Report: Global CO2 Emissions Rose 15% from 1992 to 2002
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Kyoto Gives Poor Countries US$2.7 Billion Boost
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Debating Feebate
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U.S. House Leader Suggests Ethanol Import Tariff Cut
House Majority Leader John Boehner said Tuesday that a temporary reduction in fuel ethanol import tariffs would help lower motor fuel pump prices. “We don’t have enough ethanol in production today. It’s coming on board, but if we were to temporarily reduce the tariff on ethanol coming into our country, I think that would ease the pressure that’s out there, resulting in lower gasoline prices,” the Ohio Republican told reporters. President Bush last week also called on Congress to lift the tariffs now on fuel ethanol imports. Asked if there were enough votes in both the House and Senate to lift the ethanol tariffs, Boehner said: “I think it’s possible.” But that could be a tall order based on the attitudes of key Midwestern senators, including Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the panel which would likely review tariff changes. Iowa is the nation’s largest producer of corn, the most often used feedstock for U.S. fuel ethanol. Speaking to reporters Tuesday evening in the Capitol, Grassley called lifting ethanol tariffs “a wild idea.” “Why do you want to kill the goose that lays the golden egg?” Grassley said of the U.S. ethanol industry. “Why does […]
A New Drive for Greater Fuel Efficiency – Senators Press Labor, Car Makers, DOT
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It's Only $300 Billion – If We Can Fund the War in Iraq, Why Not Kyoto?
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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:May 10, 2006
News and Events U.S. Wind Power Growth Expected to Set New Records This Year Pennsylvania Assists Small Wind Power Developments GM, DaimlerChrysler, and BMW Preview New Hybrid Technology Northeast-Based Green Car Rally Takes on a National Flavor DOE Helps Develop an Energy-Efficient Hot Water Heater Energy and Architecture Groups Pursue Green Office Buildings Energy Connections EIA: Costly Crude Oil to Buoy Gasoline Prices Through 2007 News and EventsU.S. Wind Power Growth Expected to Set New Records This YearThe U.S. wind energy industry is on track to install a record-breaking 3,000 megawatts (MW) of wind power this year, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). More than 400 MW of new plants have already been brought online since January, including the 150-MW Shiloh Wind Farm in California, the 60-MW Spring Creek Wind Farm in Colorado, and the 60-MW first phase of the Maple Ridge project in upstate New York. In addition, Hawaii and New Jersey gained their first utility-scale wind projects, as enXco, Inc. completed a 10.56-MW facility on the Big Island and Community Energy, Inc., Babcock and Brown, and CH Energy Group, Inc. began commercial operation of the 7.5-MW Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm in Atlantic City. The current record for […]
A Light With a Bright Future
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BMW to Operate First Green Paint Shop
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Brazil is World's Top Aluminum Can Recycler
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