Last month, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approved the construction of the nation’s first offshore wind farm. He announced, “I am approving the Cape Wind project. This will be the first of many projects up and down the Atlantic coast.” On May 17, The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ruled that the Cape Wind Project [...]
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After 9-Year Battle, Federal Government Approves Cape Wind Project
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New York DEC Decision Raises Questions on Indian Point’s Future
Earlier this month, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) denied a water permit renewal to the Indian Point nuclear power plant, declaring that the plant’s method of drawing water to cool its towers violates the Clean Water Act. The DEC maintained that the plant’s water intake process destroys plankton, eggs and small [...]
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Carbon Reporting Software Market Set for Explosive Growth
According to a recently published report by Groom Energy Research, the market for carbon reporting software, known as Enterprise Carbon Accounting (ECA) software, is expected to increase seven-fold by 2011 as more firms begin measuring and reporting on their carbon emissions. While these programs allow a company to input its direct emissions data, they also [...]
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U.S. Energy Department Affirms Wind Power Potential
According to a study released by the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, wind could produce 20% of the electricity required by households and businesses in the eastern U.S. by 2024, although this would require a $90 billion investment in the power grid. “We can bring more wind power online, but if we don’t have [...]
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Getting Smarter - Smart Grid on the Rise
While the original electrical grid facilitated the industrial innovations of the 20th century, the smart grid will inspire the green advances of the 21st. “Without it, most of the other green technology won’t work,” says Ben Kortlang of KPCB, a Silicon Valley venture-capital firm. While technologies in fields such as communications and medicine have steadily [...]
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EPA Implements Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Rule
As per the new Environmental Protection Agency regulations, facilities that produce in excess of 25,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per year must begin to report their annual emissions to the EPA, effective January 1, 2010. Under this rule, only direct emissions occurring on the facility’s grounds are included in determining its total [...]
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New Natural Gas Supplies Delay Energy Crunch
Global supplies of natural gas may be much larger than once thought. Breakthrough technology in gas exploration and production has advanced much more rapidly than predicted, which will unlock vast fields of previously irretrievable fuel. A new process known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, which involves injecting liquids, sands, and chemicals underground to [...]
Senate Introduces New Cap-n-Trade Bill
Senators Boxer and Kerry introduced a Climate bill in the Senate that would require a 20% reduction in emmisions by 2020 from 2005 levels (the US House passed a version earlier this year). Reactions are mixed. Stay tuned for a busy Senate session this fall. Meanwhile the EPA moved forward with [...]
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Gore Pushes for Investment to Fight Climate Change
Former Vice President Al Gore urged U.S. lawmakers to pass President Obama’s proposed $816 billion economic stimulus package, saying it will boost the economy while “beginning to solve the climate crisis.”
“The plan’s unprecedented investments in four key areas — energy efficiency, renewables, a unified national energy grid and the move to clean cars — [...]
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The MPG Debate - GHG Emissions
What reduces emissions more?
A. Someone swapping their old SUV (which gets 12 miles per gallon) for a hybrid version (18 mpg) or;
B. someone upgrading their 25 mpg compact to a new 46 mpg Prius?
The surprising answer (for those who don’t work it out) is A. It’s easy enough to see why this is the case. [...]
