Mon, Aug 24, 2015
SEDALIA, MO — Blunt made his remarks during a news conference at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia. Blunt was surrounded by leaders of several Missouri agricultural organizations. Blunt is fighting the Environmental Protection Agency’s new Clean Power Plan. Blunt said the plan would have a negative impact on Missouri agriculture. Blunt said, “The world […]
Mon, Aug 24, 2015
Tom Clarke is planting the seed that he hopes will save, or at least cushion the fall, of the coal industry that is so tied to the Appalachian region he calls home. Actually, for his plan to work, he’ll have to plant hundreds of millions of them. The Roanoke, Va., hospital executive and conservationist turned […]
Fri, Aug 21, 2015
Jefferson City, MO – Today, Ameren Missouri, Enginuity Worldwide and ECAP, LLC announced an agreement that will use cutting edge energy technology to create a biomass fuel to be used to generate renewable power in Missouri. This agreement will allow ECAP with technology created by Enginuity to build multiple production facilities that will create biomass […]
Fri, Aug 21, 2015
The development of renewable energy sources is bringing three Missouri companies together. Ameren is teaming up with technology company Enginuity and an agri-business called ECAP to try and add biomass fuel, which is developed from organic materials such as wood and crops, into its fuel mix. State Agriculture Director Richard Fordyce says the effort is […]
Fri, Aug 21, 2015
COLUMBIA — City officials said Thursday they will stop burning coal at the municipal power plant by October to comply with new EPA rules. Two of the power plant’s boilers currently burn coal. Power Production Superintendent Chrstian Johanningmeier said city officials are considering converting the larger and newer of the two boilers to run on […]
Fri, Aug 14, 2015
COLUMBIA – President Barack Obama’s new rule to cut carbon dioxide emissions by more than a third by 2030 could mean an energy transformation and employment change for Missouri, the fourth most coal-dependent state in the country. Missouri will have to develop a plan to slash carbon dioxide emissions by about 37 percent by 2018 […]
