Tag: News
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Renewable Energy Provides 99% of All New Electricity in Oct. 2013
According to the latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects, solar, biomass and wind “units” provided 694 MW of new electrical generating capacity last month or 99.3% of all new generation placed […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Six-State Study Confirms Job Numbers Exaggerated by Fracking Industry
Drilling in the six states that span the Marcellus and Utica Shale formations has produced far fewer new jobs than the industry and its supporters claim, according to a report released today by the Multi-State Shale Research Collaborative, a group of state-level research organizations tracking the impacts of shale drilling. [caption id="attachment_312918" align="alignnone" width="531"] The oil…
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New Study Traces Two-Thirds of Industrial Carbon Emissions to Just 90 Institutions
New peer-reviewed research has found that just 90 entities are responsible for extracting most of the fossil fuels that have been burned over the past 150 years. These “carbon majors” include 50 investor-owned companies, such as ChevronTexaco and Exxon-Mobil, 31 state-owned companies, such as Saudi Aramco and Pemex, and nine government-run industries in the former…
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House Approves Bill to Fast Track Fracking on Public Lands
By a vote of 235-187, the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday approved its latest giveaway to the oil and gas industry—a bill that would fast track the approval of fracking on public lands, according to Environment America. [caption id="attachment_312869" align="alignnone" width="500"] The bill approved yesterday is one of three anit-environmental, pro-industry bills expected to pass the…
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Xtreme Power Announces New Energy Storage Project in Hawaii
Xtreme Power, a world leader in integrated power management and energy storage solutions, is proud to announce a new project in Hawaii with the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC). The KIUC IV project will be installed on a new 12-MW […] — Solar Builder magazine