Slashed sulfur content in gasoline coming in 2017?
In March, the EPA released a proposal aimed at reducing sulfur content from gasoline by more than 60 percent starting in 2017. The goal is to significantly reduce emissions and improve air quality, hopefully reducing respiratory related deaths and illnesses. While sulfur itself isn’t horribly polluting, it interferes with a car’s emissions control system, thereby allowing more toxins to escape …
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Obama urges Congress to support $2 billion toward electric cars
President Obama is passionate about fueling America away from gasoline and into electric cars. He recently urged Congress to support spending $2 billion over the next decade to advance technologies in biofuels and electric cars. This follows the President’s commitment to green energy, which he made a top priority in his second inaugural address. This initiative would be supported by revenue …
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Green incentives tainted by black slime
By Kathryn Morrison
Slimy black liquor is a by-product of the wood pulping process, and is a common energy source used to power paper mills. This sludge drowns requirements for clean energy in Maryland and DC and has diverted billions of dollars in cash from the refundable tax credit intended for wind and solar over the past few years.
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Alternate Energy shines light on Hawaii solar incentives
Hawaii has the highest electricity costs of any state in the country. This fact, combined with their ample sunshine, makes Hawaii an ideal place to use solar power. Our friends at Alternate Energy recently released data that explains tax credits and incentives for making the switch to solar in Hawaii. Their graphics also point out some interesting differences in …
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Hagel: Up for the challenge of leading the Pentagon?
President Obama’s nomination of former Republican Senator of Nebraska Chuck Hagel for secretary of defense has raised some eyebrows. Hagel’s reputation as a climate change skeptic has some concerned that his leadership in the Pentagon would possibly hinder the goals and pledges by military branches to drastically increase use of renewables in the near future. Politico’s Darren Samuelsohn writes “Liberals …
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Obama & Biden Move Climate Policy to Forefront
President Obama made it abundantly clear in his second inaugural address that climate policy is at the top of his agenda for the next four years. The White House has released a statement announcing plans to modernize 75 percent of federal buildings to increase their efficiency. The administration also plans to implement incentives for Americans to increase their own energy …
Read More2 Degrees of Separation
Lawmakers may be trying to create policies to improve our climate issues and reduce global warming, but it isn’t happening fast enough. Our climate change could be an endgame, according to Thomas Lovejoy, a professor of science and public policy at George Mason University. Negotiators have set a climate change cap of 2-degrees Celsius, meaning their protocols would only allow …
Read MorePresident Obama Tackles Global Warming in Inaugural Address
The Obama administration reportedly has developed a plan of action to to slow climate change that the President believes is causing devastating drought, fires and storms. The President reportedly has personally committed to seeking public support. If the administration is able to enact the broad reaching and impacting plan, who, besides natural gas, would be the winners? And who, besides gas and …
Read MoreRFS: Friend or Foe?
As Americans have been filling up the gas tanks this holiday season, are they paying more or less because of the Renewable Fuel Standard? The RFS, passed in 2005 under the Bush administration, requires petroleum companies to put a specified amount of ethanol into gasoline. The regulation was designed to make the U.S. less dependent on foreign oil while supporting …
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The stagnation that never was leaves LNG importers in a bind
A few years ago, energy experts agreed that the US would need to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) to compensate for the rise in domestic consumption countered with stagnating supply levels.
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