The Energy Collective Daily: Unsurprising News: Unshielded Radiation Levels Inside Fukushima Unit 2 Are Extremely High

Unsurprising News: Unshielded Radiation Levels Inside Fukushima Unit 2 Are Extremely High | The Energy Collective Daily

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• Unsurprising News: Unshielded Radiation Levels Inside Fukushima Unit 2 Are Extremely High
• Iranian Oil Will Not Be Stopped By Trump
• Oil Companies, Corrupt Governments to Benefit as Congress Guts Transparency Rule
• MEPs Will Fight Brexit Deal that Lets the UK Become an Offshore Pollution Haven
• Texas Leaders Can Use Clean Energy to Increase Investments and Create Jobs. Here’s How
• New Report from DoE-Sponsored Workshop on Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Infrastructure
• U.S. Coal Production and Coal-Fired Electricity Generation Expected to Rise in Near Term

Unsurprising News: Unshielded Radiation Levels Inside Fukushima Unit 2 Are Extremely High Posted: 08 Feb 2017 11:00 PM PST NEWS FLASH: Radiation levels measured inside the containment and shielding of a damaged nuclear reactor are HIGH. That is about as unexpected as finding out that the temperatures inside a coal-fired furnace are high enough to cause instant death to any unprotected living creature, including human beings. Click headline for full article

Iranian Oil Will Not Be Stopped By Trump Posted: 08 Feb 2017 10:00 PM PST Despite new sanctions by the Trump Administration and an escalating war of words regarding its ballistic missile program, Iran is continuing to push ahead with plans to maintain oil production at around 3.8 million bpd, the level agreed upon at the November OPEC meeting last year. Click headline for full article

Oil Companies, Corrupt Governments to Benefit as Congress Guts Transparency Rule Posted: 08 Feb 2017 09:00 PM PST On February 3, the Republican-led Senate used an obscure procedural tool to end a bipartisan provision meant to fight corruption and overseas oil bribery, a rule opposed by Rex Tillerson as head of ExxonMobil. Click headline for full article

MEPs Will Fight Brexit Deal that Lets the UK Become an Offshore Pollution Haven Posted: 08 Feb 2017 08:00 PM PST The European Parliament has indicated it will not accept a Brexit deal that will let the UK have lower environmental standards than the EU, writes Charlotte Burns (@EUrefEnv), Senior Lecturer Environmental Policy at the University of York. If only because this would put EU manufacturers and farmers at a competitive disadvantage. Click headline for full article

Texas Leaders Can Use Clean Energy to Increase Investments and Create Jobs. Here’s How Posted: 08 Feb 2017 07:00 PM PST It’s that time again. Texas leaders are meeting in Austin for the 85th Legislative Session and the next five months will be an interesting wrestling match over human rights, voting rights, bathroom rights, and local rights. Click headline for full article

New Report from DoE-Sponsored Workshop on Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Infrastructure Posted: 08 Feb 2017 06:00 PM PST A new report on siting and regulating carbon capture, carbon dioxide (CO2) pipelines, and other associated infrastructure needed for deployment of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and other geologic storage was recently published by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The report is timely given the emphasis of the new Administration and Congress on our nation’s infrastructure and domestic energy production. Click headline for full article

U.S. Coal Production and Coal-Fired Electricity Generation Expected to Rise in Near Term Posted: 08 Feb 2017 05:00 PM PST Coal production in the United States totaled 739 million short tons (MMst) in 2016, an 18% decline from 2015 and the lowest level of coal production since 1978. Because nearly all coal produced in the United States is used to generate electricity, coal production and coal-fired electricity generation are closely connected.