Clean Power News &Events:
Highlight the following articles and other items to open a link to the full story beginning in January 2006 and up to the Present:
July 2010:
July 27, 2010: UK Unleashes 20 years of Subsidies for Biomass
July 1, 2010: Deutsche Bank Sounds Banks' Concern over Wood Supplies
May 2010:
May 4, 2010: News Release: Carolina-Pacific Oil Remediation Offer
March 2010:
March 18, 2010: US Senator John Warner (center) met in Columbia with Clemson University's Jim Frederick (L) and Carolina-Pacific's Kern to discuss the potential of Switchgrass as a biomass fuel source and resistance in the Southeastern US Power Generation industry to utilize renewable fuels.
March 5, 2010: SCSPA News Release: Carolina-Pacific, Port of Georgetown Welcome First Ship
March 3, 2010: Port Gets Boost From New Cargo Shipped Overseas
March 1, 2010: Charleston Post & Courier: Port of Georgetown Challenged by Depth Issues
February 2010:
February 21, 2010: London Times: Drax May Take Green Project Out of UK
February 19, 2010: London Times: UK's Drax Suspends Plan to Replace Coal with Greener Fuel
January 2010:
January 20, 2010: Germany's RWE to Build World's Largest Pellet Factory in Southern Georgia
September 2009:
September 30, 2009: EPA Set to Regulate CO2 Emissions from US Power Stations
August 2009:
August 25, 2009: SC's State Owned Utility Scrubs Coal Burning Power Plant
July 2009:
July 30, 2009: Carolina-Pacific Announces 20 Year Agreement with Port of Georgetown
May 2009:
May 18, 2009: Eastern European Biomass Found Toxic
April 2009:
April 17, 2009: EPA announces proposed rule to contain Greenhouse Gases
February 2009:
February 9, 2009: Int'l Herald Tribune: Ethanol Industry Roller Coaster Concerns Farmers
December 2008:
September 2008:
** Read the September 24 Report of the Governor's Commission
September 17, 2008: Austin Energy in $2.3 Billion Deal for Wood Waste to Biomass Power
August 2008:
August 28, 2008: Georgia Power to build 96 MW Biomass Power Plant
July 2008:
July 24, 2008 Sen. McCain proposes Cap and Trade System to Encourage Green Energy Production
Sen. Obama promises spending $150 billion on renewable energy
June 2008:
June 23, 2008: SC Supreme Court strikes Renewable Energy Programs
May 2008:
May 14, 2008: SCNow: USC Holds Columbia Forum on Coal, Energy Use in South Carolina
May 10, 2008: The State: Group to Study Need for Kingsburg Coal Plant
April 2008:
April 12, 2008: Carolina-Pacific's Ted McNair exhibiting products at the 2008 Rural Heritage Festival in Florence, SC.
April 11, 2008: SC NOW: New Study Contradicts Santee-Cooper Claims for new Coal-burning Power Plant
April 8, 2008: Science Daily: Breakthrough in Biofuel Production Process
March 2008:
March 2008: Geotimes: Switching to Switchgrass
March 7, 2008: Gas2.0: Nation's First Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Goes Online in Wyoming
February 2008:
February 28, 2008: State Newspaper (Columbia, SC): Coal Caps Coming
January 2008:
January 23, 2007: European Union Takes Kyoto Challenge Forward to 2020
January 11, 2008: Russian Energy Firm Acquires North Charleston Terminal
January 7, 2008: Carolina-Pacific Awarded SC Research Grant
December 2007:
December 20, 2007: Carolina-Pacific joins SC Biomass Council & Alliance
December 20, 2007: President Bush Signs Energy Independence Act
December 14, 2007: Senate Adopts Revised 2007 Farm Bill
“I am especially pleased by the provisions relating to energy programs and our farming community. This bill takes important strides towards energy independence and the protection of our environment through the authorization of energy programs that build on the potential of cellulose-based ethanol as an alternative energy source.”
-- US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on the 2007 Farm Bill Extension
November 2007:
November 6, 2007: Carolina-Pacific to Sponsor Nov. 15 Biofuels Symposium
November 2 2007: NY Times: NY Mayor Bloomberg Proposes Carbon Tax
November 1 2007: Charleston (SC) Post & Courier - Power Plant Protestors say No to Coal
October 2007:
October 30 2007: Charleston (SC) Post & Courier Four Part Feature Story - "The Mercury Connection"
October 29 2007: EU President Focuses Attention on Renewable Fuels - ICAP Declaration
October 2007: National Geographic Magazine: Growing Fuel: The Wrong Way, The Right Way
July 2007:
July 13 2007 Florida Governor Announces Renewable Fuel Partnership Agreements with UK, Germany and FL Utility Emission Limits
June 2007:
June 12 2007 Miami Herald: Pew Foundation OpEd on Cap & Trade Economics
June 6 2007 Oregon Governor Announces Utility Emission Limits
June 2 2007 Financial Times: Biofuels Need Not Leave Us Hungry
May 2007:
May 18 2007 Wall Street Journal: Ethanol's Bitter Taste: Congress is Choking on Corn-based Ethanol
May 2007 Motor Trend: 2020 Foresight
May 9 2007 SCBizDaily: Biofuel Company Eyes Williamsburg County
May 8 2007 Florence (SC) Morning News: Biofuel Firm eyes Pee Dee
May 8 2007 Financial Times: Smart Money is Riding on the Next-Generation Fuels
April 2007:
April 30, 2007: Chinese Shipbuilding Poised to Cut Freight Rates in 2010
April 26 2007 C-P Correspondence to SC House Ways & Means Subcommittee Chair Lanny Littlejohn
April 20 2007 Maryland 10th State to Join Mid-Atlantic, NE Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Adopts Law to Require Biofuels and Solar Power
April 10 2007 Majority Whip James E. Clyburn: SC Legislators Should do More for Environment, Energy
March 2007:
March 2007 Harvard International Review: A New Climate Treaty: US Leadership After Kyoto
February 2007:
January 2007:
January 23 2007 President George W. Bush: 2007 State of the Union Address: "20 in 10"
January 2006:
