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Air emissions have been on the decline for the electric power company since 1990, a time period during which its generation fleet has grown 249 percent.
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The utility giant revealed today it would invest nearly $5 billion through 2015 on a range of clean energy and efficiency projects as part of a broader effort and strategy dubbed Exelon 2020, which revolves around "reducing, offsetting or displacing" 15.7 million metric tons of emissions annually by 2020.
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Researchers estimate existing coalmines around the world will reach peak production as early as next year, with peak production levels cut in half by the turn of the century.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to begin idling nine coal-fired power generation units in the next fiscal year as it moves toward cleaner sources of energy.
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The electric utility formerly known as FPL Group has one of the industry's smallest carbon footprints due to a steady shift to low-carbon sources since the 1990s.
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The beleaguered program first announced in 2003 will attempt to demonstrate the viability of "clean coal" technology, where carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants are captured and stored deep within the earth, rather than entering the atmosphere and contributing to climate change.
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Between 2011 and 2025, Xcel wants to replace coal-fired generating units with cleaner natural gas and wind energy, while also boosting customer energy efficiency.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and Exelon are the nation's fifth and 35th largest power producers yet they boast the lowest carbon dioxide emissions rates of the top 100 electric utilities in the U.S., a new report shows. On the other end of the spectrum is Big Rivers Electric, the Kentucky-based cooperative that is the nation's 79th largest power producer but holds the highest CO2 emissions ranking.
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Progress Energy Carolinas will shutter a third of its coal-fired power plant fleet that lack emissions control scrubbers by late 2017.
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Alstom, We Energies and The Electric Power Research Institute have demonstrated the feasibility of using chilled ammonia to capture 90 percent of flue stream carbon dioxide produced by a coal-fired power plant.
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The United States has not joined the Kyoto Protocol to cut greenhouse gases, but the pact nevertheless is boosting sales for American companies that market 'clean' energy technologies.
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A small energy company in Ann Arbor has come up with a new way to generate electricity from some very unusual fuels: waste gases from landfills, sewage treatment plants and even auto assembly plants.
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ALBANY -- State officials brought the fight for clean air from the Midwest to New York's back yard, announcing a landmark agreement with six upstate power plants to remove the equivalent of 2.5 million cars' worth of pollution from their smokestacks.
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Oki Electric Industrial Co. of Japan and the companies in its group are promoting a modal shift from truck transportation to rail transportation to reduce environmental impacts from their distribution operations.
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The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have signed an agreement to work voluntarily toward meeting the Bush administration's goal of a voluntary 18% reduction in the intensity of greenhouse gases in the U.S. by 2012.
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Cinergy Corp., the owner of U.S. Midwest utilities, has announced it will spend $21 million to cut its emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases by an average of 5%.