"With Gas Prices Rising, First Electric Vehicle Owners Are Charged Up"
"Early adopters of battery powered cars say they are satisfied with their purchases, despite some hassles."
Source: LA Times, 03/14/2011
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"Crisis Underscores Fears About Safety of Nuclear Energy"
"The official announcement that two reactors at an earthquake-damaged nuclear plant could be suffering meltdowns underscores the Japanese nuclear industry’s troubled history, and years of grass-roots objections from a people uniquely sensitive to the ravages of nuclear destruction."
Monday, March 14, 2011
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Evaporating Oil From BP Spill Likely Posed a Health Threat: Study
"A new study about the way oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon accident evaporated into the air confirms that cleanup workers were exposed to high levels of airborne pollution, and that the fumes also may have made their way onshore in Louisiana."
Source: New Orelans Times-Picayune, 03/11/2011
"Interest in Renewable Energy May Stick as Oil Prices Surge"
"The latest surge in oil prices may help the renewable energy industry reach a turning point after years of boom-and-bust cycles long dictated by the rise and fall in gas prices."
Source: LA Times, 03/11/2011
"U.S. Solar Grew Sharply In 2010, Still Lags Europe"
"The U.S. solar power sector grew 67 percent in 2010 but still lagged European markets by a wide margin in installing solar systems, the industry's trade group said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 03/11/2011
"House Republicans To Push Series Of Energy Bills"
"Republicans in the House of Representatives said on Thursday they would seek to combat rising oil and gasoline prices with a series of bills this year aimed at spurring domestic energy production."
Source: Reuters, 03/11/2011
"Light Bulb Law Stokes Fury in Senate Hearing"
"Light bulbs sparked heated discussions [Thursday] morning during a Senate legislative hearing on two energy efficiency bills."
Source: Greenwire, 03/11/2011
House Panel OKs Stripping EPA's Power to Regulate Greenhouse Gases
"A bill to strip U.S. EPA of its authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions cleared its first hurdle today on the road to likely House passage."
Source: Greenwire, 03/11/2011
"Analysis: Think $100 U.S. Oil Is Bad? It's Really Much Worse"
"Americans worried about the pain of $100 U.S. oil should worry a lot more. Although $100 oil is the headline in U.S. newspapers, most refineries that supply fuel to service stations are paying the equivalent of a much higher price -- and those costs are already being felt when consumers fill up their vehicles."
Source: Reuters, 03/10/2011
PA Gov Gives Energy Exec Supremacy Over Environmental Permitting
"Pennsylvania has come under fire lately as pollution from drilling in the Marcellus Shale threatens water resources across the state. But instead of ratcheting up oversight, Gov. Tom Corbett wants to hand authority over some of the state’s most critical environmental decisions to C. Alan Walker, a Pennsylvania energy executive with his own track record of running up against the state’s environmental regulations."
Source: ProPublica, 03/10/2011
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