Monday, March 14, 2011

3rd Explosion at Fukushima Nuclear Complex: Reactor # 2

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Tokyo Electric Power Company confirmed an explosion at the No. 2 reactor of its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.  According to the Nuclear S...

EPA Proposes Deferring GHG Requirements For Biomass

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EPA Proposes to Defer GHG Permitting Requirements for Industries that Use Biomass Following through on a January 2011 commitment, the U.S....

2nd Nuclear Power Plant Building Explosion in Japan

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Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex suffered a second explosion today, destroying an outer building at unit 3. Unit 3, a third reactor...
Friday, March 11, 2011

Japan Tsunami Puts Nuclear Reactor(s) In Spotlight

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1st Explosion at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station The 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan is putting a spotlight on the nuclear powe...

Lisa P. Jackson Testifies Before Congress

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Testimony Before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy and Power and Environment and Economy March 11, 2011 Excerpts Without adequate ...
Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Do NOT Tap Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Influence Market

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PRESIDENT'S CORNER By Norris McDonald About every ten years or so, the issue of tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve ( SPR ) come...

Crash of Another Climate Satellite Hurts Earth Science

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Glory Satellite Rendering  Image: Pacific Northwest  National Laboratory Problems with NASA's the launch vehicle, a Taurus XL ro...

Hydrocarbon Fuels Are Fossil Fuels That Run America

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According to  Mr. Nansen G. Saleri, president and CEO of Quantum Reservoir Impact in Houston, former head of reservoir management for Saudi ...

Massive Sardine Kill in Southern Calif: Case of Suffocation?

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It is being speculated that a million dead sardines in a Southern California harbor (Redondo Beach) came from suffocation as the fish crowde...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

EPA Updates Database on Impacts of Electricity Generation

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency updated its database that helps Americans understand the health and environmental impacts of electr...

EPA Says Chevy Volt Gets 93 Miles Per Gallon

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The Chevrolet Volt can travel about 35 miles on a rechargeable battery pack before the car’s gas engine even comes on to recharge the batter...
Monday, March 07, 2011

Obama Nominates Gary Locke as Ambassador to China

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Gary Locke US President Barack Obama will nominate Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as next US ambassador to China.  Locke would replace the...
Friday, March 04, 2011

Rupert Murdoch Is Carbon Neutral

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News Corporation Achieves Its Carbon Neutral Goal and Looks To Become More Efficient Rupert Murdoch According to Rupert Murdoch, his Ne...
Thursday, March 03, 2011

EPA Seeks Extension of Permit Requirements for Pesticides

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EPA Requests Extension on Clean Water Act Permit Requirement for Pesticide Discharges Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EP...

Fluorescent Lamp Disposal & Recycling

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Click on Image to Enlarge How should you dispose of spent  fluorescent lamps? The problem is that the lamps contain a toxic material: merc...

Renewable Portfolio Standards

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Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) or Renewable Electricity Standards (RES) are being used by states to force utilities to development rene...
Wednesday, March 02, 2011

New Senior Adviser on the Chesapeake Bay

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Jeff Corbin, left, is the new senior adviser on the EPA’s effort to restore and preserve the Chesapeake Bay. Jeff currently serves as senior...

Lisa Jackson Testimony Before Senate Environment Committee

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Barbara Boxer EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works As prepare...
Saturday, February 26, 2011

Rare Earth Elements

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The Center intends to spend more time addressing the rare earth elements ( REE ) issue, which include lanthanum, cerium and neodymium, among...

Take Down Scaffolding at Old Executive Office Building

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The scaffolding at the White House Old Executive Office Building (OEOB) has been up for a decade.  After 911, when some staff were moved for...
Friday, February 25, 2011

EPA Hearing on Air Quality Standards for Carbon Monoxide

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public hearing Feb. 28 on the agency’s proposal to retain the nation’s air qualit...

Maryland Legislature Considers Marcellus Shale Drilling Bills

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The House Environmental Matters Committee will hold hearings on legislation related to drilling in the Marcellus Shale area in western Maryl...

National Audubon Society & Toyota Seek Community Projects

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TogetherGreen, a conservation alliance between the National Audubon Society and Toyota, is now accepting applications for 2011. Applications...

California Climate Change

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By Alyssa Moir Marten Law Mandatory Cap-and-Trade California’s Air Resources Board (CARB), on December 16, 2010, adopted an historic ...

2012 Integrated Report of Surface Water Quality in Maryland

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In compliance with Sections 305(b), 314(l) and 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) is cu...
Thursday, February 24, 2011

Xoom

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Motorola has released its Xoom tablet and it is a competitor to Apple's iPad. It is the first iPad challenger to run Honeycomb, a new ve...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

EPA Finalizes But Will Reconsider Boiler/Incinerator Standards

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Because the final standards significantly differ from the proposals, EPA believes further public review is required. Therefore, EPA will rec...