July 21, 2011, WASHINGTON, (Coal Geology)- Residents of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida live in states with the most toxic air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants, according to an analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The study used publicly-available data in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). The analysis, entitled “Toxic [...]
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FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) offers tips to help customers save energy and money while keeping their cool
July 21, 2011, AKRON, Ohio,(Coal Geology) – With the Midwest in the grip of a summer heat wave for the next several days, FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is offering tips to help customers save energy and money while keeping their cool. Close air conditioning registers in unused rooms and keep the doors to those rooms [...]
AEP (NYSE: AEP) Places Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Commercialization on Hold
Carbon Capture July 15, 2011, COLUMBUS, Ohio,(Coal Geology) – American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is terminating its cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy and placing its plans to advance carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technology to commercial scale on hold, citing the current uncertain status of U.S. climate policy and the continued [...]
