Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuels include coal, oil, gas and other fossil fuel-related issues such as fuel economy standards, carbon emission standards and fuel-efficient design. We also examine efforts to reduce the use of fossil fuel through the use of alternative energy sources like wind and solar power.
Coal Power Plants to Increase Capacity, GBI Says
The consumption of coal in North America is expected to grow to 940.4 million metric tons (MMt) over the next eight years, as a result ...
Energy Use in Manufacturing Down 10% in Four Years
Energy consumption in the U.S. manufacturing sector fell from 21,098 trillion Btu (tBtu) in 2006 to 19,062 tBtu in 2010, a decline of almost 10 ...
EPA Proposes Carbon Regulations for New Power Plants
The EPA has released its first proposed Clean Air Act standard for carbon pollution from new power plants.
Under the Carbon Pollution Standard for New ...
What’s the Fracking Problem?
One image in the HBO movie Gasland changed our perception of shale gas: a Pennsylvania resident held a lit matchstick ...
SAP Sustainability Report: GHGs Up 8%, But Down 6% Relative to Sales
Software corporation SAP emitted eight percent more greenhouse gases in 2011 than 2010, its first year-on-year rise in such emissions since 2007, but its emissions ...
LNG Drilling Rigs Cut Fuel Costs 47 Percent, Encana Says
Encana, Canada's largest natural-gas producer, saved $830,000 in fuel costs, a cost reduction of 47 percent, by switching the power for its shale gas drilling ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EU ETS Risks, Hormuz Blockade Impact, UK Solar Tariffs
Energy analysts say that the risk of the aviation sector exiting the EU cap-and-trade scheme is being priced into the market, and the impact could ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fracking Tests, MATS Hearing, Ballast Water, FOIA on Keystone
A first round of EPA tests showed no evidence that water at 11 homes in Dimock, Penn., near natural gas drilling operations of Cabot Oil ...
Henkel Sustainability Report: Energy Consumption, Carbon Emissions Drop 9% Year-On-Year
Henkel, the company behind Dial, Purex, Right Guard and other personal care brands, reduced its energy consumption by over nine percent from 2010 to 2011, ...
Pollution Control Market to Top $9bn by 2017, Report Says
The global air pollution control equipment market should grow significantly once utility, oil and gas companies comply with increasingly stringent environmental regulations such as the ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Offshore Wind, Clean Energy Standard, 10 Coal-Fired Plants to Retire
A planned six-year $180 million Department of Energy initiative is targeting the potential of offshore wind energy. Four offshore wind energy installations will have access ...
Energy-Intensive Midwest Manufacturing Needs Efficiency Shot, Report Finds
Midwest states tend to be heavy on manufacturing but light on energy efficiency programs, according to the World Resource Institute's Midwest Manufacturing Snapshot: Energy ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: BP Trial, Forest Emissions, FTC Hits Window Claims
BP and plaintiffs suing over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill are discussing a $14 billion settlement that appears to be nearing completion. ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: E15 Approved, Dioxin Exposure, Fracking Study, Utility MACT, Shell
The EPA approved ethanol fuel blend E15 for voluntary use in all autos and light trucks built since 2001 after completing testing of E15’s impact ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, EU ETS, MATS, MACT, 2012 CGP
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, an effort to reduce black carbon, ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: FY 2013 Budget, ITC Wind Tower Decision, PVC Emissions
President Obama has proposed his FY 2013 budget, whose measures include the cancellation of $4 billion a year in oil and gas tax breaks ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CSAPR Signed & Adjusted, New Nukes, Keystone XL, Fracking Tax
The EPA has made a few adjustments to its cross-state air pollution rules (CSAPR), which were signed Tuesday. The adjustments increase budgets in 17 ...
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 ...
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 ...
