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30% increase in methane emissions across the U.S. The study does not pinpoint the source of the methane emissions but the 30% spike of U.S. methane emissions

concluded that the cap is unlikely to have much impact on power plants fueled by natural gas: "Nearly all gas-fired power plants built in the U.S. since 2005

oil), 7.1% higher than in the previous year (IEA). The IEA projects emissions from gas will reach 9.2 GtCO2 in 2035. U.S. coal plants were responsible for

natural gas produced in the U.S. are extracted from public lands. In 2011, the group Sightline calculated the carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. coal exports

ESC Brooke County Power I is a proposed gas-fired power plant in Brooke County, West Virginia. Loading map... {"type":"SATELLITE","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false

million years. U.S. power plants released 72 percent of the greenhouse gases reported to the EPA for 2010, according to federal data that was the first catalog

Administration listed 589 coal-fired power plants in the U.S., down from 633 coal-fired power plants in 2002. Of these 589 plants, 332 were owned by electric utilities

programs U.S. Air Force and Coal Existing U.S. Coal Plants Proposed coal plants (international) Coal plant cancellations What happened to the 151 proposed

opposition to new coal-fired power plants. Alongside this shift in public opinion, the growing power of the anti-coal movement - both in the U.S. and internationally

2008 the U.S. Geological Survey released a detailed assessment of the coal resource in the Gillette field. USGS concluded that the portion of the recoverable

scrubbers to the EIA, and thus that the above table overstates the number of plants without SO2 controls. However, out of 257 U.S. coal-fired power plants which

at all power plants in the U.S. in 2006. As coal power plants provided 31.2% of generating capacity and generated 49.0% of U.S. electricity in 2006, it

demographic factors in order to calculate an environmental justice score for the 431 coal-fired power plants in the U.S., and found that: Ninety plants have a significantly

2009, the net capacity of the U.S. coal-fired power plant fleet remained virtually unchanged, increasing by only 8.2 Gigawatts (GW) or 2.8% during the entire

large power shortfalls for industrial users were expected for the summer. China's top power distributor said power deficits in areas serviced by the State

released the report, "Toxic Air: The Case for Cleaning Up Coal-fired Power Plants," on the hazardous air pollutants emitted from power plants. Key findings

completed a study in 2009, "Uncertainty and Variability in Health-Related Damages from Coal-Fired Power Plants in the United States", published in the journal Risk

generate 42% of the world's electricity, with the bulk being mined in-country, often in close proximity to power stations. China, the U.S. and the European Union

coal-fired power plants in the United States also create 120 million tons of toxic waste. That means each of the nation's 500 coal-fired power plants produces

1966, the Clean Air Act (1970), the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977, and the Clean Air Act (1990). In the landmark Massachusetts v. EPA case, the U.S. Supreme