Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Net Metering

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Net metering  is an electricity policy for consumers who own small renewable energy facilities (such as wind, solar power or home fuel ce...

Public Health and Clean Air Groups Petition California Energy Commission to Evaluate Successful Clean Energy Policy

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Net Metering Californians Against Utilities Stopping Solar Energy (CAUSE) have requested that the California Energy Commission (CEC) qu...

Compton To Catalina Program's Two New Partners

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El Camino (Compton) Community College and Compton High School have agreed to partner with the Center as a participant in our Compton...
Tuesday, June 04, 2013

EPA Survey Shows $384 Billion Needed for Drinking Water Infrastructure by 2030

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released results of a survey showing that $384 billion in improvements are needed for...

EPA & USDA Partner To Reduce Wasted Food

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Today, EPA and USDA announced the launch of a challenge that asks farmers, processors, manufacturers, retailers, communities and governme...

Compton To Catalina Program - Trip 4

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The Center conducted its 4th Compton To Catalina Program trip.  The trip was completely successful and the students thoroughly enjoyed their...

Angeles National Forest Wildfire - Center Mitigation Program

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Center President was scoping Angeles National Forest on Thursday, May 30, 2012 and encountered the wildfire captured in the above video...
Monday, June 03, 2013

Portland General Electric's 5-Megawatt Lithium-ion Battery

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5-megawatt lithium-ion battery system Portland General Electric's 5-megawatt, lithium-ion energy storage system was shared as part o...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

9th Circuit Says Consent Decree Cannot Circumvent Rulemaking

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A recent Ninth Circuit decision calls into question the government’s practice of using consent decrees in a judicial proceeding to set polic...
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White House Women’s Leadership Summit on Climate Change and the Environment

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The White House held a forum on climate change today that included women from all over the country. The forum included 100 women leaders ...

FracFocus: Chemical Disclosure Registry

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FracFocus is the national hydraulic fracturing chemical registry. FracFocus is managed by the Ground Water Protection Council and Intersta...

Kraft Pulp Mills NSPS Review

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EPA New Source Performance Standards Proposed Rule For Pulp Mills The EPA is proposing revisions to the new source performance standards...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Tesla Automotive Repaid $465 Million Government Loan

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Tesla Motors has repaid the entire remaining balance on a $465 million loan from the Department of Energy nine years earlier than original...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz Sworn In Today

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Secretary Ernest Moniz (left),   with his wife, Naomi, shortly after being  sworn into office   by Deputy Energy Secretary   Daniel Pone...

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Accuses Environmental Groups of Abusing Regulatory Process

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Sue and Settle: Regulating Behind Closed Doors Download: Sue and Settle: Regulating Behind Closed Doors Executive Summary | L...
Saturday, May 18, 2013

Tar Sands Petroleum Coke

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Koch Carbon owns the small mountain of of waste petroleum coke in Detroit (see photo) from oil sands bitumen refining. The company is contro...
Friday, May 17, 2013

Interior Department Bureau of Land Management Issues Draft Fracking Rule

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Under proposed fracking rules, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management would require wider disclosure of chemicals used in dri...

Senate Confirms Ernest Moniz As Energy Secretary

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The Senate on Thursday voted 97-0 to approve President Obama’s nominee to head the Department Ernest Moniz  of Energy. Ernest Moni...

California Governor Jerry Brown Proposes Borrowing $500 Million From Cap and Trade Program

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California Governor Jerry Brown has proposed borrowing $500 million from the state's carbon cap-and-trade auctions and using those to ...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

S. 761: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013

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113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 761 To promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry, and for other purpo...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Sequester Cuts Weaken Readiness For Wildfire Season

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Administration officials warned Monday that sequester cuts would weaken wildfire management as agencies prepare for a season with “above ...
Saturday, May 11, 2013

NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE ARCTIC REGION

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"The United States is an Arctic Nation with broad and fundamental interests in the Arctic Region, where we seek to meet our national ...
Friday, May 10, 2013

Republicans Fighting EPA & Gina McCarthy Nomination

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PRESIDENT'S CORNER By Norris McDonald The Center supports Gina McCarthy's nomination to be EPA administrator.  She was approv...

Electricity Production From Plant Photosynthesis

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Ramaraja Ramasamy, right, and Yogeswaran Umasankar work together to capture energy created during photosynthesis. Ramasamy is an assista...
Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Elizabeth "Izzy" Martin Recognized For Conservation Work

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Long time environmentalist Izzy Martin was recognized for her conservation work at an award ceremony during Bear Yuba Land Trust’s Annua...
Monday, May 06, 2013

European Carbon Market In Trouble

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Europe’s climate change mitigation program turned carbon emissions into a commodity that could be traded like gold or oil. But the once-th...

AB 32: New Challenge Targets California Cap-and-Trade Law

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The California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) has again been sued over its implementation of the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (also ...

EIS Requirements For Fracking on BLM Lands

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NEPA: California Federal Court Requires Full Environmental Impact Statement for BLM Leases Involving Hydraulic Fracturing   In the firs...