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Back in the '70s, Montana led the way in progressive environmental legislation, but now with its economy faltering, those laws are being eviscerated, and environmentalists need to find a new strategy.
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In 2006, Montana's coal-fired power plants produced 18.2 million tons of CO 2, 18,000 tons of sulfur dioxide, and 36,000 tons of nitrogen oxide; coal-fired power plants were responsible for 55.6% of the state's total CO 2 emissions. [8] In 2005, Montana emitted 34.9 tons of CO 2 per person, about 75% higher than the U.S. average. [9]
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Mar 3, 2021House Bill 314 would make Montana 's utility regulation commission consider the community consequences of coal-fired closures. The Legislature is considering a measure that would direct the Public Service Commission to weigh the economic impacts of coal-fired plant closures in its regulatory decision-making.
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Windmills spin near the ocean in Kahuku, Hawaii on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. As Hawaii transitions toward its goal of achieving 100% renewable energy by 2045, the state's last coal-fired power plant ...
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2019's U.S. coal production fell to the lowest level since 1978. Cracks are appearing in utility support for using natural gas as a bridge fuel to a low‑carbon future. NextEra Energy is closing its...
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Bob Anderson, 70, a noted Montana conservationist, wilderness advocate and three-term member of the Montana Public Service Commission, died on Oct. 10, 2013. (Helena Independant Record, October 27 ...
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The draft permit is available to view online at the DEQ Web site at Written questions on the draft air quality permit and requests for copies should be directed to Brent Lignell, Montana DEQ, P.O. Box 200901, Helena, MT 59620, 406-444-5311, or by e-mail at [email protected]. Comments will be accepted until Sept. 30.
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To help meet peak-load power demand, Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. will install a GE 7E 3-Series gas turbine in a unit adjacent to its coal-fired Heskett Generating Station near Mandan in North Dakota, U.S. ... Weekly Roundup 2022 August 26. ... the coal-fired power plant is vital to providing stable baseload and mid-merit power supply to the ...
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Energy from the wind farm will cost approximately $54 per megawatt-hour, nearly $10 per megawatt-hour cheaper than NorthWestern's Colstrip coal energy. Today Montana exports nearly half of all the...
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Seven Republicans and two Democrats have filed to campaign for the two seats coming open on Montana's Public Service Commission, the five-member body that regulates investor-owned utility companies with captive customer bases. Two Republicans, K. Webb Galbreath of Browning and Arlo Christianson of Great Falls, filed to run against District 1 ...
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from power plant stacks. Thus, the rapid rise in Montana coal production in 1968-1973 was due to the increased demand for low-sulfur coal by mid- western electric utilities. Although one can only speculate about the role of coal in Montana's future, it is possible to examine
Get priceThe 2011 Missouri River floods was a flooding event on the Missouri River in the United States.The flooding was triggered by record snowfall in Rocky Mountains of Montana and Wyoming along with near-record spring rainfall in central and eastern Montana. All six major dams along the Missouri River released record amounts of water to prevent overflow which led to flooding threatening several ...
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About half of U.S. coal-fired power plants didn't earn enough revenue in 2017 to cover their operating expenses, according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance study. "The problem is particularly bad in Florida, Georgia and elsewhere in the Southeast, where the distance from major coal mines drives up prices.
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This river basin — reaching all the way to Hungry Horse Reservoir — generates more than 40% of U.S. hydroelectric generation, or 29 gigawatts of carbon free power. There's the rub.
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The company secured the site and necessary water rights for a plant that could either be coal-fired or nuclear. Tri-State would need a partner on a nuclear plant because of high construction costs. The staff was directed to pursue potential partners. Right now, coal-fired power plants provide 70 percent of the company's generation.
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Coal-fired power plants were the main source of the 10.6 million tons of sulfur dioxide. That total compared with 10.2 million tons in 2002 and reverted to the level from 2001. Nonetheless, pollution from sulfur dioxide has dropped significantly over the past two decades, from 17.3 million tons in 1980 to 11.2 million tons in 2000, the year ...
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Montana's Smith . River. Photo by DH Brown Photogaphr y. Platting Act, which has assisted communities ... • 2007: Roundup coal-fired power plant . stopped. Help Make MEIC's 40th Birthday Even . ... coal-fired power plant has been leaking into the groundwater for decades. MEIC and Sierra Club,
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Jun 19, 2022BY THE NUMBERS. 4,600,000,000,000: The number of dollars that the world's biggest banks invested in fossil fuels since the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to a recent report coauthored by the Sierra Club. JPMorgan Chase was the largest funder, with Citibank and Wells Fargo just behind. 59: The percentage of 10,000 children surveyed across 10 countries who are extremely worried or very worried ...
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The shutdown of coal-fired power plants combined with the earlier shutdown of mills has thinned the job supply further. But if things go just right — the Forest Service's new flexibility and...
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The overarching agreement is " the parties agree to act to limit emissions so that the increase in the global average temperature is less than 1.5C.". If the commitments made at prior meetings were achieved, the increase would be 2.8 C. With the additional commitment made at the COP26, the increase would be 1.8 C.
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In 1971, the North Central Power Study was issued by 35 private and public power suppliers in collaboration with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. It called for 21 coal-fired power plants clustered between Colstrip, Montana and Gillette, Wyoming, which would have devastated land, water, and livelihoods for farm and ranch families in the region.
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The Ohio River borders six states and provides drinking water to nearly 3 million people. Since 1987, various industries have dumped about 600 million pounds of toxic substances, including ammonia and nitrates into the river, according to EPA data. Most people in the U.S. get their drinking water from surface water, including rivers and lakes ...
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Jan 15, 2016More than 40 percent of U.S. coal production, or about 450 million tons a year, comes from public lands in Wyoming, Montana and other Western states, bringing in more than $1 billion in annual ...
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The Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) has gone on record as opposed to proposed rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to restrict greenhouse gas emissions for new power plants. ... which they said would be particularly harmful to coal-fired power generation. Friday, 3 May 2013 / Regulation & Policy. ... With a capacity of ...
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In our country, the destructive flooding along the Yellowstone River in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming was a 500-year event. At the same time, parts of Europe, Japan, China, and the US have been experiencing intense, record breaking heatwaves. Furthermore, heat and drought have contributed to devastating, widespread wildfires in Alaska and New Mexico.
Get priceBut it illustrates the compounding challenges facing Mexico and the seven U.S. states that rely on the Colorado River, which supplies water to about 40 million people and a $5 billion-a-year agricultural sector. The action is one of several that have been taken to shore up Lake Powell.
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1450 MW greenfield plant 200 MW pulverized coal-fired boiler (four oil-fired combustion turbines to be used for back-up power). Greenfield coal-fired power plant at mine mouth. Retrofit existing Department of Energy Clean Coal Technology pulverized coal boiler to a conventional system. The boiler has been idle since 1999. Coal-fired power plant ...
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October 14, 2021 3 p.m. Judge temporarily blocks law to prevent power plant closure A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Montana law that sought to prevent the closure of a coal-fired power ...
Get priceMontana lawmaker criticizes Washington’s coal-power plan. ... Morning Energy Roundup: A bad start to 2014 for Wyoming coal. May 1, 2014 ... authority to place regulations on pollution caused from coal-fired power plants that are emitted from 27 Midwestern and Appalachian states. This is a major victory in reducing power plant pollution ...
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3. Wind potential in Montana does not have the potential to produce enough electricity for the entire state 70 times over. 4. Coal-fired power plants would employ a significant number of Montanans. When in fact the job-creating power of renewable energy is 3-5 times that of fossil fuels. (source: University of California Berkeley Meta-Study ...
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Puget Sound Energy has officially submitted an application with the state to sell part of its holdings in the coal-fired Colstrip Power Plant in Montana, but environmental activists are concerned ...
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- "Bloomberg Commits $500M to Close All US Coal Plants by 2030, Halt New Natural Gas Plants" (Jeff St. John, GreenTech Media): "Michael Bloomberg unveiled a $500 million " Beyond Carbon " campaign on Friday, aimed at closing every U.S. coal-fired power plant by 2030 and halting the construction of any new natural gas plants.
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The coal-fired power plant was one of the major employers on the Navajo Nation. Tribal officials estimated that the closures will drain $30 million to $50 million from tribal revenues.
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Biden visited the dusty grounds of the former Brayton Point power plant, which closed in 2017 after burning coal for more than five decades. The plant will now make subsea transmission cables to...
Get priceA weekly roundup for busy people. The EPA's Office of Inspector General tells the Anaconda (Montana) Chamber of Commerce that selling smelter waste from a Superfund site to tourists as "bags of slag" is not an "approved use" of the waste, since it can be contaminated with arsenic and lead. The world's nations plan to produce more than twice as much fossil fuel as would be ...
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Sep 3, 2021Over the 20-year planning horizon, the 2021 IRP preferred portfolio includes 3,628 MW of new wind and 5,628 MW of new solar co-located with storage. The 2021 IRP action plan also calls for repowering of the 49-MW Rock River 1 and 43-MW Foote Creek II-IV wind projects.
Get priceIn the past decade, roughly half of all mines and more than 546 coal-fired power plants closed despite President Donald Trump's efforts to resuscitate the industry. With less mining taking place ...
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House Bill 207 would earmark $1.2 million for Wyoming's governor and attorney general to challenge actions taken by other states that "impede the export of Wyoming coal or the continued operation of Wyoming's coal-fired electric generation facilities, including early retirements of those facilities," according to the bill draft.
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