Wednesday, January 30, 2008

FutureGen Clean Coal Project Cancelled

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The Bush administration dropped its support for a $1.8 billion planned 275-megawatt coal-fired plant power plant designed to store greenho...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Come From China

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China-born Ellis Yan, right, 53, owns Shanghai, China-based TCP Inc, the largest manufacturer of compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs sol...
Monday, January 28, 2008

European Union Proposing New Global Warming Plan

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The European Union plans to establish firm caps on emissions by 27 countries designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 20 % below 1990 ...
Monday, January 14, 2008

Will Small Cars Sell To Save Money, Gasoline & Environment?

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Tata Motors of India has introduced its new mini car, the Nano , left. It costs only $2,500. The car was created by Ratan Tata for the Ta...
Thursday, January 10, 2008

GM Develops Plug-In Fuel Hybrid Electric Battery Vehicle

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General Motors has developed the first zero-emission luxury car, the hydrogen- and battery-powered Cadillac concept car designed to run up...
Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Virginia Uranium Mining Possible

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Walter Coles owns property in Chatham, Virginia in Pittsylvania County where he wants to mine uranium on a 200-acre site. Obviously the sta...
Friday, December 21, 2007

RGGI Request For Proposals Issued

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Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Inc. ( RGGI, Inc ) is a nonprofit organization formed to provide technical and scientific advisory serv...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

DOE Selects "Clean Coal" Demonstration Site

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The U.S. Department of Energy's FutureGen Alliance named Mattoon, Illinois, as the site for a new $1.8 billion "clean coal" d...
Monday, December 17, 2007

Russia Sends Uranium Fuel To Iran Nuclear Power Plant

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Russia sent enriched uranium fuel to Iran today to power the Bushehr nuclear power plant, left, which is expected to start producing elect...
Saturday, December 15, 2007

Yuan versus Dollar

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Ever wonder about what they are talking about when there is a discussion on monetary policy regarding the Chinese yuan compared to the Ame...
Thursday, December 13, 2007

Wall Street Copying Our Center On Carbon Trading

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The New York Mercantile Exchange parent Nymex Holdings and a group of Wall Street trading houses plan to launch an exchange for trading car...

Saudia Arabia Wants To Build Nuclear Power Plants

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There are currently no nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia. Ali Saleh al-Barrak, head of Saudi Electricity Company wants to change that. ...

Communication From The White House

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY H.R. 6 – Energy Independence and Secu...

USA & China Sign Environmental Agreement

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China and the United States signed a 10-year agreement to work together on clean technology and sustainable natural resources. The countrie...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Dmitry Medvedev Backed By Putin To Rule Russia

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Dmitry Medvedev, left, has been selected by Russian President Vladimir Putin, with Medvedev at right, to succeed him. Now there is just the...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

EPA Chief Stephen Johnson Visits China

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From Dec. 10 to 15, 2007, EPA's official delegation will give a first-hand account of their trip through photos and diary entries which...

Hotel Room Glasses

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Are those glasses in your hotel room as clean as they look? Watch the video below and decide for yourself.
Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Electric Utiltiies Are Entering Twilight Zone

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is reconsidering its decision to designate the mid-Atlantic region as a priority area for the placement ...

Maryland Commission on Climate Change Report

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Maryland is a signatory to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) along with 12 other Northeastern states. The Maryland Commission on...
Tuesday, December 04, 2007

New Environmental Legal Web Site For China

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The U.S. EPA has launched the EPA - China Environmental Law Initiative Web site that will provide a forumfor sharing information and fosteri...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Voluntary Carbon Dioxide Offset Market Being Created

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The Center is in the forefront of developing a voluntary carbon dioxide (CO2) trading market. Except that we have yet to convince a nuclear...
Tuesday, November 13, 2007

PetroChina Is The World's Largest Company

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PetroChina, the main oil and gas producer in China, became the world's largest company after trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on N...
Friday, November 09, 2007

Congress Overrides Bush Veto of Water Resources Bill

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The U.S. Senate voted 79-14 on Nov 8 to override last week's veto by President George W. Bush of a $23 billion water bill, HR 1495 , th...
Monday, November 05, 2007

Congress Buys CO2 Offsets For Capitol Power Plant

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The CEO of the U.S. House of Representatives purchased 30,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) for $89,000 from the Chicago Climate Exchange (C...
Saturday, November 03, 2007

New Nuclear Plant Being Built In Liaoning Province

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China is planning to build a new nuclear power plant, the Hongyanhe nuclear power station, located the Donggang Township, of Dalian's W...

China Nuclear Power: Past, Present & Future

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China started nuclear power operations in 1991, when Qinshan-I, a 300-megawatt (MW) pressurized-water reactor unit, independently developed...
Thursday, November 01, 2007

American Rivers-NOAA River Restoration Grants

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Americn Rivers seeks proposals for river restoration project grants as part of its partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad...
Tuesday, October 30, 2007

The Downside of Ethanol

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One blogger's take ( Little Blog In The Big Woods ).
Friday, October 26, 2007

MIT Greenhouse Gas Emissions Prediction & Policy Analysis

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The MIT Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis model is applied to an assessment of a set of cap-and-trade proposals being considered by ...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Inside The Beltway Climate Change Wonk Fight

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Sport inside the Beltway. The right and left just love this competition. The left says Julie L. Gerberding's testimony was doctored by t...