"Smart Grid: Digging The Foundations"
"President Obama's energy team is mandating up-front standards for smart grid technology to ensure that what is built by the disparate forces involved works and is efficient."
Source: SolveClimate, 07/07/2009
Energy & Fuel
"The Summer BBQ: Gas Or Charcoal?"
Summertime and the grilling is easy... but how environmentally friendly is it? Which type of grill is greener: gas or charcoal?
Source: Environment Report, 07/07/2009
"Incandescent Bulbs Return to Cutting Edge"
Tough new efficiency standards haven't killed the incandescent light bulb -- but instead are spurring inventors to make better ones.
Source: NYTimes, 07/07/2009
"Los Angeles Will End Use of Coal-Fired Power"
"Los Angeles will eliminate the use of electricity made from coal by 2020, replacing it with power from cleaner renewable energy sources, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said."
Source: Reuters, 07/03/2009
"Germany's Green-Energy Gap"
The offshore wind farms that were to replace Germany's nuclear and coal-fired power plants aren’t coming online quickly enough.
Source: IEEE Spectrum, 07/02/2009
Bills Seek Disclosure of "Fracking" Chemicals That May Threaten Drinking Wells
Proposed legislation would repeal a provision allowing secrecy over chemicals injected underground during high-tech gas drilling — such as benzene and toluene, which are known to be toxic.
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Coal-Waste Impoundment Database Offers Journalists a Tool
A cooperative effort of federal and state agencies, coal companies, and environmental groups, the database lists coal-waste impoundments in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
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EPA Relents, Releases List of 44 High-Hazard Coal-Ash Ponds
FOIA requests and Congressional pressure got the Obama administration to reverse its decision to withhold key information about dangers to communities from coal-ash ponds operated by electric utilities.
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"Should Renewable Energy Include Nuclear?"
"The US, China, and dozens of other countries are meeting [this week] in Egypt to chart the course of a new international agency aimed at promoting renewable energy."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 07/01/2009
"New Lighting Standards Announced"
"The Energy Department issued new standards for lighting that would save large amounts of energy by boosting the efficiency of fluorescent tubes common in office buildings and reflector lamps used in recessed fixtures in homes and retail stores."
Source: Wash Post, 06/30/2009
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