WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday imposed new standards for mercury, lead and other toxic pollutants that are discharged into the nation’s rivers and streams from steam electric power plants.
Government requirements for the use of solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy by Ohio power companies would be suspended indefinitely under recommendations being prepared for release Wednesday …
Oil industry economists say a link between ending a 40-year oil export ban and lower prices at the gas pump is not as direct as Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush would have voters believe in his …
The Environmental Protection Agency announced new rules Tuesday to reduce toxic air pollution from oil refineries by forcing operators to adopt new technology that better monitors and controls emissions. …
The Environmental Protection Agency announced new rules Tuesday to reduce toxic air pollution from oil refineries by forcing operators to adopt new technology that better monitors and controls emissions. …
U.S. oil refineries will face tighter standards in coming years on toxic emissions that cause lung problems and increase cancer risks, environmental regulators said on Tuesday. The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule, to be fully implemented in 2018, that aims to reduce emissions of benzene and other toxic emissions. The EPA said the capital cost to refiners will be about $283 million, with an annualized cost of $63 million,
About 500 fishermen in Angola’s Cabinda province are demanding compensation from Chevron Corp, saying it was behind an oil spill that prevented them from catching fish for nearly two weeks, an industry body said on Tuesday. Environmental authorities in the southern African country found traces of oil more than two weeks ago on the shores of the beach in the northern Cabinda province but has not given the size of
WASHINGTON (AP) — The current federal limit on smog-forming pollution linked to asthma and respiratory illness “is not adequate to protect the public health,” a top environmental regulator said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The current federal limit on smog-forming pollution linked to asthma and respiratory illness “is not adequate to protect the public health,” a top environmental regulator said Tuesday.
South Africa’s recoverable gas reserves from both onshore shale and offshore gas fields was seen at around 19.5 trillion cubic feet (TCF), a senior energy official said on Tuesday. Ompi Aphane, deputy director general for energy policy, said it would take around a decade to significantly develop these gas resources, with exploration still to determine South Africa’s true gas potential. “It requires significant evaluation activity, significant drilling for us to