COURT REJECTS POWER PLANT EMISSIONS EXEMPTIONS Houston Chronicle 2/8/08 A federal appeals court struck down a Bush administration policy exempting power plants from certain environmental regulations. The court said the policy was unlawful. D.C. CIRCUIT COURT DECLARES EPA’S MERCURY RULE ILLEGAL NRC HEARS STP BACKERS, DETRACTORS Bay City Tribune 2/5/08 Supporters and opponents of STP’s units 3 and 4 took…
By Ella Tyler The first nuclear plant license application to be filed in the US in 29 years is for two new units at the South Texas Project nuclear power station site in Matagorda County.
EXXON MOBIL BREAKS ITS OWN PROFITS RECORDS Houston Chronicle 2/1/08 Last year’s surge in crude prices sent Exxon Mobil Corp.’s annual profits soaring to new records for the highest quarterly and annual profits ever earned by a U.S. company. SHORTAGE OF ADDITIVE MAY CAUSE GAS PRICE SPIKE Huston Chronicle 1/30/08 Experts are predicting that prices, which jumped by almost a…