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On February 1st, President Obama announced a $28.4 billion budget request for the Department of Energy (DOE) to utilize in 2011, which includes $2.36 billion toward the new DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). As America shifts…
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Three influential corporations which were participating in America’s pro-climate bill recently resigned, attributing their exit to disapproval of presently discussed Congressional plans to cap greenhouse gases. BP America, Caterpillar, and ConocoPhillips state that their exit is due to biased cap-and-trade provisions, with coal-fired power plants to…
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G8 leaders have recently acknowledged the “broad scientific view that the increase in global average temperature above pre-industrial levels ought not to exceed 2˚C”. The group also committed to taking on a more persistent stance to diminish the use of super greenhouse gases hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), as well as “taking rapid action to address other significant climate forcing agents, such as black carbon”. Black carbon, a short term climate depleting…
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Today, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu publicized conditional loan guarantees offered by President Obama’s administration to support Beacon Power and Nordic Windpower, USA, totaling $59 million. Beacon Power, a power storage company, has been conditionally granted $43 million to sustain the construction of a 20 megawatt flywheel energy storage plant in Stephentown, NY which will help to deliver renewable energy dependably and securely…
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U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently publicized the approved funding of more than $80 million to expand state weatherization programs in Arizona, Kansas, Mississippi and Oregon. These funds are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act commenced by President Barack Obama to provide support and expansion for state renewable energy efforts…
