Solar manufacturer Solyndra LLC, which received a federal loan guarantee just two years ago and was hailed by President Obama as an example of the “promise of clean energy,” has closed its doors and plans to file for bankruptcy, putting about 1,100 people out of work.
In a...
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NATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY SUMMIT
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The City of Alexandria says it has reached an agreement with GenOn Energy to permanently close the company’s coal-fired power plant on the Potomac River.
The 482-megawatt plant, which began operating in 1949, has been the source of controversy in the...
Companies that benefit from a U.S. program for high-risk, high reward energy concepts have reached a milestone for private financing. Vice President Joe Biden announced today at the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas that five more companies that received seed funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, or ARPA-E, in 2009 and 2010 have now attracted a a combined total of more than $100 million in outside private capital investment, joining six other companies...
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Greenpeace Executive Director Phil Radford was arrested outside the White House today during a protest against the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
energyNOW! producer Natalia Melia witnessed Radford’s arrest at the demonstration, which started August 20. The protestors want President Obama to block the pipeline project, which would bring crude from Canada’s oil-sands to oil refineries on the U.S. Gulf coast.
The U.S. State Department said last week the Keystone XL project doesn’t pose any major environmental risks, but the Obama administration has yet to...
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KEYSTONE XL
NASA's Hansen Explains Decision to Join Keystone Pipeline Protests (via...
Millions of people were hit with temporary power outages in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, but the East Coast's major energy infrastructure suffered minimal damage. One nuclear plant was partially knocked offline due to storm damage, another halted its reactor in anticipation of the storm, and one oil refinery closed down.
One unit at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant in Lusby, MD, shut down automatically Saturday night after a wind gust blew a piece of aluminum into a transformer, power company ...
This week, energyNOW! takes you inside Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the intricate web of life it supports. We also explain how the threats from pollution and climate change threaten the world's largest reef system and others across the globe.
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The U.S. State Department says the Keystone XL crude-oil pipeline project poses a low risk to the environment if it proceeds, according to the final environmental impact statement, released Friday. The proposed 1,700-mile pipeline would primarily carry crude from the “oil sands” region of Alberta to distribution points in the Central U.S. and shipping and refinery hubs on the Gulf coast of...
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CLIMATE/EMISSIONS/ENVIRONMENT
Refineries likely to shut as Hurricane Irene nears (via Fuel Fix)
California panel reaffirms carbon trading program (via The Los Angeles Times)
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KEYSTONE XL
State Department review to find pipeline impact ‘limited,’ sources say (via The Washington Post)
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Some of the nation's largest environmental groups are supporting a protest at the White House against the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline, the organizers of the demonstration said Wednesday.
The proposed 1,700-mile pipeline, which would bring crude extracted from oil sands in Alberta, Canada, to refineries and shipping hubs on the U.S. Gulf Coast, is under environmental review by the State Department. Once the public and other agencies...
Cooling pumps are working again at the North Anna nuclear power station, although the reactors remain powered down following Tuesday's earthquake, Dominion Power officials said Wednesday.
Dominion spokesman Richard Zuercher told energyNOW! News that outside power was restored to the plant late Tuesday, and reactor cooling pumps were started at each of its two reactors on Wednesday. The plant was using backup diesel generators in the aftermath of Tuesday's 5.8 magnitude...
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US NUCLEAR
East Coast Earthquake Shuts Nuclear Plant (via EnergyNOW!)
Quake raises safety concerns as nuclear plant shut (via Reuters)
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An East Coast earthquake forced an emergency shutdown at a Virginia nuclear power plant and triggered safety alerts at reactors in six states.
The 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Virginia at 1:51 p.m. Washington time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Dominion Resources Inc.’s North Anna nuclear plant, located 40 miles northwest of Richmond, Virginia, was cut off from the power grid after the earthquake.
The plant’s two nuclear reactors “shut...
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OIL/GASOLINE/DRILLING
Restoring Libyan oil output could take years (via MSNBC)
Scramble for access to Libya’s oil wealth begins (via The New York Times)
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OIL/GASOLINE/DRILLING
Brent Slides as Libyan Rebels Enter Tripoli; Premium to U.S. Crude Narrows (via Bloomberg)
I'm writing this as details of the latest terror attack on Israel, and the country's subsequent retaliation, are becoming clearer. In short, it seems a heavily armed group of terrorists crossed into the south of Israel from Egypt and opened fire on anyone they could find, killing several people. Israel almost immediately launched an airstrike on Gaza, what it says is the point of origin for the attack squad, and says Israeli soldiers chased down and killed seven of the terrorists.
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The U.S. Interior Department will hold its first oil and natural-gas lease sale for the Gulf of Mexico since the blowout of BP's Macondo deepwater well caused on of the nation's worst environmental disasters.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that the sale will take place Dec. 14 in New Orleans, some 20 months after the blowout that killed 11 rig workers and spilled oil into the Gulf for almost three months.
The 20.6 million-acre area off the coast of Texas includes...
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WIND/SOLAR/RENEWABLES
Number of green jobs fail to live up to promises (via The New York Times)
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This week, energyNOW! takes a close look at e-bikes, which allow bicyclists to go...
Supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline project are pitching TransCanada's proposed line linking Canadian oil sands to U.S. refineries and distribution centers as a job creation engine. Officials from the American Petroleum Institute, the International...
New fuel economy standards for heavy-duty trucks will save the U.S. $35 billion in fuel costs and conserve 98 million barrels of oil a year by 2035, according to the National Wildlife Federation.
The new standards, which will apply to new semi trucks, large pickups and other vehicles weighing more than 8,500 pounds, are also likely to eliminate 246 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over the life of these vehicles, the NWF said in a report released today.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation released the standards earlier this...
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OIL/GASOLINE/DRILLING
APNewsBreak: Oil sheen in Gulf, source unknown (via Associated Press)
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GOVERNMENT/REGULATIONS
Industry pressures Obama on smog rules during Midwest bus tour (via The Hill's E2 Wire)
OIL/GASOLINE/DRILLING
The University of Washington is this year’s “coolest school,” according to the Sierra Club’s latest ranking of U.S. colleges on their energy and environmental records.
Seattle-based UW won first place for having highly efficient buildings and appliances and using emission-free hydropower to meet 90 percent of its energy needs. UW is also “providing students and faculty with departments and programs that focus on environmental responsibility,” San Francisco-based Sierra Club said in a press release today.
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The Obama administration said it will spend as much as $510 million to develop biofuels for the U.S. Navy and for the commercial transportation industry.
The Navy will share the cost with the departments of Agriculture and Energy,...
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OIL/GASOLINE/DRILLING
Shell oil spill in North Sea has loosed 55,000 gallons so far (via Treehugger)
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OIL/GASOLINE/DRILLING
Federal judge throws out Obama drilling rules (via MSNBC)
Oil leak detected on North Sea platform (via The Independent)
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CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS
New Rules and Old Plants May Strain Summer Energy Supplies (via The New York Times)
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POLITICS
Reid predicts Upton won’t target EPA on ‘supercommittee’ (via The Hill's E2 Wire)
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CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS
Effects of Texas drought could be felt for years to come (via Environment 360)
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I was looking for a catchy title to ride along with this post on our coverage of The Israel Connection, and I couldn't just ignore The Doors' song. I mean, what other songs that include references to the sun are quite as poetic as Jim Morrison's? Well, let me think about that and come up with a few candidates later (though here's one off the top of my head). Anyway, my point here is that it's probably clearer to say that The Sun...
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CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS
Heat Defines the Country in July (via NOAA)
ICE to Shutter Chicago Climate Futures Exchange First Quarter of Next Year (via Bloomberg)
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CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS
Slowing climate change by targeting gases other than carbon dioxide (via Science Daily)
EPA seeks to ease carbon storage barriers (via The Hiil's E2 Wire)
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CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS
China to unveil plan for 17 percent carbon intensity cut by 2015 (via Business Green)
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Last Wednesday was a big milestone for people who care about public health and a livable climate. Two utilities announced the planned closure of nine coal plants.
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Today, in the UK, the world's oldest nuclear power plant shut down.
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The U.S. led the world in clean energy investment in 2011, but China retained the top spot in the latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index from Ernst & Young.
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