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How the DOE Plans to Modernize the Grid in the Near Term

November 14, 2019 admin AI, blockchain, Coal, connected plant, Cybersecurity, distributed energy, DOE, Energy Storage, flexibility, Gas, grid modernization, grid modernization initiative, hybridization, iiot, iiot power, new technology, news, Nuclear, reliability, Renewables, Research and Development, resilience, T&D, Technology, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 13:33:41 +0000

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Twenty-three projects chosen by the Department of Energy (DOE) in response to its 2019 Grid Modernization Lab Call provide a broad look at the critical issues that are roiling the nation’s power sector, as well as the tools and technologies that it has determined will best bolster the grid of the future in the near […]

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EPA Proposes Revisions to Two Obama-Era Rules: Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Coal Ash

November 4, 2019 admin Business, ccr, closure deadlines, Coal, coal ash, coal ash impoundments, coal combustion residuals, courts, elg, Environmental, EPA, FGD, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, selenium, steam electric plants, Technology, toxic, Wastewater, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 21:45:51 +0000

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued long-awaited proposed revisions of two 2015 Obama-era rules that apply to effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) for steam electric power plants and coal combustion residuals (CCR) management by electric utilities. The agency coordinated the release of the two related revisions, which apply overwhelmingly to coal-fired steam power plants, after […]

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Turning Landfill Gas Into Renewable Natural Gas

November 2, 2019 admin biofuels, landfill gas, methane, natural gas, renewable natural gas, wastewater treatment plants, Water

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 18:00:16 +0000

Landfill gas is created by landfills, which account for 16% of the human-caused (anthropogenic) methane emissions in America. This is not what many people worry about when they think of greenhouse gases, it’s important. Thanks to the work of many nonprofits, government programs, and corporations that work in the transportation industry, though, we have a way to use this gas to help lower emissions

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Renewables Replace Coal At Chilean Copper Mines, Drive Earnings Growth At NextEra

October 23, 2019 admin bhp mining, clean power, copper mines in chile, nextera energy, renewable energy, utility company profitablity, Water

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 21:23:42 +0000

BHP has signed power purchase agreements to supply renewable energy for its copper mines in Chile. And NextEra energy reports its investments in renewables are pumping up its bottom line.

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Toxic Chemical In 99% Of Americans’ Blood

October 19, 2019 admin contaminated water, dupont, HEALTH, Media, pfoa, research, SCIENCE, toxic chemicals, Water

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 21:59:53 +0000

My neighbor is an NPR junkie and always has the radio on. Earlier this evening when I was visiting her, I listened in on their podcast. What grabbed my attention were the words “toxic chemical” and “found in 99% of humans’ blood.”

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From Rajasthan To Mexico: Why Gender Matters At The Heart Of The Energy Transition

October 13, 2019 admin Agriculture, air quality, chiapas, clean power, climate change, Coca-Cola, cooking, cookstoves, drinking water, femsa, firewood, gender equality, hydroelectric, India, indoor air pollution, Mexico, rajasthan, Water, Women

Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 10:30:42 +0000

Since women are the primary users of energy, they are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change impacts. Energy policies failing to reach women are thus exacerbating potential climate risks for them. In addition, gender inequalities limit women’s access to finance streams, information or training for using sustainable energy sources. Taking a gender lens approach is thus crucial for minimizing such bias and ensuring equal access to energy for both women and men

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Africa’s Oil Curse, the Example of Nigeria

October 12, 2019 admin africa, africa oil, agip, air quality, chevron, co2 emissions, elf, exxonmobil, Fossil Fuels, grid, Kenya, mobil, movement for the emancipation of the niger delta (mend), natural gas, niger delta, NIGERIA, nigerian law, Oil, policy & politics, research, shell, Shipping, waste reduction, Water

Credit to Author: David Zarembka| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 02:10:43 +0000

CleanTechnica has been running a number of articles on little noted negative aspects of gas/diesel vehicles. These include hundreds of US deaths annually from carbon monoxide poisoning, oil refinery explosions, 137 US oil spills last year, what to do with old oil tankers, and the 150 gas/diesel car fires daily in the US. A common concept in Africa that is not noticed in the United States or other parts of the world is what in Africa is called “Africa’s Oil Curse.”

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Global Shipping Is Making False Impressions About Circumventing Pollution — Billions Spent On “Cheat Devices”

October 5, 2019 admin air quality, Belgium, British, carbon dioxide emissions, chemical scrubbers, China, climate change, co2 emissions, coastal shipping, container shipping, Europe, Fossil Fuels, GERMANY, greta thunberg, HEALTH, icct, international council on clean transportation (icct), Ireland, North Sea, ocean shipping, Oil, pahs, policy & politics, port of fujairah, research, SCIENCE, scrubbers, UAE, uk, US, waste reduction, Water

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2019 19:00:25 +0000

Water goes everywhere. It reaches places and distances that other things can’t with such flexibility and ingenuity. To attach pollutants to that ingenious reach is counter to intelligence and consciousness

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Trump’s EPA Is Very Concerned About Homeless People And Their Poop

September 26, 2019 admin andrew wheeler, environment, EPA, homeless, Homelessness, human feces, POOP, san francisco, Trump, trump administration, Water

Credit to Author: Emma Ockerman| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:29:57 +0000

The Trump administration sent an unusually strong message to California about its homelessness crisis: an environmental complaint.

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The Water Knife Meets Neuromancer: Machine Learning For Southwestern US Water Quality

September 19, 2019 admin Agriculture, green economy, HEALTH, investment, ketos, LAS VEGAS, machine learning, Manufacturing, neural nets, southern nevada water authority, United States, Water

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 08:00:15 +0000

The work of Ketos and the Authority continue to push back the dystopian future of The Water Knife so that Las Vegas gamblers and wedding parties will still be able to drink the water for years or decades to come