3M to Acquire Cuno for $1.35 Billion
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Green Mountain Quarterly Profit Jumps
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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:May 11, 2005
News and Events DOE Funds Five Research Projects to Boost Mining Efficiency Washington State Adopts New Renewable Energy and Efficiency Laws Montana Laws Set Requirements for Renewable Energy and Ethanol Ormat Breaks Ground on New Geothermal Plant in California Large Wind Power Plant Moves Ahead in Idaho EPA: Ten U.S. Corporations to Cut Greenhouse Gases Energy ConnectionsStudies Find More Solar Energy Reaching Earth’s Surface News and EventsDOE Funds Five Research Projects to Boost Mining EfficiencyDOE announced last week its selection of five new projects to develop new mining technologies that will reduce energy use and lower costs. DOE will contribute nearly $1.88 million to the five projects, matched by $1.13 million from the private sector. The largest project is the development of an integrated data analysis system that aims to change the way mines measure, predict, control, and monitor their processes, with a goal of making the processes more efficient. The other four projects will investigate the use of high-pressure water jets for hard rock mining, develop a novel processing technology for dry coal, and evaluate two methods to remove water from wet slurries containing small particles of coal. See the DOE press release.Each year, nearly 47,000 pounds of materials […]
Investors at UN Meet Pledge $1 Billion in Clean Energy
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Melting Glacier Gets Sheet to Reflect Heat
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NYC Cuts Black Diesel Smoke Plumes from Buses, Trucks
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By the Numbers, U.S. Traffic Congestion Worse Than Ever
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EPA Distributes $75.9 Million in New Round of Brownfields Grants
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Pentagon Is Asking Congress to Loosen Environmental Laws
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Cape Wind Passes Regulatory Milestone
Marking a major milestone in the Cape Wind permitting process, the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB), the agency charged with ensuring a reliable energy supply at the least cost and environmental impact, voted to approve the interconnection of Cape Wind’s buried electric cables to the electric transmission system in Massachusetts. The Board’s vote today adopted the EFSB staff’s Tentative Decision issued in July, 2004 to approve Cape Wind’s electric transmission cable. The Tentative Decision states that, “the power from the wind farm is needed on reliability and economic grounds, and to meet the requirements of Massachusetts and regional renewable portfolio standards.” The vote follows a 32-month adjudicatory process that included 2,900 pages of transcripts and 932 exhibits. The EFSB report issued last July also stated the environmental benefits that Cape Wind would create, “Overall, the Siting Board concludes that the air quality benefits of the wind farm are significant, and important for Massachusetts and New England.” The controversial Cape Wind farm would be off-shore off the coast of Cape Cod, MA. Website: http://www.capewind.org