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.
R&D Briefing: GE, New Energy Technologies and Aquatech
GE has launched its 1-megawatt Waukesha APG1000 gas engine (pictured), which can utilize a broader variety of biogases, including those from landfills, wastewater treatment plants and agricultural ...
Dole, Chiquita Targeted by Anti-Tar Sands Ads
Dole and Chiquita were confronted yesterday by full-page ads in USA Today, criticizing the banana distributors for their use of Canadian fossil fuels.
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Oil Prices Plunge in Wake of S&P Downgrading
The price of oil fell to its lowest point in over eight months after Standard & Poor’s downgrading of the U.S. credit rating ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Massive Shell Spill, Online Violation Tracking, EPA Easing Carbon Capture
The EPA on Thursday proposed a rule that would exclude carbon dioxide streams that are injected for geologic sequestration, in wells designated for ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: EPA Sets Fracking Standards, Calif. Hex Goal, Caterpillar Settles
The EPA on Thursday proposed standards to cut smog-forming volatile organic compound emissions from processes and equipment used in the oil and gas industry. The standards are the first federal air rules affecting new ...
Policy and Regulatory Briefing: Light Bulb Redux, Calif. Carbon Futures, Lead Testing
The House on Friday took up the light bulb standards issue again, and this time the GOP-led campaign against 2007 energy efficiency laws won. The House approved, by voice vote, a measure that will ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Smog Rules, Light Bulb Bill Defeated, IRIS Evaluation
New rules targeting the combined effects of nitrogen and sulfur emissions on water quality are expected from the EPA as early as today. The ...
CO2 to Hold Steady This Year, But Rise Coming in 2012
The Energy Information Administration expects fossil-fuel CO2 emissions to remain flat in 2011, as higher petroleum and natural gas consumption ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Oil Reserve, Efficiency, EPA Bills
Obama administration officials announced yesterday that they will tap into the country’s strategic oil reserve to replace losses from the conflict in Libya and ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Ethanol Flip-Flop, EPA Rules 'Won't Cut Carbon'
The Senate Thursday made an abrupt reversal on ethanol subsidies, voting 73-27 to remove a major tax break for the industry. The measure by ...
Solar PV Could Cost Less than Fossil Fuels in 10 Years
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Oil Drilling, UN Talks, China 'Meets Environmental Goals'
The Department of the Interior on Friday outlined a plan to streamline permitting for offshore drilling, the Hill reports. The proposals by the ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Fracking, Energy Acts, and EU Moves to Cut GHGs
Democrats and Republicans are blaming different parties for the cost of gasoline, which lingers near the $4 per gallon mark, Market Watch reports.
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YRC To Save Fuel With Synthetic Motor Oil, Skirts
Logistics provider YRC Worldwide is planning to save over 100,000 gallons of fuel per year through measures including wind skirts and the exclusive use ...
An Electrifying Idea: Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way
“It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.” - Will Rogers
This nation’s energy policy ...
Total Buys Majority Stake in SunPower
In a landmark deal for the solar industry, French oil major Total SA will spend $1.37 billion to buy a controlling stake in ...
Shell Direct GHG Emissions Up 9%
Royal Dutch Shell’s direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its facilities rose by 9 percent in 2010, and its natural gas flaring rose ...
12 Countries Agree to Carbon Capture Actions; IEA Urges Aggressive Policies
Energy secretaries from the U.S., U.K. and ten other countries have agreed to accelerate the development of carbon capture projects, at the ...
Wind’s Share of New Power Down, Coal Up
Wind power provided 26 percent of all new electric generating capacity in the U.S. last year, down from 39 percent in 2009, ...
Fleet Roundup: Chesapeake Energy, Heckmann, Canada Post, Surging Sales and More
Here’s a round-up of the latest environmental fleet news.
Oklahoma-based Chesapeake Energy Corporation, the nation’s second-largest producer of natural gas, last ...
