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Proposed EPA Changes Add Just $7 To Cost Of Cars

Christopher DeMorro — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:50:06 +0000

A new study suggests that it would only cost automakers about $7 per car to comply with the EPA’s new regulations.

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Coal Cooling Towers Come Crashing Down (VIDEOS)

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:30:30 +0000

As clean energy options like wind and solar grow around the world, coal-fired power plants are being shut down. Perhaps the most deadly industry in the history of humankind (one of the deadliest, at least) is losing to clean wind and clean solar in the US, Europe, and elsewhere. Capturing that in a unique way,

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EPA Takes Historic Step, Issues Clean Air Act Limits on CO2 Emissions from New Power Plants

Andrew — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:14:32 +0000

Senate Republicans, and four Democrats, squashed the Obama administration and supporting Democratic senators' effort to eliminate ongoing oil and gas industry subsidies this week, but the US EPA took the historic step of issuing the nation's first carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution standard for new power plants

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EV in a Frightening Chinese Haze

Breath on the Wind — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:59:41 +0000

Imagine confusion, trying to navigate streets in a Chinese haze where you can't see across the street. It is like being in a dense fog where you are afraid to breath. Street signs are invisible even if you could understand them. Crossing the street on foot is more a matter of trust or hope than observation. The situation is in many ways similar to our gaze into a murky transportation future. "Is that an EV or a too silent hybrid bearing down on us out of the gloom? Do we hear the clatter of a diesel engine approaching or is that a familiar gasoline powered car about to run us over?" An unknown future creates anxiety

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How Old Are US Power Plants?

Elizabeth Smyth — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:34:43 +0000

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), about 530 gigawatts, or 51% of all generating capacity, were at least 30 years old at the end of 2010. The U.S. fleet of electric power generators has a very wide range of ages, dependent on technology type

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Bailout Money to Finance America’s Largest School District Solar Power System

Mridul Chadha — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:00:20 +0000

Mount Diablo Unified School District has awarded a 30-year contract to SunPower to execute America’s largest school district solar power system. SunPower is responsible for the design, installation and maintenance of the solar power systems which will staggered across 51 schools in the district. The power system, with a capacity of 11.2 MW, will potentially

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World Bank Giving More to Clean Energy, but Also to Fossil Fuels

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:30:22 +0000

The World Bank has been talking more and more about focusing its support on clean energy projects, and apparently it has been putting much more into clean energy lately. “The World Bank’s lending for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects increased by 300 percent between fiscal year 2007 and fiscal year 2010, to a record

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