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December 1, 2009 to December 2, 2009

Growing the Bioeconomy: Solutions for Sustainability [1]

The University of Minnesota's Extension and Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment are


hosting a 2-day event focusing on renewable energy opportunities.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]

"Paying Extra for Green Power, and Getting Ads Instead" [7]

When electric utility customers pay extra for "green power certificates," are they really getting green power?

Energy & Fuel [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [9], 11/17/2009

Coal-Ash Disposal Remains A Front-Burner Issue at EPA [10]

Most of the 580-plus coal-ash impoundments and landfills in the U.S. would make a good local environmental story, and the information available on them is growing.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [5]
Waste [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Natural Gas Case Sparks Change in Air Pollution Assessments [13]

Dogging the resulting developments of a new EPA policy could lead to many stories that focus on both the specific cases and the underlying principle of cumulative assessments of pollutants.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [14]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Government [15]
Policy [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [17]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

"Brazil Restores Power After Outage Hits Capital, Ten States" [18]

"Power was restored in Brazil after an outage at a dam providing 20 percent of the country's energy thrust about half of the nation's 190 million people into darkness for at least two hours."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Public [3]
South America [19]
Source: Bloomberg [20], 11/11/2009

"Big Growing Pains and Potential for $5B Weatherization Program" [21]

"Next month, a new class of a dozen or more men and women will begin training in Long Island City, N.Y., to become home weatherization technicians. They are early recruits in a small army of workers being deployed in places around the country where there were only skeleton crews before."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: ClimateWire [22], 11/10/2009

"Climate Deal To Prevent Doubling of Energy Bills" [23]

"A climate change deal is needed not just to ward off global warming, but to ensure a shift from increasingly costly fossil fuels that could lead to a doubling of energy bills, the IEA's chief economist said on Tuesday."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Public [3]
International [24]
Source: Reuters [25], 11/10/2009

"Chrysler Dismantles Electric Car Plans Under Fiat" [26]

"Chrysler has disbanded a team of engineers dedicated to rushing a range of electric vehicles to showrooms and dropped ambitious sales targets for battery-powered cars set as it was sliding toward bankruptcy and seeking government aid."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [27], 11/09/2009

At Los Alamos, Secrecy Is the Opposite of Safety [28]

The U.S. Department of Energy scrambles to delay a report by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board about a significant threat of radiation release from Los Alamos National Laboratory, a citizen watchdog group discovered.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [29]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [30]
Government [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
California [31]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

IG Finds Former NRC Commissioner Hid Ethics Violations [32]

The Project on Government Oversight used FOIA to get reports and documents from an NRC Inspector General's investigation of Jeffrey Merrifield.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [29]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [30]
Government [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

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