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Posted: 03 Feb 2016 08:59 PM PST
The
Energy Collective is making a fresh start under new ownership. We hope
you – our readers and contributors, who over the years have turned The
Energy Collective in the high-quality website it is today – will
continue to support us in what we feel is an important pursuit. read more
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Posted: 03 Feb 2016 01:40 AM PST
Electricity
from competitive wholesale power markets keeps the lights on for
two-thirds of all Americans, but things may be about to change. 2016
will be a turning point for policymakers, clean energy providers, and
wholesale market operators to modernize America’s regulated wholesale
power markets. read more
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Posted: 03 Feb 2016 12:08 AM PST
Driven
mostly by a need to get local air pollution under control, China has
put a 2020 cap on coal emissions. Less economic emphasis is being put on
energy-intensive industries such as steel manufacturing and big
investment continues in renewables. read more
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Posted: 02 Feb 2016 11:13 PM PST
The
topic that dominated the public debate in Delhi during my visit was the
city government’s “odd-even scheme,” under which even (odd) numbered
cars were only allowed to hit the road on even-numbered dates. The
scheme was a pilot that lasted only for two weeks. read more
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Posted: 02 Feb 2016 10:00 PM PST
The
average natural gas spot price at the benchmark Henry Hub for December
2015 of $1.93 per million British thermal units was the lowest monthly
average since March 1999. EIA's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook expects
natural gas prices to rise, averaging $2.65/MMBtu in 2016 and
$3.22/MMBtu in 2017. read more
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Posted: 28 Jan 2016 03:00 AM PST
Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America. read more
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Posted: 28 Jan 2016 02:00 AM PST
More
than 40 years ago, a bipartisan Congress enacted - and President Nixon
signed into law - the Endangered Species Act. The Act effectively
declares that human beings have a moral obligation not to so
fundamentally alter the Earth that we drive other native species on our
planet extinct, recognizing that what affects the web of life will
inevitably affect us too.
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Posted: 27 Jan 2016 03:00 AM PST
There
are a number of visionary sections of the book that appeal to me.
However, I was not surprised to find out that the book takes a strong
position in opposition to nuclear energy. I’ve long been aware of S.
David Freeman, his career in the electricity production enterprise, and
his forty-fifty year old position on nuclear energy.
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Posted: 26 Jan 2016 02:00 AM PST
The
science is clear; the oceans are saving us from catastrophe and have
the capacity to continue to do so if their ability to produce energy
through ocean thermal energy conversion and to absorb heat at depth is
fully exploited. No other replacement for fossil fuels alleviates the
escalating problem of ocean heat and in fact virtually all other
suggested energy alternatives exacerbate this problem. read more
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Posted: 25 Jan 2016 03:00 AM PST
As
a native of South Florida, I’ve probably logged at least a million
miles driving on its interstate and U.S. highways. Most Americans have
probably had at least a small taste of that experience.
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Posted: 25 Jan 2016 02:00 AM PST
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Posted: 22 Jan 2016 03:00 AM PST
Whenever
I hear that environmental protection is a partisan issue, I'm reminded
of New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's famous statement that there
is no Democratic or Republican way to pick up the garbage. The provision
of clean air, safe drinking water, solid waste management and flood
control are all basic public services that people who pay taxes expect
to receive. Too bad the folks running Flint, Michigan, and the state of
Michigan didn't get that memo. It's also too bad that the federal
Environmental Protection Agency sat on the sidelines and allowed
Michigan to damage Flint's water supply. read more
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Posted: 21 Jan 2016 03:00 AM PST
Desert-Sky-Wind-Farm
wikipedia2015 proved to be another weird weather year around the
country, especially for Texas. 80 degrees and dry in Austin on Christmas
Day, spring wildflowers in bloom, and kids playing outside in shorts – a
surprise ending to a wild ride of drought followed by devastating
floods followed by drought and then more floods. read more
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Posted: 20 Jan 2016 03:00 AM PST
Lithium
accounts for only about 5% of the materials in some car batteries, and
for less than 10% of their cost. Worldwide sales of lithium salts are
only about $1 billion a year. read more
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Posted: 20 Jan 2016 02:00 AM PST
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People’s
Climate March, New York, 21 September 2014. Photo: istock/Andy Parker
What does gender have to do with climate change? It’s a question I often
hear when engaging with practitioners and policymakers. I am a
researcher who advocates for attention to gender to be integrated in
efforts to address climate change – in climate change mitigation, in
strategies to adapt to climate impacts, and in negotiations towards a
global climate change agreement. read more
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Posted: 19 Jan 2016 05:00 AM PST
Nuclear
abstract The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded two $6 million
cost sharing grants as the first installments of what could be, over
time, up to $80 million in funding for design work on advanced nuclear
reactors. read more
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Posted: 19 Jan 2016 04:00 AM PST
Many
advocates of unreliable power sources like wind and solar blithely toss
out the concept of “storage” as the panacea that makes their favored
energy sources viable competitors in the potentially lucrative business
of supplying on demand power. read more
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Posted: 19 Jan 2016 03:00 AM PST
The
Department of Energy (DOE) announced it will fund up to $220 million of
R&D projects to modernize America’s aging power grid infrastructure
over the next three years. Accompanying this, DOE released its ¨Grid
Modernization Multi-Year Program Plan¨ (MYPP), a strategic blueprint
that informs and guides a national R&D agenda involving a consortium
of DOE National Laboratories. read more
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Posted: 19 Jan 2016 02:00 AM PST
Solar
customers in Nevada are taking legal action against NV Energy in
response to controversial changes to the state's net metering program.
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Posted: 18 Jan 2016 02:00 AM PST
A roundup of nuclear news as of January 17th. read more
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