U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.9 percent in 2008 thanks to rising oil prices and the economic recession, according to a draft report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller introduced legislation to suspend Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation of greenhouse gases from stationary sources such as coal- and natural gas-fired plants for two years.

UOP, a unit of Honeywell, was awarded a $1.5 million cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy for a project to demonstrate technology to capture carbon dioxide and produce algae for use in biofuel and energy production.

U.S. senators are working on a plan that will combine energy and climate proposals through a price on greenhouse gases (GHG) instead of the cap and trade program.

Constellation Energy said a$1 billion air emissions flue gas desulfurization project at its coal-fired Brandon Shores Power Plant in Maryland has begun commercial operation.

Siemens is planning to build a 60 Hz gas turbine production plant at its existing facility in Charlotte to provide manufacturing and servicing functions for the supply of its gas and steam turbines and generators to 60 Hz markets globally.

11 March 2010 - UTC Power has announced that its new 400 kW fuel cell system, the ‘PureCell’ Model 400, has been certified to meet the latest emission standards of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the strictest in the United States.

11 March 2010 - UK-based measurement technology specialist Testo AG has introduced a 4-gas emissions analyser, enabling efficiency and pollution measurements to be taken on burners or engine generator sets.

11 March 2010 - A new steam flow measurement device from US-based McCrometer is said to be ideal for campus district energy facilities and eliminates many of the common equipment layout problems associated with steam processes in HVAC and cogeneration systems.

11 March 2010 - Caterpillar has launched a new gas-fuelled generator set designed for maximum efficiency in extended duty distributed generation and CHP applications.