Friday, August 29, 2014

Rail Deliveries of U.S. Oil Continue to Increase in 2014

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on Association of American Railroads Note: Values in graph represent monthly averag...

Obama Administration Appliance Efficiency Standards

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The Obama administration is working on new efficiency standards for seemingly every appliance but the kitchen sink.  The Department of E...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

New England Relies on Natural Gas & Hydro from Canada

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, from ISO New England Electric operators in New England have been both generating more...

NRC Approves Nuclear Waste Confidence Rule(s)

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) met today in an Affirmation Session and voted to approve a Nuclear Waste Confidence Rule tha...
Friday, August 22, 2014

NRC Should Vote On Nuclear Waste Conficence Rule on August 26

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) should not postpone its August 26 vote on the proposed rule on long-term nuclear-waste storage an...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Dominion Wildlife & Habitat Protection

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Biodiversity & Habitat Protection The protection of species and habitats on the lands, rights-of-way, and waterways around Domin...

Exelon - PEPCO Merger

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Chicago-based Exelon has filed an application with the Maryland Public Service Commission for approval to acquire Pepco Holdings, the D.C....
Friday, August 08, 2014

Mining Energy Production Large Part of State Economies

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Source: U.S. Commerce Department, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Regional Economic Accounts At the national level, establishments th...
Monday, August 04, 2014

Garden of Nede Tour

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Saturday, August 02, 2014

Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Carbon Dioxide

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In the 2014 Annual Energy Outlook (AEO2014), EIA projects that the price of oil will largely determine whether to use carbon dioxide (CO 2 ...
Friday, August 01, 2014

Average Electricity Price At All-Time High

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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the first time ever, the average price for a kilowatthour (KWH) of electricity in the Unit...
Thursday, July 31, 2014

Dr. Yujie Dong Visits United States

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Dr. Yujie Dong and his wife Amy Liu visited Washington, DC from July 26-31. This video shows them visiting sites around Washington, DC. on ...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Apple's Solar Powered Cloud

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Data centers require huge loads of electricity to maintain climatic conditions and run the servers carrying out billions of electronic...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

Champlain Hudson Power Express Environmental Impact Statement

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Champlain Hudson Power Express Transmission Line EIS The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is preparing an environmental impact state...
Friday, July 25, 2014

U.S. Dept of Transportation Proposes New Oil Tank Car Rules

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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is proposing to phase out thousands of railroad tank cars that carry crude oil within two years...

EDF and Google To Map Natural Gas Leaks

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The Environmental Defense Fund and Google's Earth Outreach program are going to map natural gas leaks in Boston, Indianapolis and New...
Monday, June 30, 2014

Flaring Fracking Gas

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Some oil companies are flaring gas and using diesel to fuel the pumps. Excess natural gas is burned off at a Bakken Shale site. Minne...
Monday, June 23, 2014

Supreme Court Puts Minor Limit on Obama EPA Global Warming Rule

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The Supreme Court on today placed a limit on one part of the Obama administration's global warming proposals.  Though narrowing one Cl...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Railroads Provide Majority of Coal To Utility Plants

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report Note: Sum of components may not equal 100% be...
Thursday, June 05, 2014

Concentrating Solar Power

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Solar  provided record-breaking growth and reached a total of more than 4,700 megawatts of new installed capacity  in 2013 and 2014 will ma...
Monday, June 02, 2014

EPA Proposes CO2 Regulations For Existing Power Plants

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Proposed Rule Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the Clean Power Plan proposal, which for the first time cuts car...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

President Obama West Point Speech Includes Global Warming

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President Obama at West Point May 28 The Center has been encouraging the Obama administration to utilize the Defense Department (DoD) ...
Friday, May 23, 2014

U.S. Wood Pellet Exports Double in 2013 in Response to Growing European Demand

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on U.S. International Trade Commission data Wood pellet exports from the Un...

Nuclear Power Reactor Decommissioning & Spent Fuel Storage Status

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Vermont Yankee In the last year, the owners of five nuclear power reactors have confirmed their early closure. Kewaunee, Crystal River 3...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Industrial Onsite Electricity Concentrated in Chemicals, Oil, and Paper Manufacturing

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Power Plant Operations Report and Electric Power Annual Onsite industrial genera...