Energy & Fuel

"Leaked DEQ Report: Most Coal Ash Basins High Priority To Be Excavated"

"A leaked draft report compiled by [North Carolina] state environmental officials shows that the coal ash waste in a huge basin at the Duke Energy power plant in Belews Creek, and in basins at almost all other Duke power plant sites statewide, will have to be excavated and put in lined landfills by 2019."

Source: Winston-Salem Journal, 12/18/2015

"Obama Just Released the Biggest Energy Efficiency Rule in US History"

"They dribble out regularly — Energy Department rules or 'standards' that require ever improving levels of energy efficiency for dishwashers, refrigerators, and much more. On Thursday, though, the Department dumped what it is describing as the 'largest energy-saving standard in history' and one that 'will save more energy than any other standard issued by the Department to date' — a standard governing commercial air conditioners and furnaces."

Source: Wash Post, 12/18/2015

Trucks Hit Record 20.4 MPG, EPA Says; Carmakers Beat Emission Standards

"Fuel economy is at record highs and carmakers have surpassed strict greenhouse gas emissions standards for the third straight year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, which released a pair of annual reports about the U.S. fleet of cars and trucks Wednesday."

Source: NPR, 12/17/2015

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