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Involving Stakeholders in Measuring Sustainability Performance

In the remote fjords of east Iceland, a partnership between Alcoa, its electrical supplier Landsvirkjun, and various stakeholder groups helped ensure a new aluminum smelter and related hydroelectric facility would balance the environmental, social, and economic effects on a non-industrial area populated by around 10,000 residents. When Alcoa’s Fjarðaál smelter ... Read more »

PGE Begins Demolition of Marmot Dam

Portland General Electric has begun demolition of the Marmot Dam on the Sandy River, the largest dam removal in the Pacific Northwest in 40 years. It is the first phase in Portland General Electric’s $17 million Bull Run Hydroelectric Project “decommissioning� plan, which also provides for the removal of PGE’s Little Sandy Dam next summer. The removal will improve salmon

Bush’s Budget Earmarks $24 Billion for Department of Energy

President Bush's $24.3-billion budget for the Department of Energy remains a tiny part of the overall $2.9-trillion budget plan for 2008. the Detroit Free Press reports. The proposed budget for the Department of Energy includes $42 million for developing batteries for plug-in hybrid vehicles, a modest increase from last year's $31-million request. The administration's request for vehicle efficiency...

IRS Approves 610 CREBs Applications

Last week, the IRS announced that 610 projects have been given the authority to issue Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, New Rules Project reports. Projects for the governmental borrowers will receive allocations in 24 states and projects for the cooperative borrowers will receive allocations in 22 states. The allocations for the ... Read more »

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