This content originally appeared on AWEA’s Into the Winds Blog . By: Michael Goggin The cost of reliably integrating large conventional power plants onto the power system in Texas is more than 17 times larger than the cost of reliably integrating wind energy, based on new AWEA analysis of data…
By Tim O'Connor By Tim O’Connor with Larissa Koehler and Jorge Madrid EPA recently proposed a final pollution reduction rule for refineries that will help cut toxic air emissions and improve monitoring at the nation’s largest industrial facilities. This new rule is an important complement…
Tell the EPA to make sure oil refineries clean up their act.
By Michael Panfil By: Michael Panfil , attorney for EDF’s US Climate and Energy Program, and Jamie Fine , senior economist for EDF’s Clean Energy Program Demand response encourages customers to shift their energy use to times of day when there is less demand on the power grid or when more…
DALLAS – (Aug. 5, 2014) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final approval of the 50th greenhouse gas (GHG) permit in Texas. In Texas alone, EPA has received 83 GHG permit applications from businesses since 2011. Texas is No. 1 in the country for receiving…
John Snell reports: A Coast in crisis (+video) By John Snell, WVUE (New Orleans, La.). Aug. 4, 2014. “Each year, Louisiana loses 25-35 square miles of its coast, according to the U.S. Geological Survey…” ( read more ) Causes of fish skin lesions ruled out, except for BP oil spill, new study…
By EDF Blogs By: Michael Panfil , attorney for EDF’s US Climate and Energy Program, and Jamie Fine , senior economist for EDF’s Clean Energy Program Demand response encourages customers to shift their energy use to times of day when there is less demand on the power grid or when more renewable…
August 5, 2014
By Keenan Orfalea, Communications Intern, Environmental Defense Fund “There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.” – President John F. Kennedy The Mississippi River Delta – one of the largest and most productive wetland…
DALLAS – (Aug. 4, 2014) Tomorrow, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public hearing in Houston, Texas on the proposed updates to emissions standards for refineries to protect nearby neighborhoods and improve air quality. After receiving input from stakeholders including…
Aug. 4, 2014 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants totaling $500,000 to the Cities of Gary and Hammond to fund green infrastructure projects that will improve water quality in Lake Michigan. EPA Region 5 Administrator/Great Lakes…
By Katie Hsia-Kiung With billions of dollars in profits, oil companies can pay a lot of consultants to write a lot of really impressive-looking reports. But look past the fancy cover page and you will often find these documents are nothing more than spin. Case in point: the recent report from…
Guest post by Lynda Woolard (New Orleans) This post is the first in a two-part guest series. "The simple truth is, if we fail to restore our coast, we fail to protect our city from future storms." I was recently blessed with an opportunity to go along for a boat trip to see the…
Oyster Shells Recycled By Taylor Burley, New Orleans Magazine. Aug. 1, 2014. “The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) recently implemented the state’s first formal…” ( read more ) Oil spill monitors will stay on the job, state says (+video) By Kimberly Blair, The Pensacola New…
By Mina Badtke-Berkow Source: Lewis Clarke New Jersey is a national leader in solar power. With close to 1,300 MW of solar energy currently installed, the state ranks third in the country in solar capacity. A commitment to photovoltaic (PV) technology has helped New Jersey reduce carbon emissions,…
Stennis Space Center, MS – The Gulf of Mexico Program recently announced that the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) has received an $88,474 cooperative agreement for the project “Vessel Supplemental Support for 2014 Shelf wide Hypoxia Cruise.” Dr. Nancy Rabalais, Executive…
DALLAS – (Aug. 1, 2014) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to the OCI Beaumont LLC, methanol and ammonia plant in Nederland, Texas. “Companies in Texas are expanding their…
DALLAS – (Aug. 1, 2014) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to the Tenaska Roan’s Prairie power plant in Grimes County, Texas. The company plans to construct three gas-fired…
July 28, 2014
By Walker Smith The United Nations Environment Program Compound in Nairobi, Kenya, where the first meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the UNEP, or UNEA, was held. As I sat in traffic on my way back to the Nairobi airport, I watched the children weaving between the old taxis and…