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Safer energy source – The Sun (San Bernardino, Ca)
While crews continued to battle a nasty, massive oil spill in the
Gulf of Mexico, and families mourned the loss of 29 coal miners, the federal
government this week took a bold, albeit small, step toward ensuring a cleaner,
safer U.S. energy supply. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar gave the final go
Lawmakers seek to keep Yucca nuclear waste dump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Energy Department’s push to scrap a long-planned national nuclear waste dump in Nevada has run into stiff opposition as lawmakers on Wednesday questioned the Obama administration’s decision.
Lawmakers seek to keep Yucca nuclear waste dump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Energy Department’s push to scrap a long-planned national nuclear waste dump in Nevada has run into stiff opposition as lawmakers on Wednesday questioned the Obama administration’s decision.
Future role of natural gas discussed at Houston energy conference – Fort Worth Star-Telegram
HOUSTON — U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and ConocoPhillips CEO
James Mulva made clear Tuesday that they have sharply contrasting views on the
role of natural gas in helping meet the world’s long-term energy needs. In an address at the CERA Week 2010 energy conference, Chu, a Nobel
Obama pushes climate change in White House meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, weighing in on the Senate’s efforts to pass a climate change bill, gathered Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday to try to jumpstart an overhaul of U.S. energy policy.
U.S. needs fresh look at nuclear waste issue: Chu
SANTA BARBARA, California (Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said on Friday that the United States needs to come up with a better system for storing or disposing of radioactive nuclear waste than a planned repository near Las Vegas.
Department of Energy Announces $100 Million Available for Innovative Research Projects
ARPA-E’s 3rd Funding Opportunity to Focus on Grid-Scale Energy Storage, Electrical Power Technology, and Building energy Efficiency
March 2, WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the inaugural ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit today, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $100 million in Recovery Act funding will be made available to accelerate innovation in green technology, increase America’s competitiveness and create new jobs. <<Full story>>
Google Cleared to Buy Energy in Bulk
February 19, 2010 – U.S. energy regulators approved a request by Google to become an electricity marketer, allowing the Internet giant to buy and sell bulk power like a utility. Google has said its interest in the power markets stems from a desire to manage its own energy supplies and gain better access to renewable power. << Full Story >>
In B.C.’s other games, GE out in front in race to score green energy deals – The Globe And Mail
VANCOUVER — awillis@globeandmail.com A game of green one-upmanship kicked off at the Olympics over the past two
days, as General Electric rolled out two clean power deals that were personally
backed by an executive with a $23-billion ( U.S.) energy portfolio. In its downtown Vancouver Olympic
U.S. government says loans for nuclear plants complicated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said on Friday that the process for approving federal loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants has become “complicated,” but the department still expects to issue its first loan deals very soon.
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