burning characteristics and flexible operating capabilities.

A study from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said that emissions from natural gas would mostly come from fuel combustion and not from resource extraction, such as hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in the U.S. from energy use were the lowest between January-March 2012 than they have been in the past two decades in the same time period.