Tuesday, September 30, 2014

China and India Put Economy Before Climate Change

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Indian leaders did not attend the climate meetings at the UN in New York last week, but they did push back on President Obama’s plea for ...

Department of the Interior Releases Desert Renewables Plan

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The Department of the Interior released a draft Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan ( DRECP ) last week. The plan is a landscape-sca...
Friday, September 26, 2014

Aviation and Climate Change

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Aviation emissions are small compared with emissions from road transport and electricity generation, but are potentially large compared wi...

District Department of the Environment Approves First Stormwater Retention Credit Trade

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The District Department of the Environment (DDOE) has approved a trade of 11,013 Stormwater Retention Credits (SRCs). This trade, valued ...
Thursday, September 25, 2014

Obama Seeks $900 Million For Land & Water Conservation Fund

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The Obama administration is pushing Congress to triple the amount of money available for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which offi...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

President Obama Climate Change Speech at the United Nations

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President Obama on Tuesday delivered a climate change speech at the United Nations, telling 125 leaders that they are “the last generatio...

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Monday, September 22, 2014

EPA Announces Grant Opportunities to Reduce Diesel Emissions at Ports

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Today, EPA announced the availability of up to $5 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions ...

People's Climate March

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  Biggest Climate Change Demonstration In History     On Sunday, the People's Climate March, which included a crowd es...

Obama To Address United Nations Climate Change Summit

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President Obama addresses 125 heads of state at a United Nations climate change summit on Tuesday, Sept 23, where he wants to lay the groun...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

EPA Phasing Out Chemical Coolant R-134a (Freon) Hydrofluorocarbons

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Today the Obama administration announced new steps to curb emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), potent greenhouse gases used in refrigera...
Thursday, September 04, 2014

Virginia Governor McAuliffe Supports Gas Pipeline Proposal

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Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), left, on Tuesday unveiled plans for a 550-mile natural gas pipeline through three states. A consortium of compan...
Tuesday, September 02, 2014

NRC Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Rule

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On Tuesday, August 26, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved a generic environmental impact statement that clears the way for sto...
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...