Establishes a Just Transition Office in the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. The office is charged with creating an equitable plan for coal-dependent communities and workers as the state transitions away from fossil fuels.
Highlighted the potential of a natural resource trust to fund economic diversification efforts in West Virginia.
Summarizes lessons-learned from more than two decades of World Bank assistance on coal mine closure to governments, enterprises, workers and their communities.
Will shut down a coal power plant by creating a system to sell bonds that would make up for the money the utility would lose by closing the facility.
In compliance with RCRA, Kansas has submitted a Solid Waste Management Plan to EPA that addresses coal combustion residual waste.
Requires Duke Energy to lead cleanup efforts at a variety of coal ash dumping sites and establishes a Coal Ash Management Commission to review and approve risk classifications and closure plans.
New York established closed-cycle cooling towers as the benchmark technology for compliance with Clean Water Act Section 316(b), on power plant cooling water systems.
California established closed-cycle cooling systems as the benchmark technology for compliance with Clean Water Act Section 316(b), on power plant cooling water systems.
The Minnesota PUC published a 2018 Order establishing a range of $9.05 to $43.06 per short ton of CO2 e, which will be used by 2020 in evaluating and selecting resource options in all commission proceedings.
In June 2015, Hawaii enacted HB 623, a law requiring all electric power to come from renewable sources by 2045, effectively phasing out fossil fuels from electricity production.