Indiana OK's $2 Billion Next Generation Coal Plant

onNov 22, 2007 @ 07:18 PST

Duke Energy has been approved to build a next generation coal plant that could eventually be fitted with carbon sequestration technology.

The 630 Megawatt plant, which will gasify coal using integrated gasification combined cycle technology. The process separates out regulated pollutants, such as mercury, as well as carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas.

“This plant will be hands down the lowest-emitting plant in the country,” said Kurt Waltzer, a Midwest coal expert for the Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit organization.

The Indiana utility agency said it ordered Duke to initiate an investigation within six months on the possibility of capturing its CO2 emissions and pumping them into aging oil fields to boost crude output.

By Kevin Grandia

Kevin is a contributor and strategic adviser to DeSmog. He runs the digital marketing agency Spake Media House. Named a “Green Hero” by Rolling Stone Magazine and one of the “Top 50 Tweeters” on climate change and environment issues, Kevin has appeared in major news media outlets around the world for his work on digital campaigning. Kevin has been involved in the public policy arena in both the United States and Canada for more than a decade. For five years he was the managing editor of DeSmogBlog.com. In this role, Kevin’s research into the “climate denial industry” and the right-wing think tank networks was featured in news media articles around the world. He is most well known for his ground-breaking research into David and Charles Koch’s massive financial investments in the Republican and tea party networks. Kevin is the first person to be designated a “Certified Expert” on the political and community organizing platform NationBuilder. Prior to DeSmog, Kevin worked in various political and government roles. He was Senior Advisor to the Minister of State for Multiculturalism and a Special Assistant to the Minister of State for Asia Pacific, Foreign Affairs for the Government of Canada. Kevin also worked in various roles in the British Columbia provincial government in the Office of the Premier and the Ministry of Health. In 2008 Kevin co-founded a groundbreaking new online election tool called Vote for Environment which was later nominated for a World Summit Award in recognition of the world’s best e-Content and innovative ICT applications. Kevin moved to Washington, DC in 2010 where he worked for two years as the Director of Online Strategy for Greenpeace USA and has since returned to his hometown of Vancouver, Canada.

uk/Conservatives Have Taken £7.2 Million from Climate Denial Group Funders and Directors

ByAndrew Kersley

onSep 26, 2024 @ 05:14 PDT

Figures linked to the Global Warming Policy Foundation have handed huge sums to the Tories.

us/EPA Found No Threat of Air Pollution During an Oil Spill in Louisiana’s Bayou Lafourche Despite Sickening Fumes

ByJulie Dermansky and Sharon Kelly

onSep 25, 2024 @ 04:00 PDT

Was the environmental monitoring for the Crescent Midstream oil spill as robust as regulators claim?

Mapped: Inside Ireland’s Powerful Farming Lobby

ByPhoebe Cooke and Michaela Herrmann

onSep 25, 2024 @ 00:19 PDT

The dense network illustrates a “well oiled machine” of intersecting influence that is preventing Ireland from addressing its poor air and water quality and meeting its climate targets, campaigners say.

Series: Investigating Ireland’s Influential Ag Lobby