Clean Air and Energy

• Always On: Reliable electricity in an age of coal plant retirement The idea that we need traditional fossil-fuel power plants to meet our nation's minimum electricity needs, called “baseload power,” is becoming increasingly obsolete. The Izaak Walton League explores how current energy market forces—such as state-based renewable energy standards, lower building costs for wind and solar generation, and a transition from localized distribution networks to regional transmission systems—are paving the way for cleaner, more efficient ways to meet our energy needs.     
  Always On: Reliable electricity in an age of coal plant retirement
• Ethanol In Context Use of corn ethanol has become a contentious issue. What could be worse?     
• Favorable Review of Renewable Energy Standards Are renewable energy standards increasing the cost of electricity? Recent reports in Minnesota offer a positive message for the rest of the country.     
• Getting Utilities To Work for Their Customers Energy efficiency and conservation don't have to be at odds with a utility company's business model.     
• Reducing Mercury Pollution: Workable Solutions for Minnesota's Waters  
  Reducing Mercury Pollution: Workable Solutions for Minnesota's Waters
• Mercury-Background on EPA Regulations  
  Mercury-Background on EPA Regulations
• Power That Pollutes: A Status Report on Virginia's Outdated Power Plants  
  Power That Pollutes: A Status Report on Virginia's Outdated Power Plants
• Power That Pollutes: Closing the Loophole on Outdated Power Plants  
  Power That Pollutes: Closing the Loophole on Outdated Power Plants
• License to Pollute: Minnesota Coal Plants and the Dirty Power Loophole  
  License to Pollute: Minnesota Coal Plants and the Dirty Power Loophole
• Mercury in the Upper Midwest, A Must-Read Report for Anglers in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan  
  Mercury in the Upper Midwest, A Must-Read Report for Anglers in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan
• Air Pollution in Our Parks - 1999: A Record Year for Pollution in America's National Parks  
  Air Pollution in Our Parks - 1999: A Record Year for Pollution in America's National Parks