Monday, January 09, 2012

Mining Ban Near Grand Canyon Extended By Dept of Interior

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The Interior Department is moving forward with a plan to ban new mining claims on 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon, which is known to c...
Saturday, January 07, 2012

Beijing To Use PM 2.5 Air Quality Monitoring Level

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Beijing will be the first Chinese city to publicize hourly air quality data based on the so-called PM2.5 standard, which measures particles ...

BP, Halliburton & Transocean Contest Federal Spill Charges

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BP, Halliburton and Transocean Ltd are contesting charges that were issued by U.S. regulators in response to the explosion at the Deepwater ...
Friday, January 06, 2012

EPA Releases 2010 Toxics Release Inventory National Analysis

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing its annual national analysis of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), providing al...

3rd Merger Attempt For Duke Energy & Progress Energy

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Duke Energy and Progress Energy are submitting a new proposal for their corporate merger this month as the North Carolina power companies ma...
Wednesday, January 04, 2012

National Radon Action Month

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EPA Recognizes Nat'l Radon Action Month: Test for Radon Gas to Protect Health   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is enc...

Solar Energy Industries Association Merges with Solar Alliance

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The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), which represents 1,100 solar companies around the country has merged with the Solar Alliance...
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Tuesday, January 03, 2012

American Water Infrastructure Funding, Repair & Replacement

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At a Senate hearing last month, it was estimated that, on average, 25 percent of drinking water leaks from water system pipes before reachin...
Monday, January 02, 2012

Center Special Projects Chairman Builds Water Wells in Senegal

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Doc Sloan Works Water Resources in Africa Dr. Sloan started a fresh drinking water campaign in Senegal more than 20 years ago that has led...

DC Water Breaks Ground on $2.6 Billion Clean Rivers Project

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Largest Construction Project in DC Since Building of Metro Anacostia River projects overview and tunnel alignment. The District of Col...

Natural Gas At Lowest Price In A Decade: Below $3

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U.S. natural gas prices fell to their lowest point in more than two years ($2.989 per million British thermal units-BTUs), as new drilling ...

Department of the Interior Accelerating Solar Projects

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The U.S. Department of the Interior says it has now pushed through 27 renewable-energy projects totaling 6,500 megawatts since 2009, compare...

Venezuela To Pay Exxon Mobil $908 Million Instead of $7 Billion

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An international arbitration panel awarded U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp. about $908 million in a verdict over oil assets nationalized by...
Saturday, December 31, 2011

Court Delays Enforcement of EPA Cross State Air Pollution Rule

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A federal appeals court in Washington ruled Friday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must delay enforcement of a regulation aime...
Friday, December 30, 2011

Federal Judge Puts Hold On Portion of California CO2 Reg

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Federal Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in Fresno, rejected the state'...

EPA Finalizes 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized the 2012 percentage standards for four fuel categories that are part of the a...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

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Oklahoma based Chesapeake Energy Corporation will sell $865 million worth of Pennsylvania pipelines to a spun-off subsidiary as part of the ...
Monday, December 26, 2011

James Connaughton Gets It Right With Cap & Trade

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James Connaughton Former White House Council On Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman James Connaughton is remaining true to the cap and t...

China Coal Company Buys Into Australia Coal Mining

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Yanzhou Coal Mining Company will become the largest standalone coal miner on the Australian stock exchange after Gloucester Coal Ltd. announ...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

E.U. Emissions Trading System Takes Effect January 1, 2012

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The Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg ruled in a lawsuit brought by the Air Transport Association of America, American A...

Coal Plants Without Scrubbers Account for a Majority of U.S. SO2 Emissions

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on Form EIA-860, EPA Continuous Emissions Monitoring System, Ventyx Energy Velocity...

Mercury Utility MACT Rule Closes Old Plants & Creates Jobs

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PRESIDENT'S CORNER By Norris McDonald President George W. Bush issued the first mercury rules, but they were shot down in court.  No...

Justice Department Clears Exelon / Constellation Merger

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The Justice Department on Wednesday gave antitrust clearance to the merger of Exelon Corp. and Constellation Energy Group Inc. but said the ...

Maryland Public Service Commission Fines Pepco $1 Million

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The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) has fined the Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) $1 million for tree-trimming failures that...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

National Academy of Sciences Report on Virginia Uranium

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The National Academy of Sciences ( NAS ) and National Academy of Engineering have completed a 22-month review of the proposed Virginia Urani...
Monday, December 19, 2011

Fracking Creates Lucractive Market For Gas Liquids

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U.S. shale-oil and natural-gas boom opens another lucrative market—gas liquids used to make plastics The hydraulic fracturing (fracking) m...

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