The federal agencies that provide the muscle for energy policy are finalizing plans to harness the energy from one billion tons of biomass per year. The “Bioeconomy Vision” is an effort to move biomass out of the laboratory and into the market. The goal, within the next 15 years, is production and commercialization of biofuels,… Keep reading →
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Bioeconomy: One Billion Tons of Biomass
By Tom Ewing - Freelance Writer for Renewable Energy WorldSign up and get Breaking Energy news in your inbox.
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By Michael VinciMicrogrids are one of the hottest trends in energy recently, so much so that many have been speculated as the future for the country in which microgrids are supplying everyone with clean energy. Microgrids, however, should not necessarily be associated with clean energy. In fact, many microgrids actually rely on fossil fuels. As per usual,… Keep reading →
Extreme Weather Events Plague Leading Greenhouse Gas Emitting Countries
By Ron Israel and Kristin Hope - Climate Scorecard ProjectThe growing prevalence of climate change related extreme weather events in countries around the world closely matches what was is being predicted by climate scientists. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the World Meteorological Association, and other groups have documented global warming trends. We know for a fact that the world is getting warmer… Keep reading →
Bipartisan Support Grows for Carbon Capture
By Fatima Maria Ahmad - Solutions Fellow, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)Bipartisan support is growing on Capitol Hill and beyond to accelerate carbon capture deployment on power plants and industrial sources like steel and cement plants. The first week of April saw bipartisan bills in both the Senate and House to help unleash private capital to scale up more carbon capture projects to promote energy… Keep reading →
Natural Gas: A Bridge Fuel — But for How Long?
By Tom EwingOn Aug. 17, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) daily update announced that CO2 emissions from natural gas would soon surpass coal. That’s troubling. Natural gas is viewed as a “bridge fuel,” a transitional resource from carbon intensive coal and petroleum to… well, “to what” still remains the hard part. Renewables will be increasingly important.… Keep reading →
Pulling The Plug On The Clean Power Plan
By Thomas Lee | Bryan Cave
On March 28th President Trump signed the Executive Order on Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth.
100 Days: Energy Output And Climate Progress
By Energy Tomorrow Blog
New analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions fell 1.7 percent in 2016 and are down nearly 14 percent since 2005. CO2 emissions from electricity generation fell by 4.9 percent last year. EIA’s charts, first for declining CO2 emissions across all consumption sectors: And then emissions by sector:… Keep reading →
Executive Order Seeks Sweeping Reversal Of Climate Change Policies To Favor U.S. Energy Production
By Pamela Anderson, Christopher Chou, Jeffrey Hunter, Brian Potts | Perkins Coie
President Donald Trump recently signed Executive Order 13783, an omnibus executive order aimed at reducing burdens on further development of domestic energy resources.
Congress Must Rein in the Regulatory State
By H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D. - The Heartland InstituteBecause President Barack Obama was so prolific in using “a stroke of a pen” to create law through executive orders, thereby going around Congress to enact his policy preferences, President Donald Trump can undo many of those costly, harmful policies with his own signature, and he is doing so. Simultaneously, Congress has discovered its power… Keep reading →
Cities Will Continue To Lead Us Towards 100% Clean, Renewable Energy
By Jodie Van Horn - Director of the Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 CampaignFrom civil rights to marriage equality, cities have long held a tradition of raising ambition and setting the course to advance bold solutions for national change. Today, as climate change jeopardizes our coastlines and water supplies, and as fossil fuels pollute our air, making people sick, cities are forging ahead to build a new energy… Keep reading →
