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Friday, March 22, 2013

"The Era of Coal is Over": Los Angeles Will Move Beyond Coal by 2025

"The Era of Coal is Over": Los Angeles Will Move Beyond Coal by 2025

Huffington Post - 
LAcoal-image-cropped Today, after a three-year campaign by tens of thousands across the city, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joined our L.A. Beyond Coal activists to publicly announce this blockbuster news: L.A. will stop using coal by 2025.

Los Angeles to be First Coal Free City in US by 2025

National Geographic -
Mayor of C40 city Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa announcedWednesday the city's plan — approved Tuesday by the Board of Water and Power Commissioners — to be coal-free by the year 2025. Los Angeles currently meets 39% of its energy demand from ...

Utah Intermountain 2 coal plant expected back on late April

Reuters -
March 21 | Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:52pm EDT. March 21 (Reuters) - Intermountain Power Agency's 900-megawatt (MW) Unit 2 at the Intermountain coal-fired plant in Utah will likely return to service by about April 29, a spokesman at the Los Angeles Department ...

Los Angeles to be coal free by 2025

CBS News -
LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is taking steps to wean its dependence on coal by the middle of next decade. The city utility currently gets 40 percent of its energy from coal-fired plants in Utah and Arizona. On Tuesday, the ...

LA moves to eliminate reliance on coal-powered energy

Los Angeles Times -
DWP commissioners proceed with plans to dump the utility's interest in a coal-burning plant in Arizona and convert another plant in Utah to natural gas. March 19, 2013|By Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times. The coal-powered Intermountain Power Project in ...

Los Angeles Halts Using Electricity From Coal Plants

Businessweek -
Los Angeles will become the biggest U.S. city to abandon coal-fueled electricity after the taxpayer- owned utility said it will support renewable sources, boost energy efficiency and build a new natural-gas fired plant. The city's Department of Water and Power, ...

LA DWP to be coal-free in 12 years under new plan

Los Angeles Times -
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will be coal-free within 12 years under a plan announced Tuesday. Under the plan, the utility would sell off one coal-fired power plant in Arizona and grant approvals for a second plant in Utah to be converted ...

Los Angeles Bans Coal Power

Energy and Capital - 
City officials of Los Angeles hope to adopt a coal-free zone of the future. Despite the famous smog you may see in front of the Hollywood Sign, L.A. was able to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 28 percent since 1990, according to Bloomberg. Coal is a cheap ...

CLIMATE CHANGE: LA utility vows to go coal-free

Press-Enterprise (blog) -
Los Angeles officials are expected to announce today, March 22, that the city will give up all coal-based sources of power generation in the next 12 years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. LADWP. Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa, former vice president Al ...

California Public Power Leads the way...away from coal!

Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) -
This week the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the publicly owned electric utility in LA, came up big: announcing a detailed plan to end the era of coal power for California once and for all. The plan makes real Mayor Villaraigosa's pledge to make ...

Mayor Villaraigosa Announces Major Steps Towards Eliminating La's Reliance ...

PublicCEO.com - 
Mayor Villaraigosa announced actions by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) that will eliminate Los Angeles' reliance on coal power by no later than 2025. Vice President Al Gore, Chairman of Climate Reality Project, will visit Los ...

LA Off Coal by 2025 at the Latest

Energy Collective - ‎Mar 21, 2013‎
Today the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) Board unanimously approved its plan to get off of coal by 2025 and replace it with cleaner energy. This is the culmination of years of work and negotiation, and sets the stage for the largest ...

LADWP To Transition Away From Coal-Fired Energy

Renew Grid - ‎Mar 21, 2013‎
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has taken new steps toward eliminating coal from Los Angeles' power supply. Representatives of LADWP and Salt River Project have reached what the utilities describe as "sufficient progress on the ...

LA Public Utility Aims To Eliminate Its Coal Power By 2025

Law360 (subscription) - ‎Mar 20, 2013‎
Law360, Los Angeles (March 19, 2013, 7:44 PM ET) -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa announced Tuesday that the city's Department of Water and Power, the nation's largest municipally owned utility, will eliminate its reliance on coal-fueled power ...
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