Nov 18 UK to shut down coal-fired power plants by 2025 By Gretchen Frazee The UK plans to shut down all its coal-fired power plants by 2025 and replace the energy source largely with natural gas, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd announced Wednesday. Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 15:43 Will new clean power regulations stand up to challenges? By PBS News Hour President Obama laid out new regulations that reset emissions standards for power plants and call for 28 percent of U.S. power to be generated from renewable energy. States, industry groups and politicians pushed back, setting the stage for legal challenges. Continue watching
Aug 03 Winners and losers in Obama’s new plan to limit greenhouse gas By Josh Lederman, Associated Press President Barack Obama is mandating even steeper greenhouse gas cuts from U.S. power plants than previously expected, while granting states more time and broader options to comply. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 7:36 What the Supreme Court’s mercury ruling means for the EPA By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency in a case on how federal regulators set limits on mercury emitted from power plants, finding that the EPA failed to take economic costs into account. Jeffrey Brown examines the implications… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch EPA plan critic argues cutting carbon emissions could fail if U.S. endeavors alone By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch EPA chief defends price of White House plan to cut carbon emissions By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch News Wrap: Congressional negotiators reach two-year budget agreement News Wrap: Congressional negotiators reach two-year budget agreement… Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Raises Energy Questions in U.S. The nuclear crisis in Japan is raising questions in the U.S. about nuclear power. Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch Supreme Court says EPA can regulate greenhouse gases In a defeat for the Bush administration, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate carbon dioxide emissions from cars under the Clean Air Act. Continue watching