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Western Business Roundtable Breakthrough advances in environmental and energy efficiency technologies will be unveiled to Members of Congress, the media and the public at the Capitol Hill CleanTech Expo '09 on July 16. Read More...
Land Letter One of the nation's richest regions for minerals and metals could be placed off-limits to mining under a new bill proposed by an Arizona congressman last week. Read More...
Cleantech Group Dow Chemical Company and Algenol Biofuels announced they are teaming up to build a pilot, algae-based integrated biorefinery to convert carbon dioxide into ethanol. Read More...
Reuters California's biggest utilities on Tuesday asked renewable power developers to submit proposals to them for new solar, wind and other renewable power plants, which would then be approved by the state next spring. Read More...
Associated Press Algae's ability to grow fast and churn out fatty oils makes it an alluring prospect for a military looking to lessen its dependence on foreign oil. Read More...
New York Times/Greenwire Landfills, coal beds and cattle feedlots all produce methane, which is often either flared — that is, burned off — or released into the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas. Prometheus Energy has developed a technology to turn that waste methane into liquid natural gas. Read More...
New Technology Magazine U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that projects by Basin Electric Power Cooperative and Hydrogen Energy International LLC have been selected for up to $408 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The two projects selected -- an existing power plant in North Dakota and a new facility in California -- will incorporate advanced technologies to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Read More...
Seattle Times/AP A federal judge has struck down the Bush administration's change to a rule designed to protect the northern spotted owl from logging in national forests. Read More...
New York Times As the most ambitious energy and climate-change legislation ever introduced in Congress made its way to a floor vote last Friday, it grew fat with compromises, carve-outs, concessions and out-and-out gifts intended to win the votes of wavering lawmakers and the support of powerful industries. Read More...
FOXNews.com/Popular Mechanics A leading climate scientist argues that overbroad claims by some researchers—coupled with overblown reporting in the media—can undermine the public's understanding of climate issues. Read More...
Environmental Finance Renewable energy advocates have welcomed the momentum toward adoption of a U.S. federal renewable electricity standard (RES), but vowed to keep pushing for a stronger mandate. Read More...
New York Times/Greenwire The Energy and Natural Resources Committee's vote to allow wider oil and gas leasing in the eastern Gulf of Mexico yesterday creates a new wrinkle in efforts to pass a comprehensive energy and climate change bill through the full Senate. Read More...
Houston Chronicle The Environmental Protection Agency reversed a Bush administration ruling Tuesday and cleared the way for California and at least 13 other states, including New York and Washington, to impose restrictions on automobile greenhouse gas emissions that exceed federal limits. Read More...
Washington Times Republican lawmakers, coming off a loss Friday in their attempt to block passage of a massive climate bill, have seized on a global warming memo they say was suppressed by the Obama administration. Read More...
ColoradoEnergyNews The momentum for 2009 being called the year of ”energy efficiency” was punctuated further this week when President Obama detailed stricter new lighting standards and promised the swift release of $346 million in Recovery Act funds to boost energy efficiency in new and existing commercial buildings and homes. Read More...
Reuters Los Angeles will eliminate the use of electricity made from coal by 2020, replacing it with power from cleaner renewable energy sources, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said. Read More...
Carbon Capture Journal A Department of Energy sponsored project in Hopkins County, Kentucky has begun injecting carbon dioxide into a mature oil field to assess the region's CO2 storage capacity and feasibility for enhanced oil recovery. Read More...
PennEnergy The U.S. Energy Department said two projects will receive up to $408 million to develop advanced "clean coal" technologies. Read More...
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CleanTech Expo '09 |
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Game-Changing Technologies on Display
 Join Members of Congress, Administration officials, business and technology leaders and the news media on July 16 right on Capitol Hill as they tour exhibits of "game-changing" technologies in the energy, natural resource, environmental and manufacturing sectors. Click here to see sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities. |
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Water in the West: The Implications of Expanded Federal Jurisdiction Under the Clean Water Act
Join us for an interactive and informative discussion of the controversial “Clean Water Restoration Act." Our speakers will explore how this legislation will change will change the way our nation's most precious resource, water, is managed and the huge implications it has on rural and western America. The date and registration will be posted here shortly!
To access our most recent webinar on the vital role of metals and minerals in the new energy economy, click here. |
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Action Alerts |
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Western Business Roundtable The U.S. Congress is about to vote to take away from state and local authorities authority to manage the most precious natural resource in the nation: water. Add your name to the rapidly growing list of state leaders across America who oppose this breathtaking power grab by the feds. Take action now! Read More... |
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MythBusters |
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Press & Sun-Bulletin The article's author addresses the misinformation put out to the public regarding hydraulic fracturing's potential environmental impacts, particularly on water quality and quantity. Read More... |
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Roundtable in the News |
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Western Business Roundtable Breakthrough advances in environmental and energy efficiency technologies will be unveiled to Members of Congress, the media and the public at the Capitol Hill CleanTech Expo '09 on July 16. Read More...
Examiner.com Earlier this year, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.’s Chairman Warren Buffet, a well-known investor and supporter of President Barrack Obama, acknowledged the reality of cap-and-trade by conceding that regulated utilities would pass the additional costs down to customers. Read More...
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FOXNews.com/Popular Mechanics A leading climate scientist argues that overbroad claims by some researchers—coupled with overblown reporting in the media—can undermine the public's understanding of climate issues. Read More...
New York Times The new federal report on climate change gets a withering critique from Roger Pielke Jr., who says that it misrepresents his own research and that it wrongly concludes that climate change is already responsible for an increase in damages from natural disasters. Read More...
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Outrage of the Week |
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New York Times As the most ambitious energy and climate-change legislation ever introduced in Congress made its way to a floor vote last Friday, it grew fat with compromises, carve-outs, concessions and out-and-out gifts intended to win the votes of wavering lawmakers and the support of powerful industries. Read More... |
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Kudo of the Week |
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cbs4Denver/AP The junior senator from Wyoming, the nation's top coal-producing state, says he will do everything he can to prevent a climate-change bill from passing the Senate. Read More... |
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