"Enviro Groups Fault Scaled-Back FutureGen Carbon Goal"
"The Energy Department's scaled-back goal for capturing carbon at the proposed FutureGen coal-fired power project is getting poor reviews from environmentalists."
Source: NYTimes, 06/17/2009
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Sen. Panel Votes To Repeal Mandatory Offshore Royalty Waivers
"The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today approved the repeal of mandatory royalty waivers, also called 'royalty relief,' required under a 2005 energy law for certain offshore oil and gas production."
Source: Greenwire, 06/17/2009
"Feds, States Join to Safeguard Western Wildlife Corridors"
Western governors and cabinet secretaries signed an agreement to work together on protecting wildlife corridors in the face of new electric transmission lines.
Source: ENS, 06/16/2009
"Some Oil- and Gas-Drilling Leases May Be Reinstated"
"The leases, auctioned near the end of the Bush administration, were blocked by Obama's Interior Department. Now a report opens the door to 30 of them being reissued."
Source: LA Times, 06/16/2009
"Tax Incentives Put Solar Within Reach"
"Buying a solar system for your home still is not as simple or inexpensive as say picking up a new water heater. But solar energy advocates argue that the systems are affordable and obtainable for just about everyone -- right now."
Source: Environment Report, 06/15/2009
"DOE Revives FutureGen, Reversing Bush-Era Decision"
"The Obama administration gave conditional support today for a federal-industry partnership that would build an advanced coal-burning power plant in Illinois to trap and store carbon dioxide emissions, reversing a Bush-era decision to abandon the FutureGen project."
Source: Greenwire, 06/15/2009
Rep. Henry Waxman: "Marathon Man"
"Henry Waxman’s climate change bill won’t make it into law this year. That’s why he’s the right guy for the job."
Source: Washington Monthly, 06/12/2009
"Congress Abandoning Obama Clean Energy Goals"
"Congress is all but abandoning President Barack Obama's goal of producing fully one-quarter of the nation's electricity from renewable sources -- wind, solar and the like -- by 2025, though a push for at least some increase is making headway."
Source: AP, 06/12/2009
"Biofuel Producers Give EPA an Earful"
"Biofuel and farm groups objected to the U.S. EPA's revisions to the National Renewable Fuel Standard today at a public hearing in Washington."
Source: ENS, 06/11/2009
"Senate Panel Blocks Directional Drilling in ANWR"
"A Senate committee on Tuesday rejected a proposal by Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the panel's top Republican, to allow access to oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by drilling for it from outside the refuge."
Source: AP, 06/11/2009
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