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King Coal: Hoist on His Own Petard

Carl Pope | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Epa, Utilities, Coal, Pollution, Congress, Southern Company, Coal Companies, Dick Cheney, Green News
Carl Pope

The few that opened almost broke the financial backs of the utilities that built them -- forcing 25 to 50 percent rate increases on customers. And when the new plants didn't materialize, and wind and natural gas got cheap, the utilities who, after all, are businessmen, not coal miners, simply dumped the dirty black rock.

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Lucia Graves

Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant Wins First Reactor Construction Permit In A Generation

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Nrc, Nuclear Reactor, Ed Markey, Fukushima, Southern Company, Gregory Jaczko, Solyndra, Nuclear Power, Georgia Power, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Federal safety officials voted 4-to-1 to approve the first nuclear reactor construction permit in almost 35 years, overriding U.S. Nucle...

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How Will G.O.P.'s House Budget Affect Clean Tech?

Joshua Freed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Technology, Clean Energy Economy, Clean Energy, Nuclear Power, House Republicans, R&D, Economic Growth, Apra, Southern Company, Green News
Joshua Freed

If House Republicans follow through on their pledge to cut 20% of all non-defense discretionary spending, what might that mean for America's ability to compete in the $2 trillion clean energy market?

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Disaster Environmentalism? Gulf Oil Slick Makes Climate Negotiations Slippery, Says Utility Exec

Frank Sesno | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Planet Forward, Electricity, Oil Spill, Renewable, John Pemberton, Petroleum, Southern Company, Natural Gas, Energy Debates, Green News
Frank Sesno

Even before BP capped the oil spill, the Washington Post declared a loss for environmentalists. It's been three months and we haven't seen a cap on carbon, what gives?

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Southern Company Backs Off From Carbon Capture Project

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Southern Company, Carbon Capture, Clean Coal, Carbon-Capture-and-Sequestration, Green News

Many are skeptical that Carbon Capture and Sequestration is a solution to climate change. The argument goes that coal can never be clean, and the cost...

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How Do You Say "Oh Crap!" in Chinese?

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Southern Company, Pakistan Nuclear Weapons, Coal Industry, Israeli Nuclear Weapons, Georgia, Exelon, President Obama, Nuclear Reactor, China, Burke County, Barack Obama, Nuclear Power, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Impact News
Alexia Parks

If the American coal industry could sell outdated, pollution-spewing, coal-fired power plants to China, could the nuclear power industry do the same thing?

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Excuse Me, But That Nuclear Plant Has Its Hand On Your Wallet

Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unintended Consequences, Southern Company, Nuclear Power, Unfunded Liability, Politics News
Gerald Sindell

So let's say you're considering putting up a huge solar panel farm in the middle of Georgia- like 8 billion dollars huge. And what's the worst thing you could imagine that could happen? A cloudy day? Rust? A tornado? A plane crashes into it? For a small amount of money that gigantic solar farm would be repaired, and would go right back to making cheap power.

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Southern Company, Obama's First Nuclear Beneficiary, Has Serious Safety Concerns

Mother Jones | Kate Sheppard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy, Plant Vogtle, Nuclear, Obama Nuclear Loan, Southern Company, Nuclear Power, Georgia Power, Green News

In its eagerness to woo Republicans with nuclear-friendly policies, the Obama administration plans to hand out $54.5 billion in government-backed loan...

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FutureGen 'Clean' Coal Plant Loses 2 Financial Backers

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy. @Espn, Alternative Energy, Clean Coal, Futuregen Coal Plant, Futuregen, American Electric Power Company, Southern Company, Futuregen Alliance, Futuregen Funding, Chicago News

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Just two weeks after the federal government revived plans to build the FutureGen power plant in eastern Illinois, two of the e...

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It's Not Just AIG, Friends

Paula Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Microparticulates, Southern Company, Bad Air, Sonny Perdue, Asthma, Toxicity, Johnny Isakson, Crony Capitalists, Saxby Chambliss, Heart Disease, Pollution, Air Pollution, Georgia Power, Green News
Paula Gordon

I don't think being outdoors should be life-threatening. Southern Company, a power company behemoth providing some 5% of the United States' electricity, acts on a very different premise.

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Even a Top Coal CEO Isn't Buying the "Clean Coal" Spin

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Carbon Capture and Storage, Ccs Coal, Dirty Coal, Accce, Pbs Heat, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Clean Coal, Environment, Americas Power, Pbs Frontline Gloabl Warming, Southern Company, Coal, Ccs, David Ratcliffe, Green News
Kevin Grandia

The coal industry accounts for 25% of greenhouse gases in the US. If they don't clean up, coal will be one of the biggest industries penalized under a new cap and trade program proposed by both presidential candidates.

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