Walmart Foundation President Sylvia Mathews Burwell stands on stage in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 4, 2013, as President Barack Obama announced he would nomination Burwell to head the Budget Office. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Walmart Foundation President Sylvia Mathews Burwell stands on stage in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 4, 2013, as President Barack Obama announced he would nomination Burwell to head the Budget Office. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Gina McCarthy stands on stage in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 4, 2013, as President Barack Obama announced he would nominate McCarthy to head the EPA. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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MIT physics professor Ernest Moniz smiles as he stands on stage in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 4, 2013, where President Barack Obama announces he would nominate Moniz for Energy Secretary . (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama speaks to members of the media at the start of a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 4, 2013. With Obama, back row, from left are, Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Karen Mills, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the president, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Facing the president, from left are, Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Orica is under pressure to conduct mercury testing around it's Port Botany plant after residents presented a petition to the company's annual general meeting.
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The EPA says dredging guidelines are needed as industry development and shipping demands grow in the Northern Territory.
Xcel settlement offers $447,000 for north Denver
DENVER (
AP) —
Xcel Energy Inc. is providing $447,000 for environmental projects in north Denver to resolve a lawsuit alleging clean air violations.
The lawsuit by WildEarth Guardians alleged Xcel failed to monitor and limit emissions at its coal-fired Cherokee power plant in Denver.
Xcel isn't admitting to the allegations. A consent decree filed in federal court Thursday notes Xcel has already taken steps to improve monitoring, and it plans to stop burning coal at the plant by 2018.
The consent decree says Xcel will provide $447,000 to the nonprofit organization Groundwork Denver to install solar panels in the Globeville, Elyria or Swansea neighborhoods; offer energy-efficiency improvements to dozens of homes there; and support an open space project in Globeville.
The Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency have 45 days to object.
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