Monday, March 31, 2008

Center Promoting Brazil-PG County Sister City Partnership

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The Center for Environment, Commerce & Energy ( Center ) is proposing a Sister City partnership between Pedreira City , located in São P...

The Christie Todd Whitman Nuclear Power Conundrum

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Christie Todd Whitman, left, seems to be missing in action on the front lines of the fight to renew construction of nuclear power plants. Sh...
Thursday, March 27, 2008

Angry About Our Failure To Reprocess Spent Nuclear Fuel

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PRESIDENT'S CORNER. By Norris McDonald. For some unknown reason I woke up angry this morning about how our country seems to have gone ...
Saturday, March 22, 2008

Russian Steelmaker Buys Old Bethlehem Steel Site

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Severstal , Russia's largest steelmaker, run by billionaire Alexei Mordashov, is purchasing the Sparrows Point steel mill southeast of ...
Thursday, March 20, 2008

Verizon & AT&T Win Government Airways Auction

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The auction for cellphone airways space, overseen by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), attracted a record $19.6 billion in bids. ...
Thursday, March 13, 2008

Our Carbon Dioxide Reduction (CDR) Program

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The Center for Environment, Commerce & Energy (Center) has established a Carbon Dioxide Reduction ( CDR ) Program to reduce greenhouse g...
Saturday, March 08, 2008

Verizon Examines Broadband For Climate Change Mitigation

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Verizon is examing how broadband can be used to reduce global warming. Broadband is a transmission method where multiple pieces of data are...
Wednesday, March 05, 2008

President Bush Speaks At Renewables Energy Conference

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Today, President Bush spoke to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference and discussed the importance of renewable and alter...

U.S. EPA Launches Multimedia Portal

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a new Multimedia Portal , which is its one-stop location for environmental video, aud...
Saturday, February 09, 2008

Center's Global Warming Safety Program for Elderly

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The Center has established an Elderly Allowance Reserve Program (EARP) to address environmental equity concerns related to climate change....
Friday, February 08, 2008

Court Strikes Down EPA Clean Air Mercury Rule

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the EPA violated the Clean Air Act by attempting to implement the...
Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Coal & Nuclear Vulnerable To Natural Ga$

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The Washington Post and The New York Times had articles on increasing prices for electricity and a retreat on building new coal plants th...
Monday, February 04, 2008

Federal Government Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request

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Environmental, Energy, Natural Resources & Agriculture Environmental Protection Agency: $7.14 billion. ( FY 2009 EPA Budget in Brief ) ...
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.