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Backyard Birders Help Monitor Oil Spill Impact

Administrator — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:05:05 +0000

Oil-soiled Gulf is major flyway for shore and migratory birds
Barbara Vinson has a backyard of birds.
Some of them, like the Purple Martin, nest on her property in Central Texas and spend the winter in South America.
Their journey takes them through the Gulf of Mexico. Vinson is heartsick about the oil contaminating the Gulf of Mexico [...]

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Rights Groups, Victims Seek More Damages in Ivory Coast Toxic Dumping Case

Administrator — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:29:46 +0000

However, they have welcomed a Dutch ruling fining an oil trading company, Trafigura, over the 2006 dumping of toxic waste…

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Storm Forces Evacuation of Gulf Oil Well Site

Administrator — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:51:44 +0000

U.S. officials ordered vessels to move away from the path of the storm to ensure the safety of the crews and equipment being used to cap the damaged well…

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FTA Study: $77.7 Billion Needed to Bring Nation’s Rail and Bus Transit Systems into ‘State of Good Repair’

Administrator — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:34:53 +0000

2010 Review Expands Upon Earlier Survey; Provides More Complete Assessment of Repair Backlog of Nation’s Transit Systems…

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BP Gaining Confidence on Seal for Gulf Oil Well

Administrator — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:53:41 +0000

have expressed growing confidence that an undersea oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has stopped leaking after spewing oil for nearly three months…

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The Economic, Employment, Energy Security, and Environmental Impact of the Proposed American Power Act

Administrator — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:56:30 +0000

A new study by Peterson Institute for International Economics provides a first comprehensive assessment of draft legislation’s ability to achieve these goals…

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DOE Offers $1.45 Billion Loan Guarantee to Abengoa Solar

Administrator — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:57:28 +0000

to finance the construction and start-up of a concentrating solar power (CSP) generating facility in Solana, Arizona…

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Oil Spill Halts Fishing off US Coast of Gulf of Mexico

Administrator — Sat, 29 May 2010 19:00:45 +0000

The areas under the suspension include waters off the coasts of southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the panhandle of Florida…

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Gulf Oil Spill Shuts Down 50 Percent of Louisiana’s Oyster Production

Administrator — Sat, 29 May 2010 18:55:37 +0000

Louisiana’s seafood industry is suffering losses estimated in the millions…

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EPA Releases More Electric Utility Plans to Improve Safety of Coal Ash Impoundments

Administrator — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:47:18 +0000

EPA releasing action plans developed by 16 electric utility facilities with coal ash impoundments, describing measures being taken making impoundments safer

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Restoring the Chesapeake Bay

Administrator — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:44:29 +0000

the Federal Government to strengthen programs to protect the Bay and to work together to make a clean Bay a reality. We were joined by a number of local groups who are working hard to restore the Chesapeake and its tributaries

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Homestar Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program

Administrator — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:13:40 +0000

the President called on Congress to pass a program of incentives for homeowners who make energy efficiency investments in their homes.

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EIA has released 12 new State Rankings pages that display charts and maps

Administrator — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:15:48 +0000

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 [...]

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U.S. Postal Service Advances Toward Sustainable Future

Administrator — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:50:42 +0000

As part of its sustainability and environmental leadership, the U.S. Postal Service voluntarily conducted an inventory of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions…

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Climate Change Triggered Dwarfism in Soil-Dwelling Creatures of the Past

Administrator — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:11:37 +0000

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…

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Life in Transition: National Science Foundation Awards Grants to Study Connections Among Living Systems and Earth’s History

Administrator — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:43:13 +0000

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?

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U.S. EPA to spend more than $50 Million to address DDT, PCBs off Southern California Coast

Administrator — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:34:09 +0000

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 [...]

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Sulfuric Acid Manufacturer Agrees to Spend $30 Million to Resolve Clean Air Violations

Administrator — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:26:08 +0000

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

Administrator — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:01:54 +0000

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

Administrator — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:54:03 +0000

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

Administrator — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:48:18 +0000

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

Administrator — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:36:44 +0000

Salazar identifies ecologically sound timber sales under the Northwest Forest Plan that can get wood to the mills over the coming months…

Human Role as Climate Change Impacts Accelerate Reinforced

Administrator — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:29:12 +0000

Report confirms not only that human activity is the primary cause of rising temperatures, but that climate change impacts are accelerating…

Recovery Act Announcement: DOE Announces Recovery Act Funding of up to $85 million for Algal and Advanced Biofuels

Administrator — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:11:25 +0000

DOE is bring together leading scientists and engineers from universities, private industry, and government to develop new methods to bring new biofuels to market…

NASA Airborne Expedition Chases Arctic Sea Ice Questions

Administrator — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:04:00 +0000

NASA completed its flight as part of an expedition to study the receding Arctic sea ice and improve understanding of the long-term stability of the Arctic ice cover…