Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Best Ethanol: Sugarcane From Brazil & USA Cellulosic

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The U.S. Congress is considering raising the ethanol mandate from 7.5 billion gallons to 36 billion gallons. They want 20 of the 36 billion...
Friday, July 27, 2007

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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Natural Gas Plant & Nuke Plant Planned Near D.C.

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Unistar has submitted a Combined Operating License (COL) application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to build a 1,600-megawatt E...

China Hires France To Help Build Nuclear Plants

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Beijing is signing an agreement with Paris to build two third-generation European Pressurized Water Reactors (EPR) nuclear reactors in Chin...
Friday, July 20, 2007

Wind Power For Beijing

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The China Energy Conservation Investment Corporation, (CECI), a state-run company that promotes energy saving, started building a wind farm ...

China Gas Deal

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China has signed an agreement import natural gas from Turkmenistan. China National Petroleum Corp will import 30 billion cubic meters of na...
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Japan Nuclear Plant Withstands Earthquake

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One of the world's largest nuclear facilities, owned by Tokyo Electric Power, withstood a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Japan's north...
Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Biologists Are Back 'In' Because of Biofuels

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BP recently commissioned the Energy Biosciences Institute and dedicated $500 million to the Univ of California , Berkeley, Univ of Illinois...
Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Videos of the Center for Environment, Commerce & Energy

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VIDEOS Have you viewed the Center videos lately. Just click on the link above and enjoy videos from our trip to China and other exciting adv...

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Ford & Southern California Edison Partner On Plug-In Hybrid Ford Motor Company and Southern California Edison are partnering to test pl...
Thursday, July 05, 2007

Hydrogen Production

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The Center supports electrolysis from nuclear power plants as the preferred alternative for producing hydrogen for a hydrogen economy. Of c...
Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Bald Eagle Taken Off Endangered Species List

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It is about time. Bill Clinton should have done it before he left office but was afraid to. Eagles are everywhere, even in the suburbs and ...
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...