Tag: Energy
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New EPA Study Shows Largest Greenhouse Gas Emitters—Are They in Your Backyard?
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday released plant-by-plant data on 2011 emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping air pollutants. The data show once again that …
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87% of Seattle’s Large Buildings Now Tracking & Reporting Energy Use to City
“Seattle’s benchmarking program has helped many building owners who have never tracked energy use before better understand their building’s energy performance. Reporting the information to the city will help us improve and create programs to help owners upgrade their facilities to save energy and money,” said Jill Simmons, Director of the Seattle Office of Sustainability…
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Michigan’s 21 Million Gallon Frack Job: A National Record?
BAN MICHIGAN FRACKING — How much water is being used for Michigan’s frack industry is now proven to be obscenely underestimated. Michigan may have set a national record for allowing …
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Michigan’s 21 Million Gallon Frack Job: A National Record?
BAN MICHIGAN FRACKING — How much water is being used for Michigan’s frack industry is now proven to be obscenely underestimated. Michigan may have set a national record for allowing …
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Scientists Turn Toxic By-Product into Biofuel Booster
Scientists studying an enzyme that naturally produces alkanes — long carbon-chain molecules that could be a direct replacement for the hydrocarbons in gasoline — have figured out why the natural reaction typically stops after three to five cycles. Armed with that knowledge, they’ve devised a strategy to keep the reaction going. The biochemical details –…