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How Advance Cost Recovery Swindled the South

February 8, 2018 by Chris Nelder

How did the legal innovation of “advance cost recovery” allow utilities in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi to torch more than $40 billion on nuclear and coal plants that went way over budget or never produced a single kilowatt-hour of electricity?

Categories Energy, Energy featured Tags coal-fired power plants, Electricity, nuclear power plants Leave a comment

South African Power Plants Roiled By Global Pivot Away From Carbon

December 15, 2020December 16, 2015 by Keith Schneider

Bankruptcies, project shutdowns, regulation, and emission limits curb enthusiasm for fossil fuels.

Categories Energy Tags coal-fired power plants, stranded assets Leave a comment

Drought Influenced Syrian Civil War; So What, Says U.S. Congress

December 15, 2020November 23, 2015 by Keith Schneider

This singular thought, that climate change can stir dangerous human conflict, is gaining salience across much of the world.

Categories Energy Tags climate change, coal production, coal-fired power plants, greenhouse gas emissions Leave a comment

Obama’s New Emission Rules: Will They Survive Challenges?

December 15, 2020June 17, 2014 by Michael B. Gerrard

The sweeping nature of President Obama’s proposed regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants is likely to open his initiative to serious legal challenges.

Categories Environment Tags climate change, coal-fired power plants, EPA carbon pollution rules, greenhouse gas emissions Leave a comment

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