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EPA Unveils Carbon-Reduction Regulations
About half of all the electricity generated in the United States comes from coal-fired power plants. Photo by Rennett Stowe, courtesy of WikimediaCommons. Regulations target reducing carbon emissions...
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Game-changing EPA Rules Put Loyalty of Some to the Test, Applauded by Others
Photo by Tony Cadwalader Natural gas, nuclear and alternatives will likely see the largest boost by the EPA’s regulations It’s time to sift through the fallout from the Obama Administrations...
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Solar Continues to Rise, But Int’l Trade War Harms Markets and Environment
A worker in China scampers along a solar array. Photo courtesy of WikimediaCommons. U.S. solar installations climb while the U.S.-China solar tariff war creates protectionist barriers The United States...
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Accord Reached Avoiding Delays for Big Norwegian Offshore Oil & Gas Projects
Seadrill West Epsilon Jack-up drilling rig at Bergen Group Rosenberg shipyard outside Stavanger, Norway. Photo by Lars Christopher Nøttaasen from May 2009, courtesy of WikimediaCommons. Working...
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Friday Energy News Dump — Triple Crown Edition: The Race Is On at Big Sandy
Union Rags and jockey John Velazquez on the inside. Paynter (9) and Mike Smith 2nd, Atigun (4) and Julien Leparoux 3rd, in the 2012 Belmont Stakes. Photo by Mike Lizzi, courtesy of WikimediaCommons....
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State Dept. Revises Key Injury, Fatality Numbers from Hauling Oil Upward
BNSF eastbound oil train in Bad Rock Canyon. Empties making the return trip to North Dakota for more Bakken oil. Near Columbia Falls Mont. Photo taken Jan. 5, 2013 by Roy Luck, courtesy of...
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Tit-for-Tat Moves Over Oil Rig Increase Territorial Tensions on The South...
Map of the South China Sea, with nine-dotted lines highlighted in green showing rough territorial borders, from 1988, from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Courtesy of WikimediaCommons. Discord...
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Solar Energy Is On The Verge of Disrupting the Status Quo and Changing the...
Solucar PS10 is the first solar thermal power plant based on tower in the world that generate electricity in a commercial way. Photo provided by Solucar PS10, courtesy of WikimediaCommons. Solar energy...
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Everything Old Is New Again: It’s the Friday Energy News Dump — Iraq 2014...
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Darren Vogt, assigned the 1st Battalion 66th Armor Regiment, performs perimeter security in an area where a recent insurgent attack took place on an Iraqi oil pipeline near Taji....
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Brazil: World Cup Brings a Spike in Energy Use, Leaves a Huge Carbon Footprint
Brazilians gather to watch the 2010 World Cup. Photo by Marcello Casal Jr., courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Brazil is uniquely capable of providing the energy needs for the World Cup, but the event...
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Wind Generates New Record In Texas
Image courtesy of the U.S. Energy Information Agency Texas see surge in wind generating, underpinning overall boost The U.S. Energy Information Agency reports Texas has reached new levels of wind...
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Study: Solar Panel Costs Likely To Rise Sharply In U.S. By 14% Because Of...
The American and Chinese flags stand at center table before a meeting between U.S. and Chinese delegates for a meeting at the Pentagon, from Aug. 23, 2012. This Image was released by the United States...
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Lifting Oil Export Ban May Be Boon For Dispirited Economy, Cover For Obama
A pumpjack doing its work in South Texas near the Eagle Ford shale play. Photo by Tony Cadwalader. Limited modified hangout by U.S. allows opening for oil exports Perhaps it is a grudging concession by...
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Contrary to Conventional Wisdom — It’s The Friday Daily Energy News Dump
“Patent puffs to raise the wind or Dandy steam packets on contrary Jacks!” Print shows three men attempting to power their bicycles by means of flatulence, London 1819. An etching from the British...
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Converting Biodiesel Waste Into A Valuable Chemical to Clean the Environment
Interactions of nanoparticles with biological molecules are facilitated by ligands on nanoparticle surfaces. Rice University scientists discovered a palladium and gold nanocatalyst that is about 10...
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