Friday, December 07, 2012

RGGI Auction Sells 19.7 Million CO2 Allowances at $1.93

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Auction Generates $38.1 Million for Regional Clean Energy Economy The nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states participating in the Reg...
Thursday, December 06, 2012

A123 Faces Auction

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A123 Systems , a bankrupt lithium ion battery manufacturer that received $133 million in federal stimulus grants, goes on the auction bloc...

EPA/DOE Fuel Economy Guide For 2013 Models

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) are releasing the 2013 Fuel Economy Guide, giving consum...
Wednesday, December 05, 2012

California Cap & Trade Program Nov Allowance Auction

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As part of the cap-and-trade program, t he Air Resources Board (ARB) held its first auction of greenhouse gas allowances (GHG) on November...

DC Stormwater Proposed Rule Public Comments

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The District Department of the Environment (DDOE) has posted to its website the public comments it received on the Proposed Rulemaking on...

U.S. Oil Production Highest In 15 Years

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U.S. crude oil production (including lease condensate) averaged almost 6.5 million barrels per day in September 2012, the highest volume ...
Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Fuel Pipelines Vulnerable To Floodwaters

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Federal investigators plan to announce soon that flood-caused erosion along the riverbed—known as scouring—exposed an Exxon Mobil Corp. pi...

America's Great Outdoors Initiative

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2012 Progress Report On December 4, 2012, the Obama Administration released the 2012 America's Great Outdoors Progress Report , de...
Monday, December 03, 2012

D.C. Water Management

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In 2004 the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority was forced to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed it failed for decades to stop its sewers fr...
Friday, November 30, 2012

Natural Gas Car - Home Appliance For Refueling

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A natural-gas-powered car and fueling system on display at an auto show. Chesapeake Energy Corp. said it is working with General Electri...

Natural Gas Refrigerators

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Refrigerators use similar basic concepts, whether powered by electricity or by fossil fuels like natural gas. Both approaches cool storage s...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Susan Rice May Have Stakes in Keystone XL Pipeline

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Mother Jones Mag, On Earth Mag (NRDC) and Bill McKibben Object Susan Rice Susan Rice holds millions of dollars in investments in Canad...

Sodium Sulfur Battery

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Sodium Sulfur (NaS) batteries are high capacity battery systems developed for electric power applications. A NaS battery consists of liqu...

Global Steel Glut

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This year, steel mills around the world have a production capacity of 1.8 billion tons but will take orders for only 1.5 billion tons. By 20...

Obama Signs Bill Excluding U.S. Airlines From E.U. Carbon Fee

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Obama Vetoes European Carbon Tax President Obama has signed into law a bill that requires U.S. airlines be excluded from European carbon...

BP Suspended From New Federal Contracts

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BP Temporarily Suspended from New Contracts with the Federal Government The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced t...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Thawing Permafrost Expected To Cause Additional Warming

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Permafrost covering almost a quarter of the northern hemisphere contains enormous amounts of carbon, maybe more that currently in the atmo...
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President Obama Proposes Small Business Tax Breaks

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President Obama is proposing tax breaks to companies to hire workers or pay them higher salaries. The tax breaks would target small busine...
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U.N. Climate Talks Stumble Between Rich & Poor Countries

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Doha, Qatar The 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) an...
Monday, November 26, 2012

Cape Wind Power Purchase Agreement Approved

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Massachusetts Approves Cape Wind / NSTAR Power Purchase Agreement   Cape Wind secured another major milestone today with the approva...

Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plants Worldwide

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Some 1,200 new coal-fired power plants are being planned across the globe despite concerns about greenhouse gas emissions from such gener...

Low Natural Gas Prices Hurting Coal Helping Electricity Bills

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Surging natural-gas production from shale rock formations has caused a glut in U.S. natural-gas production, which has pushed prices lower ...

Water Management In Europe

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Water pollution and excessive water use are still harming ecosystems, which are indispensable to Europe’s food, energy, and water supplies. ...
Friday, November 23, 2012

Carbon Tax

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Congressional Research Service Carbon Tax: Deficit Reduction and Other Considerations Summary The federal budget deficit has exceed...