Wednesday, October 30, 2013

EPA Announces $6.6 Million To Support Chesapeake Bay Projects

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EPA funding is part of $9.2 million in grant money to support cleaner local waters across Bay region This morning, U.S. Environmental Prot...

Marcellus Natural Gas Pipeline Projects to Primarily Benefit New York and New Jersey

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Click Image To Enlarge Multiple pipeline expansion projects are expected to begin service this winter to increase natural gas takeaw...
Friday, October 25, 2013

Compton To Catalina Program - All Trips To Date

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Background The Center for Environment, Commerce and Energy (Center) established a partnership with the Greater Union Baptist Church (G...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Compton To Catalina Program - Trip 5

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The Center conducted its 5th Compton To Catalina Program trip on Friday, October 18, 2013. The trip was completely successful and the s...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Challenges To CO2 Regulations

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The United States Supreme Court today denied industry and state petitions that challenged the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA...
Monday, October 14, 2013

Mississippi Kemper Plant Shows Costs of 'Clean Coal'

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Mississippi Power Company's Kemper County plant here, meant to showcase technology for generating clean electricity from low-quality coa...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Salvaging Wildfire Lumber?

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The Rim Fire that charred a quarter-million acres of the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park over the summer.  The Rim Fir...
Friday, October 11, 2013

Hemp: Legalized for Industrial & Commercial Uses in California

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California. Governor Jerry Brown officially signed SB 566 , the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act into law, making it legal for farme...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

U.S. Agrees to Nuclear Power Plant Fuel Deal With Vietnam

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The Obama administration has agreed to sell Vietnam nuclear fuel and technology.  Hanoi has agreed to initially purchase nuclear fuel for...

7 States Sue EPA Over Wood Fired Boilers

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Seven states filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Environmental Protection Agency over health-damaging air pollution from outdoor w...
Wednesday, October 09, 2013

President Obama to Nominate Janet Yellen as Fed Chief

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Janet Yellen President Obama will nominate Janet L. Yellen as chairwoman of the Federal Reserve today.  Yellen, 67, who has been the Fed...
Monday, October 07, 2013

TVA Considers Building Two Small Modular Reactors

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At Old Clinch River Breeder Reactor Site The Tennessee Valley Authority is working with Babcock & Wilcox and Bechtel Corporation to te...
Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Natural Gas Combustion Turbines

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1. Air Intake When the unit is put into operation, air is pulled in from outside and compressed. 2. Combustion Chamber This compres...
Monday, September 30, 2013

EPA Listening Sessions on CO2 Reduction From Power Plants

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UPDATE: EPA GHG Listening Sessions CANCELLED – The EPA was scheduled to begin 11 public listening sessions across the country this week i...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

Fracking Natural Gas Gathering Pipelines: UNREGULATED

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Thousands of miles of 'gathering lines' are now operating at high pressure to serve fracking operations, but regulators don't ...