Decisions on Nuclear Plant Construction, FERC Directive Could Affect Grid’s...
Over the last decade, market upheavals and the technological advances underpinning them have placed pressure on existing electric generation units and driven deployment of non-baseload generation,...
View ArticleEPA Issues New Source Rules, Separates Requirements for Coal and Gas-Fired...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a long-awaited revised proposal for Clean Air Act standards to curb carbon pollution from new power plants. The rule sets separate standards for...
View ArticleLeadership Change in the White House
Heather Zichal, President Barack Obama’s top energy and climate adviser, announced plans this week to step down. Zichal has advised the president since 2008 and assisted in the creation of his Climate...
View ArticleEIA: Carbon Emissions Decline
In 2012, energy-related carbon emissions in the United States declined 3.8 percent even as global carbon dioxide emissions rose 1.4 percent, according the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)....
View ArticleReport: Current Efforts to Slow Global Warming Not Sufficient
Days before world leaders meet in Warsaw, Poland, for the latest United Nations Climate Change Conference, a new report warns that the opportunity to limit global temperature increases to 2 degrees...
View ArticleEIA Releases Early Predictions from Annual Energy Outlook
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Monday released a 20-page preview of its Annual Energy Outlook 2014, which includes projections of U.S. energy supply, demand and prices through 2040....
View ArticleObama Doesn’t Need Congress to Move Forward on Clean Energy
A week before President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, a new report says Obama could advance key measures of his Climate Action Plan with or without the cooperation of Congress. “When they...
View ArticleBudget Provides Blueprint for Climate, Energy Goals
President Barack Obama unveiled his 2015 budget proposal Tuesday, outlining his spending and policy priorities for the upcoming year. In it, President Obama earmarked funding for both his Climate...
View ArticleReports, Website Document Effects of and Need for Dialogue on Climate Change
Last year, carbon dioxide briefly passed the 400 parts per million milestone. Now, says Ralph Keeling of the Scripps Institution for Oceanography, we’re on track to “see values dwelling over 400 in...
View ArticleAir Pollution Now Top Environmental Health Risk
New analysis from the World Health Organization (WHO) links exposure to air pollution to roughly 7 million deaths annually. The report confirms that air pollution is now the world’s largest...
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