Energy
Firm to appeal nuclear plant whistleblower case
An engineering firm accused of firing a whistleblower for reporting unsafe conditions at an eastern Kansas nuclear power plant plans to appeal the ruling by federal regulators, the firm said Monday. The Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found Enercon Services violated whistleblower protections when it retaliated against an ...
Coal operator plans to open 7 mines in Pike County
A longtime coal operator plans to open seven mines in the heart of the eastern Kentucky coalfields in a venture expected to create more than 250 jobs in a hard-pressed region where several thousand mining jobs have disappeared in recent years. Bill Smith said most of the coal extracted by ...
More companies in Pa. trying fracking with gas
Another natural gas exploration company says it's experimenting with the gas to power huge pump engines that drive the hydraulic fracturing process. Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. said Monday that it successfully tested an engine last month in northern Pennsylvania's Susquehanna County with gas from other wells it had already ...
Oil rises on falling dollar; gasoline at $3.65
The price of oil rose Monday, taking its cue from the stock market and the dollar. Benchmark oil for June delivery gained 69 cents to close at $96.71 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil moved higher as U.S. stock markets reversed early losses around midday. Although stocks ...
FirstEnergy defends $1B deal for W.Va. power plant
The $1.1 billion cost of selling a coal-fired power plant from one FirstEnergy subsidiary to another is "a reasonable price for protection" against the more expensive option of buying electricity on the spot market to meet demand in West Virginia, a utility executive said Monday. With a state Public Service ...
Oil price falls below $96 a barrel
The price of oil fell Monday ahead of the release later this week of economic data from the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies, and a speech by the Federal Reserve chief. Benchmark crude for June delivery was down 55 cents to $95.47 a barrel in electronic trading ...
Paper: Drilling damage in 161 Pa. water supplies
Oil and gas development damaged the water supplies of at least 161 Pennsylvania homes, farms, churches and businesses between 2008 and the fall of 2012, according to state records obtained by a newspaper. The (Scranton) Times-Tribune (http://bit.ly/1116fGr ) first requested the records in late 2011 under the Right to Know ...
Dallas suburb solar panel fight exposes problems
A legal battle between a suburban Dallas neighborhood association and a homeowner seeking to install solar panels on his house exposed problems with a 2011 Texas law. Jay Squyres and the Wellington of Flower Mound Residential Association have settled their lawsuit, The Dallas Morning News reported Saturday (http://dallasne.ws/19QX0rQ ). But ...
Idaho Power sticks with coal to meet power demands
Idaho Power Co. will continue to rely on coal to meet the state's energy demands, company officials said. LaMont Keen, president and CEO of Idacorp and Idaho Power Co., said the company will continue to get power from coal plants in Wyoming and Nevada for at least the next two ...
Cost could sink Cleveland trash plant
A proposal in Cleveland for a trash-to-energy plant could be sunk by rising cost estimates. But mayoral chief of staff Ken Silliman tells The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (bit.ly/13CJbNN) the city has not ruled out the idea. He says the city is still pursuing an air emission permit from the state ...
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