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A future for FutureGen? Senate slips life support for 'clean coal' boondoggle into war supplemental package	Kate Sheppard	16 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: carbon sequestration, coal, Department of Energy, energy, Illinois, politics (all these topics)

The renewable energy beneath our wings Bush DOE says wind can be 20 percent of U.S. power by 2030 -- with no breakthroughs	Joseph Romm	13 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Department of Energy, energy, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Puff Piece U.S. could get 20 percent of energy from wind by 2030, says DOE		13 May 2008	News
Posted at 10:52 AM on 13 May 2008 Wind power could meet 20 percent of U.S. energy demand by 2030, according to Energy Department calculations, even though currents currently provide a mere 1 percent of U.S. electricity. Making the leap would be "ambitious" but "feasible," says the report: it wouldn't require technological breakthroughs, but would necessitate the construction of 75,000 new and improved ...
Topics: Department of Energy, energy, news, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Do we need a massive government program to generate breakthroughs to make solar energy cost-competitive? Concentrated solar power is already doing great; no breakthroughs needed	Joseph Romm	11 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, Department of Energy, energy, renewable energy, solar thermal power, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

The Vulcan Project A high-resolution map of U.S. CO2 emissions	David Roberts	09 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate science, Department of Energy, energy, fossil fuels, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Welcome NYT readers to the debate of the decade: Technology development vs. deployment We've run out of time to wait for an unknown techno-fix to save us	Joseph Romm	08 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, Department of Energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, tech (all these topics)

An Embarrassment of Richton Mississippi town not enthusiastic about storing strategic petroleum		04 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 4:11 PM on 04 Apr 2008 Richton, Miss., is the lucky town picked as the fifth storage site for the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. To create space to store strategic petroleum, the Department of Energy will drain 50 million gallons of water a day for five years from the Pascagoula River to dissolve underground salt caverns, pumping the resulting brine through likely-to-leak pipelines over ...
Topics: Department of Energy, energy, Mississippi, news, oil, water conflicts, wetlands (all these topics)

Poof! 132 coal plants disappear The magic mouse of Guy Caruso	Ted Nace	21 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: coal, Department of Energy, energy (all these topics)

Yet another perk of energy-efficient buildings Car plant cuts energy costs $627,000 with two-month payback -- with DOE help	Joseph Romm	09 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, cars, Department of Energy, economy, energy, energy efficiency (all these topics)

Bodman as Orwell DOE erases 'most successful' weatherization program from website	Joseph Romm	10 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Department of Energy, energy, politics (all these topics)

DOE'h! Dept. of Energy paints different picture of clean coal than president's SOTU	David Roberts	03 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: coal, Department of Energy, energy (all these topics)

PastGen Department of Energy backs away from funding FutureGen project		29 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 5:04 PM on 29 Jan 2008 Well let us just pick our grinning jaws up off the floor: The U.S. Department of Energy has told lawmakers that it plans to pull funding for FutureGen, its ambitious and crazily expensive "clean coal" demonstration plant. The feds had planned to cover some three-quarters of the $1.8 billion price tag, and cited ballooning costs as its reason for backing out. The announcement pissed ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, coal, Department of Energy, energy, Illinois, news, politics (all these topics)

Corridor Stop Green groups sue over DOE's plans for electric transmission corridors		11 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 4:55 PM on 11 Jan 2008 Green groups are suing the Department of Energy over its plans for electric transmission corridors in the U.S. Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. The groups say the DOE violated environmental laws by failing to take into account the potential impacts of the high-voltage transmission lines on air quality, wildlife, and habitat; the corridors encompass dozens of state and national ...
Topics: Department of Energy, electricity grid, energy, litigation, news (all these topics)

Back to the FutureGen FutureGen		18 Dec 2007	News
"clean coal" demonstration plant slated for Illinois Posted at 8:26 AM on 18 Dec 2007 FutureGen, the U.S. Department of Energy's massive "clean coal" demonstration plant, will be sited in Mattoon, Ill., officials announced this morning. Three other potential locations for the plant each lobbied heavily for the roughly $1.8 billion project to be built on their turf -- one other site in Illinois and two others in Texas. The FutureGen project, wh ...
Topics: climate, coal, cogeneration, Department of Energy, news, United States (all these topics)

Stan, Stan, He's Not Our Man Nominee for federal fossil-energy secretary has strong ties to Big Coal		17 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 5:18 PM on 17 Dec 2007 From 2001 to 2003, Stanley Suboleski was chief operating officer of mining company Massey Energy, which faces $2.4 billion in fines for more than 4,000 alleged Clean Water Act violations at its coal operations in West Virginia and Kentucky within the past six years. It's only logical, then, that President Bush would nominate Suboleski, who is still an independent ...
Topics: coal, Department of Energy, energy, jackassery, news, politics (all these topics)

Oh, Sproat It All Yucca Mountain may be doubled in size, need more funding		05 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 12:04 PM on 05 Oct 2007 In a move sure to endear Nevada's Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste repository to fiercely opposed Nevadans, the Department of Energy has proposed doubling its size. Nevada Rep. Shelley Berkley (D) concisely sums up the reaction of the sane: "Doubling the size of Yucca Mountain will only double the danger. This is not a bad dream; it's a nightmare." In addition, the DOE's Edward F. S ...
Topics: Department of Energy, energy, insanity, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, waste (all these topics)

Into the Breach DOE hasn't opened Yucca nuclear-waste dump, must pay millions for breach of contract		01 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 2:52 PM on 01 Oct 2007 As if the saga of Nevada's Yucca Mountain wasn't ridiculous enough, a court has ruled that the Department of Energy's failure to open the nuclear-waste repository on time will have a price tag of $116.5 million, payable to Xcel Energy for breach of contract. And just to remind you of the ridiculousness, in the words of Minnesota State Senator Ellen Anderson: &quo ...
Topics: Department of Energy, energy, litigation, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, waste (all these topics)

Sludging Along U.S. agencies don't prioritize public in toxin-affected communities		28 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 10:27 AM on 28 Sep 2007 The U.S. Department of Energy found high levels of toxic hydrogen sulfide in the soil of suburban Versailles, Pa., and has neglected to inform local officials. The U.S. EPA was lackadaisical about cleaning up toxic paint sludge left by automaker Ford in Trenton, N.J., and disregarded complaints from the community. Luckily, those failures of the U.S. government to protect and infor ...
Topics: Department of Energy, health, jackassery, New Jersey, news, Pennsylvania, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Yucca Rebuke A setback for Yucca Mountain nuke dump as judge denies water to project		06 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 9:11 AM on 06 Sep 2007 A federal judge poured cold water on the U.S. government's plans to build a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada this week -- or, more accurately, he left the feds high and dry. The Department of Energy has been seeking 8 million gallons of state-controlled water to drill test holes at Yucca Mountain; the state of Nevada, which wants to be rid of the dump, has said no ...
Topics: Department of Energy, energy, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, water conflicts (all these topics)

That's, What, Two Days in Iraq? U.S. Department of Energy to grant up to $385 million for cellulosic ethanol		01 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
That's, What, Two Days in Iraq? U.S. Department of Energy to grant up to $385 million for cellulosic ethanol The U.S. plans to sink up to $385 million into cellulosic ethanol, doling out grants for six bio-refineries across the nation. The funds, spread over four years, will cover up to 40 percent of a $1.2 billion push expected to result in annual production of more than 120 million gallo ...
Topics: cellulosic ethanol, Department of Energy, energy, news, politics (all these topics)

Mercury Retrograde U.S. DOE backs off plan to sell neurotoxin to rest of world		03 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
Mercury Retrograde U.S. DOE backs off plan to sell neurotoxin to rest of world Caving in to critics and maybe, just maybe, its own conscience, the U.S. Department of Energy has decided against selling off nearly 1,300 tons of mercury left from pre-1960s weapons production. Though the neurotoxin brings a quick buck on the world market -- it's popular with developing countries that use it for mining gold -- DOE will follow ...
Topics: Department of Energy, news, toxics (all these topics)

What Goes Around Dumbs Around Bush administration considers unloading mercury on world market		29 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
What Goes Around Dumbs Around Bush administration considers unloading mercury on world market With stunning foresight, the U.S. Department of Energy is pondering a sale of more than 1,300 tons of mercury on the world market. Never mind that mercury sold overseas will, in all likelihood, just drift back to the U.S. as toxic air pollution. Never mind that, as Linda Greer of the Natural Resources Defense Council objects, &q ...
Topics: Department of Energy, news, toxics (all these topics)

The Appliance of Their Aye U.S. DOE will phase in energy-efficiency standards for household appliances		14 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
The Appliance of Their Aye U.S. DOE will phase in energy-efficiency standards for household appliances After years of thumb-twiddling, the U.S. Department of Energy will phase in more stringent energy-efficiency requirements for 22 household appliances and other pieces of equipment over the next five years. Congress requires ramped-up efficiency standards according to periodic deadlines; this update is only a dozen ...
Topics: Department of Energy, green living, news (all these topics)

Count Him In One of two individuals in DOE's voluntary emissions program reports back	Mike Taylor	06 Oct 2006	Soapbox
I'll admit it: I'm different from most people. I have energy savings goals for my house and car. I usually shop at a local food co-op, paying more than I have to for organic items. I even work indirectly with renewable energy for a living. It wouldn't be that hard to be labeled an environmentalist, except I don't like that word because it turns so many people off (we like "-isms& ...
Topics: Department of Energy, green living (all these topics)

I Saw the Sign How to tell future generations about nuclear waste	John Stang	08 Aug 2006	Main Dish
Think of a mummy movie -- any mummy movie. Treasure hunters enter a pyramid. The explorers either ignore or can't read the hieroglyphics warning of the curse that awaits those who open the 3,000-year-old sarcophagus before them. The mummy awakens and kills most of the cast. Rough translation: Seriously dude, do not open this door. Photo: iStockphoto If only those ancient Egyptians had done a better job ...
Topics: Department of Energy, toxics (all these topics)

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