Source: politicalnews.me

To meet EPA's Mercury Air Toxics Standards (MATS) requirements, Louisiana Generating will convert one of the three units at the plant from coal to natural gas, eliminating virtually all mercury and...

Source: Inquirer

MACROHON, Southern Leyte—Lands will be fertilized and coconut trees replanted in the next six years to revitalize the coconut industry in Southern Leyte.

The aim is to raise coconut production to a volume valued at P1.4 billion by 2018, to benefit some 64,000 families.

At least P200 million worth of seedlings and fertilization measures over three years are needed once the Coconut Rehabilitation Road Map is finalized, according to Robert Castañares, president of the Southern Leyte Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SLCCI).

Source: TomaGold Corporation

Montreal, Quebec, November 21, 2012 – TomaGold Corporation (TSXV: LOT) (“TomaGold” or the “Company”) is pleased to report on the results of a metallurgical scoping study on a composite sample collected from drill core from Zone 325 at the Monster Lake project, located southwest of the Chapais-Chibougamau mining districts.

Source: Nature.com

Europe is set to quash a precedent-setting initiative designed to tackle a disturbing side effect of common drugs — their impact on aquatic life. Nature has learned that landmark regulations intended to clean Europe’s waterways of pharmaceuticals are likely to be dead on arrival when they reach a key vote in the European Parliament next week.

The proposal by the European Commission, which would limit the concentrations in water of a widely used contraceptive and an anti-inflammatory drug, have sparked intense lobbying by the water and pharmaceutical industries, which say that the science is uncertain and the costs too high. European Union (EU) member states, alarmed by cost estimates of tens of billions of euros, seem to agree. Researchers and environmentalists question those estimates, and argue that the proposal should be judged principally on what they say is strong scientific evidence, rather than on financial concerns.

Source: Time.com

There’s a war on coal in America—or at least, that’s what the coal industry says. They’re not entirely wrong. Coal prices in the U.S. are falling and coal plants are being retired. Most of that change is being driven by what analysts refer to as “market conditions”—otherwise known as shale gas and fracking, which has driven prices for natural gas down, down, down. That’s encouraged utilities to phase out coal in favor of cleaner natural gas—a transition that has been accelerated by federal environmental regulations that will increasingly limit the sort of air pollution associated with old coal plants.

Source: AL.com  By Brendan Kirby

Both Mobile Gas and environmental regulators contend that a filtration system installed several weeks ago has done its job of containing the powerful odor from a chemical leak, but some Eight Mile residents roundly dispute that.

Source: Leyte Samar Daily Express

A 20-kilometer section of a national road in Capoocan, Leyte is now a priority in the installation of coco nets to prevent future landslides that would halt travel in one of the region’s busiest highway.

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Leyte 2nd Engineering District chief Margarita Junia said that as the area in Culasian village in Capoocan is confirmed landslide prone, they will install coco nets before the end of the year or early next year.

Source: NRG Energy, Inc.

Louisiana Generating, a wholly owned subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG), will continue emissions reductions at the Big Cajun II Electrical Generating Station while providing affordable power to cooperative customers in Louisiana.

After buying Big Cajun II, Louisiana Generating upgraded the burners and fuel that reduced nitrogen oxide (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions by a third. These additional changes and upgrades announced today will further that progress. Work will be done during regularly scheduled outages and completed by April 2015.

Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYS: CCC) announced that it has entered into an accelerated share repurchase (ASR) agreement with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC to repurchase an aggregate $50 million of the company's stock. The ASR is part of the company's share repurchase program that was announced yesterday and supersedes any previously announced share repurchase program.

Source: PRWeb 

China's demand for water treatment chemicals has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next five years, both production and demand will continue to grow. This new study examines China's economic trends, investment environment, industry development, supply and demand, industry capacity, industry structure, marketing channels and major industry participants. Historical data (2001, 2006 and 2011) and long-term forecasts through 2016 and 2021 are presented. Major producers in China are profiled.