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Old Articles
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
· China's Real Challenge
Monday, July 14, 2008
· Wind Credit Blown Off Course
Friday, July 11, 2008
· Drilling Takes Center Stage
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
· Uni-Solar to Power GM Rooftop Solar System, World's Largest
· Battling Mercury
Monday, July 07, 2008
· LNG Concerns
Thursday, July 03, 2008
· Letters from Readers - July 7, 2008
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
· Heat of Battle
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
· Energy Efficiency Boom Makes Big Impact
Monday, June 30, 2008
· Cleaning the Transmission Process

Older Articles
Nuclear Energy's Presence 
Energy News

January 9, 2008

The nuclear sector's prospects got a little brighter over the holidays. Congress passed legislation to provide loan guarantees to lenders of up to $18.5 billion to facilitate the development of next generation nuclear plants. But the thorny issue of where to store the spent fuel remains unresolved, leaving nuclear operators no option but to store that radioactive material on site.

With the world focused on lessening the level of greenhouse gas emissions, the subject of nuclear energy is gaining increasing attention. Both proponents and opponents of the $18.5 billion earmark reacted to the news, with the former saying it would go a long way toward ushering in a new era of electricity generation while the latter saying it diverts valuable resources away from cleaner and safer forms of energy.

Posted by webmaster on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 @ 08:13:02 EST (378 reads)
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The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (HR6) 
Government News

New Energy Law to Phase Out Today's Common Incandescent Lamps, Probe-Start Metal Halide Ballasts

by Craig DiLouie, Lighting Controls Association
Posted January 2008

On December 19, President Bush signed H.R. 6, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, into law.

The legislation is the result of a year-long legislative process that resulted in several modifications before congressional passage in December, and a final product that would receive White House support.

Posted by webmaster on Monday, January 07, 2008 @ 13:48:39 EST (644 reads)
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Energy Bill Focuses on Fuel Efficiency 
Government News

January 7, 2008

For the second time in three years, Congress has passed a comprehensive energy measure that the president has signed into law. The overarching aim is to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil. While the bill had bi-partisan support, it has still been criticized by both the right and left as harmful to the economy and giving short shrift to green fuel sources, respectively.

With the blessing of automakers, the new law will increase the minimum fuel-efficiency for passenger vehicles for the first time in 32 years from an average of 25-miles per gallon now to 35-miles per gallon in 2020. That, in turn, could help trim this country's use of foreign oil supplies by 1.1 million per barrels a day that equates to more than half of the oil exported by Kuwait and Venezuela.

Posted by webmaster on Monday, January 07, 2008 @ 08:47:45 EST (336 reads)
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Coal Town Gets New Light 
Energy News

January 4, 2008

A small central Illinois town got some big news: It has been chosen as the site to build a 21st Century power plant that advertises itself as virtually emissions free and able to sequester and bury carbon dioxide that contributes to global warming.

"FutureGen" -- as the project is known -- won't come cheap. It's a nearly $2 billion investment funded mostly by American taxpayers, and roughly double that of the early estimates. In the end, though, proponents say that it is an essential undertaking, noting that coal is used to produce the preponderance of this country's electric generation and that every effort must be made to make it cleaner. It's particularly true as the global community grapples with how to reduce heat trapping emissions.

Posted by webmaster on Friday, January 04, 2008 @ 10:20:28 EST (475 reads)
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Michigan GREEN Awarded $500,000 Grant by MPSC 
Michigan Green News

Dec 14th, 2007

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has awarded Michigan GREEN (Group for a Renewable Energy Efficient Nation) a $500,000 grant from its Low-Income Energy Efficiency Fund to organize, implement, and complete a low-income energy efficiency project.

This Michigan GREEN grant will fund the purchase and distribution of energy saving kits to low-income multifamily facilities throughout Michigan. The kits, specifically designed for apartments, will contain items such as compact fluorescent lamps, LED nightlights, energy/water saving showerheads and faucet flow moderators.

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Letters From Readers - January 3, 2008 
Food For Thought
Below are a few letters we received on topics that appeared in the past few weeks. They capture the essence of how many readers say they feel.
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Bali: A New Beginning 
Energy News

January 2, 2008

It may be the final stretch of the Bush presidency. But it's just the beginning of new discussions to achieve more aggressive greenhouse gas cuts -- ones that would reach beyond the Kyoto Protocol that ends in 2012.

Talks among 192 nations ended last month in Bali, Indonesia that lay out a broad framework by which they would cut their heat trapping emissions. While no hard targets were set, the agreement does compel all nations to negotiate more precisely their plans beginning in 2009. For their part, developing countries such as India and China that have increasing emissions would receive assistance from richer nations as well as easier access to Western technologies to increase power plant efficiencies and reduce auto emissions.

Posted by webmaster on Wednesday, January 02, 2008 @ 11:21:08 EST (387 reads)
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