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"White House Rolls Out Auto Fuel Economy, Emissions Standard" [1]

"The Obama administration ... released details of its national suite of auto standards that would mandate increased fuel economy and impose the first-ever greenhouse gas standard on the nation's cars and trucks."
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [5], 09/23/2009

"Refitted to Bury Emissions, Plant Draws Attention" [6]

"NEW HAVEN, W.Va. -- Poking out of the ground near the smokestacks of the Mountaineer power plant here are two wells that look much like those that draw natural gas to the surface. But these are about to do something new: inject a power plant's carbon dioxide into the earth."
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [7], 09/22/2009

"California Solar Power Tower Withdrawn in Favor of Monument" [8]

"Solar energy developer BrightSource Energy, Inc. has withdrawn plans for a 5,000 acre solar thermal facility to be located in the Broadwell Valley in California's Mojave Desert."
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
California [9]
Source: ENS [10], 09/22/2009

"Rediscovering Natural Gas By Hitting Rock Bottom" [11]

New drilling techniques have brought online U.S. natural gas reserves previously considered unreachable.
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NPR [12], 09/22/2009

EPA Expands Energy Conservation Push with Churches [13]

The estimated 370,000 houses of worship in the US could reduce energy consumption as much as 30%, so EPA is offering incentives, resources, and tools as encouragement.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [2]
Government [15]
People & Population [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

New Findings Slow CO2 Sequestration Rule [17]

EPA has been working on regulations designed to protect drinking water from impacts of underground carbon sequestration, but new data and concerns have spurred the agency to open a short new public comment period.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Government [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Coal and Water – Do They Mix? [20]

Journalists around the US who cover water quality, as well as those who cover coal mining and/or Appalachia, will benefit from an analytical NYT series and databases, combined with a Sept. 11 EPA announcement about extended NPDES permit reviews.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [2]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Government [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [3]
August 15, 2010 to August 20, 2010

2010 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings [23]

Cutting the 'Footprints' of Buildings
Professional Meetings [24]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Technology [26]

"Schwarzenegger Orders More Renewable Energy -- His Way" [27]

"The governor says California electric utilities must get 33% of their power from renewable sources by 2020, but he plans to veto Democratic bills that push to produce it in state."
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
California [9]
Source: LA Times [28], 09/16/2009

"World Bank Spends Billions on Coal-Fired Power Stations" [29]

"The World Bank is spending billions of pounds subsidising new coal-fired power stations in developing countries despite claiming that burning fossil fuels exposes the poor to catastrophic climate change."
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
International [30]
Source: London Times [31], 09/16/2009

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