Monday, November 30, 2015

Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg & Richard Branson Form Breakthrough Energy Coalition

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A group of 28 investors, led by Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates, have unveiled an effort to help companies, including developing count...

USA & 19 Countries Pledge Increase in Clean Energy Fund

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President Obama and 19 world leaders at the United Nations’ climate change conference in Paris committed to double the amount of money they...
Saturday, November 07, 2015

President Obama (Warren Buffet) Rejects Keystone Pipeline

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President Obama on Friday rejected the application to build the Keystone XL Pipeline, ending the seven-year saga over the controversial p...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Court Issues Nationwide Stay of EPA Water Rule

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A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a nationwide stay  against the enforcement of a regulation issu...
Saturday, October 24, 2015

24 States Sue EPA Over President Obama's Coal Regulations

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A coalition of 24 states and a coal mining company filed lawsuits Friday to challenge President Obama’s climate change rule for power pla...
Monday, October 12, 2015

House Passes Bill To Lift Federal Prohibition on Crude Oil Exports

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The House on Friday approved a bill, sponsored by Joe Barton (R-TX), to lift the federal prohibition on crude oil exports. Lawmakers voted ...
Thursday, October 08, 2015

West Coast Petroleum Markets Differ by Supply, Demand, and Distribution

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Source:  U.S. Energy Information Administration,  PADD 5 Transportation Fuels Markets Note:  Gasoline supply includes ethanol. The ...
Wednesday, October 07, 2015

Let’s Modernize Our Environmental Laws

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Gregg Easterbrook makes some interesting observations in his New York Times Op Ed where he states: "Our major environmental laws are...

National Energy Action Month 2015

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In celebration of National Energy Action Month, President Obama issued this Presidential Proclamation.  Visit the  U.S. Department of Energy...
Tuesday, October 06, 2015

Justice Department Fines BP $20.8 Billion For Gulf Oil Spill

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The Justice Department has detailed a record-setting civil settlement with BP over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that will cos...
Monday, October 05, 2015

EPA Strengthens Ozone Standards

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has strengthened the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone...
Monday, August 31, 2015

Two Senate Energy Bills

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On July 30, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to send to the full Senate two energy bills that originated in the Co...
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Friday, August 28, 2015

Judge Blocks EPA Streams & Wetlands Rule

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Federal Judge Ralph Erickson of the District Court for the District of North Dakota acted late Thursday to block the Obama administration...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Fitch Report Says Hazy Outlook for U.S. Nuclear Power

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According to Fitch Ratings , cost and retirement of some plants will likely keep a cap on U.S. nuclear development into the mid term.    L...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

EPA Proposes Methane Reduction Rules For Natural Gas Wells

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Methane Molecule Formula Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed rules aimed at cutting methane emissions from oil and...
Monday, August 03, 2015

President Obama Issues New Climate Change Regulations

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The Obama administration has issued a climate change rule for power plants that requires electricity generators cut their carbon dioxide ...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

China Will Soon Surpass South Korea, Russia, and Japan in Nuclear Generating Capacity

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Source:  U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Atomic Energy Agency, World Nuclear Association Nuclear power currentl...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

Southern California Edison Should Reopen San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant

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PRESIDENT'S CORNER By Norris McDonald Norris McDonald at San Onofre in 2005 I first toured San Onofre Nuclear Generating Statio...