"Time of Change for Coal Industry"
"A terrible economy curbed energy demand throughout the Unites States in 2009, slowing coal production in Wyoming for the first time in more than a decade."
Source: Casper Star-Tribune, 01/11/2010
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"California Garbage Trucks Fueled by ... Garbage"
"Methane gas produced in California landfills fuels garbage and recycling trucks, reducing the state's carbon emissions."
Source: AP, 01/08/2010
"Groups Want More Tests On Higher-Ethanol U.S. Fuel"
"A coalition of oil companies, car and engine manufacturers and fuel sellers told the Obama administration on Thursday not to increase the amount of ethanol blended into gasoline based on inadequate test data."
Source: Reuters, 01/08/2010
"Energy Conservation Helps Stymie a Major Transmission Line"
A regulatory application for a major mid-Atlantic electric transmission line may be withdrawn because of flagging demand projections -- a result not only of the economic slump, but also of energy conservation.
Source: ClimateWire, 01/07/2010
"U.S. Overhauls Oil, Natural Gas Drilling Policy"
"Interior Secretary Ken Salazar [announced] new drilling policies to protect the environment on western federal lands."
Source: Reuters, 01/07/2010
"B.L.M. Expedites Review of Energy Projects"
"Thirty–one proposed renewable energy and power transmission projects have been put on the fast track for approval by the Bureau of Land Management, with the aim of getting them paid for with stimulus funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act."
Source: Green Inc., 01/06/2010
"U.S. Car Ownership Shifts Into Reverse"
"Americans' infatuation with their cars has endured through booms and busts, but last year something rare happened in the United States: The number of automobiles actually fell."
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 01/06/2010
"A New Hurdle for Cape Wind?"
"In a new setback for a controversial wind farm proposed off Cape Cod, the National Park Service announced Monday that Nantucket Sound was eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, guaranteeing further delays for the project."
Source: NYTimes, 01/06/2010
"NOAA Proposes Habitat Protection for Sea Turtles"
"Federal biologists on Tuesday proposed the first open ocean habitat protections for the endangered leatherback sea turtle along the West Coast, an action that could affect future development of offshore renewable energy, aquaculture and desalination plants."
Source: AP, 01/06/2010
"Court Ruling Imperils Baltimore LNG Proposal"
"A federal appeals court has upheld Maryland's decision to deny a water quality certification for a liquefied natural gas terminal at Baltimore's Sparrows Point."
Source: Greenwire, 01/05/2010
