Saturday, January 31, 2009

Center for Environment, Commerce & Energy

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PRESIDENT'S CORNER By Norris McDonald I have been an environmentalist for 30 years. The Center is now 24 years old and now global clima...

ExxonMobil & Chevron Post Record 2008 Income

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Exxon and Chevron have once again reported strong fourth-quarter earnings. Exxon's 33% decline in fourth-quarter earnings topped a yea...

Lisa P. Jackson & Stephen Chu Need Center in China

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PRESIDENT'S CORNER. By Norris McDonald New EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will surely engage her International Activities office to...

Wind Farm Jobs at Wind Farm Companies

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The U.S. added about 8,300 megawatts of wind generating capacity in 2008. That is enough electricity for about 8.3 million homes. There are...
Friday, January 30, 2009

Senate Stimulus Includes $50 Billion For Nuclear Power

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Update 2-12-09: The $50 billion for nuclear was taken out of the final bill. The Senate economic recovery bill passed through the Appropri...

Vice President Joe Biden, Global Warming & Nuclear Power

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Vice President Joe Biden will be a key player in the international global warming treaty negotiations. He will probably be the leader of Ame...

Hillary Clinton, Global Warming and Nuclear Power

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be a central player in developing a global warming mitigation plan. She will be working on the plan...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Stimulus Package Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy

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H.R. 1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 TITLE V--ENERGY AND WATER DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ENERGY PROGRAMS Energy Efficiency and...

www.Recovery.gov

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President Obama proposed (in H.R. 1 ) the creation of a new website ( http://www.recovery.gov/ ) that will allow the public to monitor how ...

Clean Coal Cleans Up in Economic Stimulus Package

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The House version of the economic stimulus package includes $2.4 billion in fresh incentives for so-called clean coal, on top of the $2.2...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

House Passes Economic Stimulus Bill 244-188

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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ( H.R. 1 ) passed in the House of Representatives tonight on a vote of 244 to 188. The b...

High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC)

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High voltage direct current (HVDC) is the transmission of direct current as opposed to the commonly used alternating current used today. Two...

NATURAL GAS

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Natural gas prices fell as forecasts of milder weather and declining industrial demand weighed on the market. Natural gas for February deliv...

Crude Oil Prices Still Dropping

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Crude-oil futures prices are still declining on expectations that oil and fuel inventories would continue to rise due to declining demand....

Peabody Coal Company Profits Up in 4th Quarter of 2008

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Peabody Energy Corporation is one of the world's largest coal companies and its fourth-quarter profit for 2008 rose eightfold because ...

Eliminate the MMS Oil 'Royalty-In-Kind' Program

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The Obama administration should end the "Royalty-In-Kind" Program, under which the government receives oil or natural gas instea...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Who Is Chip Giller? And Why Does He 'Get It?'

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We read Grist everyday at the Center. It is the best environmental magazine today. They also have a sense of humor about environmental issu...
Monday, January 26, 2009

Obama Nominates Jon Wellinghoff Acting FERC Chairman

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Jon Wellinghoff , right, was named Acting Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by President Barack Obama on January...

Maryland Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act

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Maryland Governo Martin O’Malley, along with sponsors Senator Paul Pinsky and Delegate Kumar Barve, unveiled legislation to commit Marylan...

President Obama Stimulus - Recovery Proposal

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President Barack Obama's $820 billion American Reinvestment and Recovery Plan includes: The creation of four million jobs, Spending at ...

Obama Orders Fuel Economy & California Tailpipe Waiver

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Today, President Obama ordered the Transportation Department to issue guidelines that will raise Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) stand...
Friday, January 23, 2009

Nancy Sutley Confirmed as Chair of CEQ

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The U.S. Senate confirmed by unanimous consent the nomination of Nancy Sutley, left, on January 22, 2009 to be chairwoman of the President...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

House Resolution Against Second Half of Original Stimulus

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Although it has no effect, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a nonbinding resolution to block the second half of the original $700 ...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Chu, Salazar & Vilsack Confirmed By Senate

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Steven Chu (Energy) and Ken Salazar (Interior) and Tom Vilsack (Agriculture) were confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, January 20, 2009....
Monday, January 19, 2009

ConocoPhillips Takes $34 Billion Charge

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ConocoPhillips is the third largest U.S. based oil company after Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron. It has a market capitalization of $74 billion...

Now Federal Home Loan Banks Want Bailout Too?

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Similar to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Federal Home Loan Banks, are in financial trouble because their investments will not keep them solven...
Friday, January 16, 2009

President Obama Should Support "123" Agreement With UAE

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The Center supports our civilian nuclear power agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). One of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...

EPA Proposes Tightening Soot Standards

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EPA is proposing to update its Air Quality Index (AQI) to reflect the latest standards for fine particle pollution. The proposal also would ...

Minerals Management Service Approves Cape Wind FEIS

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The Minerals Management Service (MMS), a department of the U.S. Department of the Interior, issues its 2,800 page Final Environmental Impa...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

T. Boone Pickens and His Natural Gas Filling Stations

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T. Boone Pickens hoped to leverage wind mills and television commercials into reducing American dependence on imported oil [and increase pr...