Environment
By Joseph Baker on April 14, 2011
Tags: Environment, Tennessee Valley Authority, United States, USD, Clean Air Act Violations, clean energy, coal power emissions, coal power greenhouse gas emissions, coal-fired power, Environmental Protection Agency, pollution controls, renewable energy, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA, electricity, energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Ken Lund, Lisa P. Jackson
Whether, Lisa P. Jackson, National Park Service, pollution control, Tom Kilgore
Despite a growing renewable energy portfolio which currently generates 4,300 MW as well as a target to be the United States' leading provider of low-cost, clean energy by 2020, the Tennessee Valley Authority (NYSE: TVC) (TVA) is required to pay significant fines for its Clean Air Act violations.
By Harry Tournemille on January 7, 2011
Tags: Environment, Australia, Japan, Nippon, South Korea, cap and trade, Cap and Trade Schemes, cap-and-trade, carbon market, Carbon Trading failure, Japan Carbon Trading, Japan emission reductions, Japan renewable energy, Minister Ryu Matsumoto, Nippon Keidanren, Koichiro Gemba, Ryu Matsumoto
After what appears to be considerable outcry from industry, initial plans by Japan to implement a comprehensive carbon emissions trading scheme by 2013 have been put on hold -- at least until 2014.
