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Energy Now Blog Archive: January 2012

posted January 31, 2012

 

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RENEWABLES

Commerce Dept, siding with Solar World, finds “massive surge” of Chinese solar panel shipments ahead of potential US tariffs (via The Oregonian)

Tariffs on China...

posted January 30, 2012

 

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TRANSPORTATION

California sets landmark rules to cut auto emissions (via Reuters)

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posted January 27, 2012

 

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NUCLEAR

Revamped search urged for a nuclear waste site (via New York Times)

Is spent nuclear fuel really waste? (via New York Times)

RENEWABLES

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posted January 26, 2012

 

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RENEWABLES

US rivals accuse China of dumping solar panels (via Reuters)

SolarWorld seeking retroactive duties after China imports surge (via Bloomberg)

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posted January 25, 2012

 

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STATE OF THE UNION

Obama speech casts wide political net on domestic energy development plans (via The Hill)

Obama tells Congress he wants “all of the above” energy strategy (...

posted January 24, 2012

 

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NATURAL GAS

Feds slash natural-gas resource estimate; production to keep rising (via The Hill)

Water permits at 30-year high due to fracking in Kansas (via Topeka Capital-Journal)

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posted January 23, 2012

 

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OIL

EU bans Iranian oil, Tehran responds with threats (via Reuters)

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posted January 20, 2012

 

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EPA EMISSIONS RULES

EPA won’t promise final power plant carbon rules before 2012 elections (via The Hill)

Power companies can make mercury deadline: EPA’s McCarthy...

posted January 19, 2012

 

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KEYSTONE XL/OIL SANDS

Obama administration rejects Keystone XL pipeline (via Houston Chronicle)

TransCanada to re-apply...

posted January 18, 2012

 

 

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TRANSPORTATION

EU tells Clinton it won’t abandon carbon limits for airlines (via Reuters)

Natural gas highway dispensers planned nationwide (...

posted January 17, 2012

 

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POLITICS

Keystone, Solyndra and drilling on the menu as Congress returns from break (via The Hill)

CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS

Canadian city curious about effects of climate change...

posted January 16, 2012

 

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EMISSIONS/CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT

Beautiful struggle: Martin Luther King and the fight for the environment (via Grist)

California and Quebec working on joint carbon auction (via Platts)

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posted January 13, 2012

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RENEWABLES

Global solar capacity rose 54% to 28 gigawatts last year (via Bloomberg)

China’s renewables surge dampened by growth in coal consumption (via The Guardian)

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posted January 12, 2012

 

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RENEWABLES

Sempra, BP to invest $1 billion in US wind projects (via Los Angeles Times)

EU...

posted January 11, 2012

 

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TRANSPORTATION

Pope rep talks to Mercedes about more fuel-efficient Popemobile (via Autoblog Green)

Toyota Prius C brings hybrid economy to masses for under...

posted January 10, 2012

 

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ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS/CLIMATE

Carbon dioxide super scrubber? Potential good news in the global warming fight (via Christian Science Monitor)

Climate coverage goes cold (via...

posted January 9, 2012

 

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ENERGY EFFICIENCY

6 winter home improvement tips that will save energy and lower your bills (via Inhabitat)

OIL & GASOLINE

US refineries and blenders produced record amounts of distillate fuels in 2011 (...

posted January 9, 2012

In 2012, energyNOW! will be changing course. This week's episode (airing January 7th and 8th) will be our last 30-minute weekly show on Bloomberg TV.

Last year, the American Clean Skies Foundation (ACSF), the non-profit organization that has funded energyNOW! since the Fall of 2010, announced that it was restructuring its educational media program and would wind down its support for our weekly TV news magazine. In its place, however...

posted January 6, 2012

 

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OIL/GASOLINE

Halliburton denies destroying evidence in BP Gulf oil spill case (via Bloomberg)

Gasoline prices start the year at a high – and rising (via Los Angeles Times)

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posted January 5, 2012

In 2012, energyNOW! will be changing course. This week’s episode (to air January 7th and 8th) will be our last 30-minute weekly show on Bloomberg TV.

Last year the American Clean Skies Foundation (ACSF), the non-profit organization that has funded energyNOW! since the Fall of 2010, announced that it was restructuring its educational media program and would wind down its support for our weekly TV news magazine. In its place, however, the Foundation expects to...

posted January 5, 2012

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TRANSPORTATION

Delta, Lufthansa to pass EU’s carbon costs onto customers (via GreenBiz)

First Ford Focus electric heads to Google (via Autoblog Green)

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posted January 4, 2012

 

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TRANSPORTATION

Cancelling ethanol subsidy likely to raise the price of gas at the pump (via Autoblog Green)

AMP to bring Jeep Grand Cherokee to Detroit auto...

posted January 3, 2012

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RENEWABLES

After three decades, tax credit for ethanol expires (via New York Times)

Wind power hits 20% in 2 states (via John Hanger’s Facts of the Day)  

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posted January 2, 2012

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OIL

Global crude oil prices reach new heights(via Houston Chronicle)

US EIA: Strait of Hormuz world’s most important oil checkpoint; almost 20% of oil traded worldwide(via Green Car Congress)

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