“The EPA released a draft assessment of the potential impacts to drinking water resources from hydraulic fracturing for public comment and peer review. Read the executive summary and the full draft assessment. Learn more about the Scientific Advisory Board’s (SAB) review process for the draft assessment.” “The U.S. Congress urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)… Continue Reading
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New GAO Reports – Electricity Generation Projects, U.S. Parole Commission
Electricity Generation Projects: Additional Data Could Improve Understanding of the Effectiveness of Tax Expenditures, GAO-15-302: Published: Apr 28, 2015. Publicly Released: May 28, 2015: “The states and the federal government have supported the development of electricity generation projects in a variety of ways. In recent years, state and federal supports have been targeted toward renewable… Continue Reading
International energy data and analysis portal
Via EIA – Choose energy source: petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity; Visualization – Bubble Map, Heat Map, Column Chart; Production, Consumptions, Reserves & Capacity, Imports, Exports. Continue Reading
Historic Survey of Financial Services Professionals Reveals Widespread Disregard for Ethics
News release: “Labaton Sucharow LLP, which established the nation’s first practice exclusively dedicated to representing SEC whistleblowers, today announced the results of its collaborative survey with the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business: The Street, The Bull and The Crisis. The survey, the most expansive of its kind, polled more than 1,200 U.S.… Continue Reading
EIA China Country Analysis Brief
China is the world’s most populous country with a fast-growing economy that has led it to be the largest energy consumer and producer in the world. Rapidly increasing energy demand, especially for petroleum and other liquids, has made China influential in world energy markets. China is the world’s second-largest consumer of oil and moved from… Continue Reading
The City Energy Efficiency Scorecard
“Mayors and local lawmakers in America’s largest cities continue to take innovative steps to lower energy costs for consumers and businesses, increase their resilience, and reduce pollution through increased energy efficiency, according to the 2nd edition of the City Energy Efficiency Scorecard, released today by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). Available online… Continue Reading
2015 Cars Gain MPGs, CAFE Goals in Reach if Gains Continue
“According to a new Consumer Federation of America analysis of 1,163 of this year’s new vehicles, fuel efficiency continues to increase for 2015 on a model by model basis. However, individual car company fleets, are backsliding on their overall fuel economy performance. From 2014 to 2015, the percent of vehicles with an Environmental Protection Agency… Continue Reading
Energy Report – Home Idle Load
Natural Resources Defense Council – Devices Wasting Huge Amounts of Electricity When Not in Active Use “Always-on” energy use by inactive appliances, electronics and miscellaneous electrical devices translates to $19 billion a year — about $165 per U.S. household on average. The average always-on load uses the same amount of electricity as brewing 234 cups… Continue Reading
EIA’s CBECS – nation’s only comprehensive survey of commercial buildings
“The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) is the only nationally representative source of statistical information on energy-related characteristics, consumption, and expenditures for the nation’s 5.6 million commercial buildings totaling 87 billion square feet of floor space. Building characteristics information from the 2012 survey is being released in stages through the… Continue Reading
How Is NOAA Preparing for Future Oil Spills?
NOAA: “Crude oil production from North Dakota’s Bakken region has more than quadrupled [PDF] since 2010, and responders must be prepared for spills involving this lighter oil (note: not all oils are the same). Bakken crude oil is highly flammable and evaporates quickly in the open air. Knowing the chemistry of this oil can help… Continue Reading
U.S. Climate Change Policy
Directorate-General for Internal Policies (EU) – U.S. Climate Change Policy – April 2015 “This document reviews and updates the previous 2013 report providing an overview of the climate change policy in the United States. Starting with the emissions trend it then make some general remarks about policy making in the U.S. before entering into concrete… Continue Reading
CRS Report – Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal, Mark Holt, Specialist in Energy Policy. April 24, 2015. “Management of civilian radioactive waste has posed difficult issues for Congress since the beginning of the nuclear power industry in the 1950s. Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, but proposed storage and disposal… Continue Reading
