EIA has released 12 new State Rankings pages that display charts and maps
EIA has released 12 new State Rankings pages that display charts and maps ordered by data value. The rankings cover energy production, consumption, and price, as well as carbon dioxide emissions from electric power plants, as follows:
Total Energy Production
Crude Oil Production
Natural Gas Marketed Production
Coal Production
Total Net Electricity Generation
Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Electric Power Producers
Total Energy [...]
U.S. Postal Service Advances Toward Sustainable Future
As part of its sustainability and environmental leadership, the U.S. Postal Service voluntarily conducted an inventory of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions…
Climate Change Triggered Dwarfism in Soil-Dwelling Creatures of the Past
Ancient soil-inhabiting creatures decreased in body size by nearly half in response to a period of boosted carbon dioxide levels and higher temperatures, scientists have discovered…
Life in Transition: National Science Foundation Awards Grants to Study Connections Among Living Systems and Earth’s History
What expectations about the direction and magnitude of planetary change can be drawn from an understanding of how living world has and is shaping Earth’s climate?
U.S. EPA to spend more than $50 Million to address DDT, PCBs off Southern California Coast
Agency selects cleanup remedy for Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected a cleanup strategy for the Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund Site, where a large area on the ocean floor off the Palos Verdes peninsula is contaminated with DDT and PCBs.
The site, off the coast of Los Angeles , stretches from [...]
Sulfuric Acid Manufacturer Agrees to Spend $30 Million to Resolve Clean Air Violations
Under a settlement filed today in federal court in New Orleans , Mosaic will install state-of-the-art pollution control equipment, upgrade existing controls and make multiple modifications to its operating procedures to meet new, lower sulfur dioxide emission limits at its Uncle Sam facility.
Wal-Mart Holds Grand Reopening of Store Featuring LED Parking Lot Site Lighting
The Wal-Mart Superstore, the first retail store to feature light-emitting diode (LED) parking lot site lighting, based on specifications developed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Retailer Energy Alliance, will reopen on July 15, 2009, in Leavenworth, Kansas. The Superstore will serve as a test site to determine the viability of expanding LED parking [...]
Joint U.S.-China Building Efficiency Planned
Under the agreement, the United States and China will exchange experts and technicians to learn from each other’s experiences with efficient building technologies…
DOE Announces Nearly $14 Million to go to 28 New Wind Energy Projects
New DOE Study Shows U.S. Leads the World in Wind Energy Capacity
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the selection of 28 new wind energy projects for up to $13.8 million in funding – including $12.8 million in Recovery Act funds. These projects will help address market and deployment challenges including [...]
Interior Withdraws Plan for Oregon Forests, Presses For Sustainable Timber Harvests
Salazar identifies ecologically sound timber sales under the Northwest Forest Plan that can get wood to the mills over the coming months…
