TOP CALIFORNIA ENERGY OFFICIAL'S SUPPORT OF COAL OFFSETS CRITICIZED

A policy memo by one of California's top energy officials indicating support for pollution offsets for certain coal power plants is drawing objections from clean and renewable energy advocates. The debate over the offset issue is considered crucial in determining how many and what types of coal power plants are built in Western states, and comes at a time when the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) is heading the state's landmark initiative to draft recommendations to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)...