Tag: Energy
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Wind Surpasses Nuclear: Proof Positive Renewables Can Power the Planet
EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE — China’s overall wind energy resource is staggering. Harvard researchers estimate that China’s wind generation potential is 12 times larger than its 2010 electricity consumption …
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Yet Another University Entangled with the Fracking Industry
FOOD & WATER WATCH — The University of Tennessee should not join the world of frackademica, and instead, should seek out research opportunities that can help wean the U.S. off its fossil fuel addiction and make clean, renewable energy …
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Three Coal-Fired Power Plants to Retire in Major Climate and Clean Energy Victory
SIERRA CLUB — Today a coalition of citizen groups, states and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a landmark settlement agreement with American Electric Power requiring AEP to stop burning coal by 2015 at three power plants in …
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BP Oil Spill Trial Begins Today: Will They Be Held Accountable?
OIL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL — For BP, all the wriggling and half-truths surrounding the spill have to stop. The oil giant has to finally come clean. “BP can hire all the smiling faces they can find for their commercials, but in court it’s a game-changer …
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Clean Energy Tech: PNNL Rolls Out Tech at ARPA-E
Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will exhibit their work at the 2013 Energy Innovation Summit of high-impact energy research funded by DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, or ARPA-E. The summit runs Feb. 25-27 at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. Below is an overview of PNNL research that…