Conventional Energy
Conventional energy sources includes oil, gas and coal. These conventional sources are usually fossil fuels. Their use leads to increased greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental damage. Our articles explore the environmental impact of obtaining and using conventional energy sources.
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Bank of England Considers Carbon Bubble, Diesel Health Study Delayed
The governor of the Bank of England has acknowledged that there is a need for evaluation of the financial system's exposure to high carbon and ...
Ecologix Launches Fracking Water Treatment System
Ecologix Environmental Systems, an Atlanta-based wastewater treatment company specializing in the oil and gas industry, has designed a mobile integrated treatment system for hydraulic fracturing ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Climate Risk, Solyndra, MATS, Clean Air Act, China Diesel Emissions
Insurance commissioners in California, New York and the state of Washington said that insurance companies must disclose disaster response and risk management plans for increasingly ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CASE Report, Solyndra Probe, Keystone XL, Halliburton
The Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) has found that levying 100-percent import duties on Chinese-made solar cells and modules may cost more than ...
GE Launches Micro LNG Plant
GE Oil & Gas has announced the development of a liquefied natural gas plant that it says meets the small-scale requirements of powering remote industrial ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Car Standards, Dam Removal, Gulf Lease Sale, Biorefinery Help
The California Air Resources Board has unanimously approved new emissions standards for cars and light trucks, for model years 2017 to 2025. The standard cuts ...
Calgon Launches Products to Control Mercury Emissions
Calgon Carbon Corporation has launched an advanced line of its Fluepac products aimed at controlling mercury emissions in the coal-fired electric power generation market.
The new ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: State of the Union, ETS Waivers, Tidal Permit, Cal ISO Plan
Manufacturers should get incentives to make energy-efficiency improvements to their plants, President Obama said in last night's State of the Union address. He called ...
CO2 to Stay Below 2005 Levels, U.S. to Wean Itself from Foreign Oil, EIA Predicts
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions will remain below 2005 levels through 2035 as increased oil, natural gas and renewable energy production reduces U.S. reliance on ...
Policy & Enforcement: Deepwater Horizon, Wind Tower Anti-Dumping Claim, Rio+20, Thai Flood Plan
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a U.S. District Judge to declare BP, Anadarko and Transocean, as Deepwater Horizon owners and operators of vessels or ...
Google US Data Centers Now ISO 140001 Certified
Google has received ISO 14001 certification for all of its U.S. data centers, reducing oil consumption in its back up generators by 67 percent in ...
Carbon Capture Project Gets First U.S. PPA; Masdar Eyes CDM Credits
CPS Energy of San Antonio has signed the nation's first power purchase agreement for electricity from a commercial-scale carbon capture project.
The utility, ...
Policy & Enforcement: EU 2020 Targets, Japan Nuclear Safety, Light-Duty Vehicle Emissions
A European Commission analysis said that raising the EU's 2020 emission reduction target to 30 percent may be less costly than previously reported. The cost ...
BP Predicts Small Future Role for Renewables
Energy production by renewable sources will roughly quadruple by 2030, but the use of such energy will still only account for fraction of energy consumption, ...
Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline; Company Plans to File Again
President Obama yesterday rejected the proposed $7 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline, but left the door open for backers TransCanada to submit a new ...
GE Renames Converteam Efficiency Business
GE has rebranded Converteam, the French process control and automation business it acquired last September, renaming it Power Conversion.
GE said the Power Conversion business ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: World Future Energy Summit, China Carbon Trading, Obama's Jobs Council
At the Abu Dhabi opening of World Future Energy Summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon laid out three core goals for 2030 in his launch of ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Northern Gateway, EU ETS, USDA, Vermont CEP
The elders of the Haisla First Nation voiced their opposition at the opening of a regulatory joint review hearing in Kitamaat Village, British Columbia, on ...
Green Monday Panel Discusses Corporate Energy
Green Monday panel discusses corporate energy.
Case Study in Action, Partnerships That Turn Petroleum into a Renewable Resource
There are countless definitions of leadership, but perhaps among most resonant remains the explanation offered by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Albert Schweitzer. ...
