Friday, June 22, 2007

Center Meets Environmentalists From China

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Center President Norris McDonald met with environmentalists and other officials from China at a China Environment Forum sponsored by the Wo...
Saturday, June 16, 2007

The Fantastic Five of Coal-To-Liquids (CTL) in Congress

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The Fantastic Five of coal-to-liquids in Congress include (coal state production status): 1) Nick Rahall (West Virginia, 2nd) 2) Rick Bouche...
Friday, June 15, 2007

Lost in Space: Warning Will Robinson, Energy Legislation

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We agree with energy legislation to increase fuel economy standards to 35 miles per gallon for cars from the current requirement of 27.5. P...
Thursday, June 14, 2007

Clean Coal Technology Involves More Than Plant & Fuel

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Sequestration and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle ( IGCC ) are being touted as solutions to reducing the carbon footprint of coal-f...
Saturday, June 09, 2007

Space Shuttle Atlantis Flight June 9 - Juneteenth

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Launch Video Player
Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Center VP To Meet With Asian Development Bank

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Center Vice President Derry Bigby will meet with officials from the Asian Development Bank at their headquarters in Manila, Phillipines to ...

Senator Craig Thomas of Wyoming Dies

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Senator Craig Thomas , right, died on June 4 after a long fight against acute myeloid leukemia. Senator Thomas was 74 and died at the Natio...
Tuesday, June 05, 2007

EPA, Army Corps Wetlands Guidance Re Supreme Court

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued joint guidance for their field offices to ensure...

G-8: China, United States, India & Global Warming

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China, India and the U.S. all issued global warming proposals in anticipation of intense discussions of the G-8 Summit meeting this week. Al...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007

China & Nuclear Power: Center Staff Visits Daya Bay

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Derry Bigby, VP, Zhang Xiaoping, China Office Director, & Norris McDonald, President The Washington Post ran an article today that mirr...
Monday, May 28, 2007

China's Wu Yi Meets With Geroge Bush In Oval Office

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Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi, left, met with President Bush in the Oval Office at the White House this week to discuss trade and Yuan policie...
Thursday, May 24, 2007

Coal WILL Be Part of America's Energy Future

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Coal produces 50 percent of America's electricity. That percentage will probably not change much in the next 50 years or longer. Our m...
Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Time Machine: 1989 International Waste Trade Protest

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We have occasionally taken it to the streets. We joined with Greenpeace back in the 1980s on many projects. On one particular day we partici...
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

U.S. & China Meet On Energy & Environment

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Members of the President Bush's cabinet joined their Chinese government counterparts to discuss priority initiatives for energy and envi...

U.S. EPA Creates New Chinese Web Site

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has created a new Chinese-language Web site to compile EPA Chinese-language materials on a wide v...
Thursday, May 17, 2007

Cerberus Acquires Chrysler: Dog, 3 Heads, Snake Tails

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Cerberus is a three-headed hound from Hell, in Greek mythology. Cerberus Capital Management is a private equity firm that has just purchase...
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Asian Development Bank Could Accept Nuclear Power

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) may include nuclear power in its carbon dioxide offset trading program. According to published reports, W...

Electric Fuel Cell Technology Comes To Capitol Hill

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The US Fuel Cell Council ( USFCC ) sponsored its 7th Annual Congressional Fuel Cell Expo on May 15, 2007 in the Cannon Caucus Room in the C...
Monday, May 14, 2007

President's Executive Order on Energy Security & Climate Change

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President Bush signed an Executive Order on Energy Security and Climate Change directing EPA, the Department of Transportation, the Departm...
Thursday, May 10, 2007

Center Connects China & CEQ on Pebble Bed Modular Reactor

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Norris McDonald, Dr. Yujie Dong, Landon Van Dyke The Center arranged for the director of China's Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) Prog...

Center Connects China & NEI on Pebble Bed Modular Reactor

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Norris McDonald, Adrian P. Heymer, Dr. Yujie Dong, Angie Howard & Derry Bigby The Center arranged for the director of China's Pebble...
Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Energy Policy of French President Nicholas Sarkozy

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Nicolas Sarkozy, left, was the most pro-nuclear of the 12 candidates running for the presidency of France. France gets about 80% of its ele...
Saturday, May 05, 2007

Wheat Gluten Contaminated With Melamine

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Wheat gluten, powder left-bagged right, contaminated with melamine has been found in pet food. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Center Trip To China - The Videos

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ALL CHINA TRIP VIDEOS Below: Boarding the Plane at Dulles
Thursday, April 26, 2007

Progress In Closing Ozone Hole

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A new EPA publication, Achievements in Stratospheric Ozone Protection: Progress Report highlights U.S. contributions toward healing the ozo...
Tuesday, April 24, 2007

China Car Makers

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China has more than 100 automakers with about 20 of them producing cars in large volumes. In 2006 China's passenger-car exports more th...
Saturday, April 21, 2007

Touring Nuclear Power Plants in China

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The Center for Environment, Commerce and Energy toured the Daya Bay nuclear power plant in Guangdong Province in Mainland China. Derry Bigb...
Friday, April 20, 2007

China Is Building Nuclear Power Plants

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Center President Norris McDonald, center, is pictured above with high school students standing in front of a new nuclear power plant being ...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007

EPA Relaxes Clean-Air Requirements for Ethanol Fuel Plants

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Plants turning corn into liquor were allowed to emit 250 tons of emissions per year before triggering clean-air regulations, while those pro...

Supreme Court Tells EPA To Regulate Carbon Dioxide

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The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision ruled on April 2 that the U.S. EPA erred in rejecting the state of Massachusetts petition and others. N...