Monthly Archives: April 2010
ARPA-E Moves Closer to Selecting Awards for Third Round of Funding Opportunities
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Big Wind Farm Off Cape Cod Gets Approval
BOSTON — After nine years of regulatory review, the federal government gave the green light on Wednesday to the nation’s first offshore wind farm, a fiercely contested project off the coast of Cape Cod. Michael Fein/Bloomberg Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announcing approval of the contentious wind farm project. Multimedia Opponents said they would […]
Deutsche Bank, RWE Raided in German Probe of CO2 Tax
April 28 (Bloomberg) — German prosecutors searched Deutsche Bank AG and RWE AG in a raid on 230 offices and homes nationwide to investigate 180 million euros ($238 million) of tax evasion linked to emissions trading. The Frankfurt Chief Prosecutor’s Office said it targeted 150 suspects at 50 companies and has frozen assets. Deutsche Bank, […]
Buildings Compete to Work Off the Waste: EPA hosts first national building competition to improve energy efficiency
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is sponsoring the first national energy efficiency contest of its kind, featuring 14 commercial buildings from across the country. While trimming kilowatt hours off is their bottom line, they’ll also save money and help fight climate change. The building that sheds the most energy waste on a […]
Reaping Power From Ocean Breezes
A wind farm off the coast of Copenhagen, Denmark. A similar project in Cape Cod awaits approval by the federal government. But despite a decade of efforts, not a single offshore turbine has been built in the United States. Experts say progress has been slowed by a variety of factors, including poor economics, […]
Solar Power to the People, With a Lot of Public Help
The Lagunitas School District in San Geronimo, Calif., spent nothing for its solar power installation, but the project’s developer tapped state subsidies and federal tax incentives. // By JIM WITKIN IT’S Earth Day, and among the many activities planned for students at the Lagunitas school campus, about 30 miles north of San […]
Calculating Water Use, Direct and Indirect
How much water do you use every day? Chris Gash Your household water meter only tells part of the story — what was directly used for washing, cooking and other tasks. But what about the water that was used to grow the food you ate for dinner? Or to manufacture the book you bought or […]
RPI Energy and the Environment
The research leaders who work, study, and innovate at Rensselaer share a common focus: unearthing new opportunities for solving the 21st century’s most challenging problems. Right now, more than 6.5 billion people are competing for the Earth’s dwindling supply of fossil fuels. By 2050, there will be 8-10 billion, and major advances in energy technology […]
NY State Decision Blocks Drilling for Gas in Catskills
New York State environmental officials announced on Friday that they would impose far stricter regulations on a controversial type of natural gas drilling in the upstate area that supplies most of New York City’s drinking water, making it highly unlikely that any drilling would be done there. Multimedia Map New York City Reservoir System Although […]
Edging Back to Nuclear Power
The construction site for the Southern Company’s Vogtle 3 and 4 reactors in Waynesboro, Ga. Regulators have received 17 applications from companies that want to build 26 new reactors. FOR the first time since the 1970s, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has announced a step that it once took routinely: appointing an inspector for a new […]
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