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Headline	Author	Published	Section
The Vulcan Project A high-resolution map of U.S. CO2 emissions	David Roberts	09 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Check out the Vulcan Project out of Purdue University (with funding from NASA and DOE). It's an attempt to quantify and visually represent U.S. CO2 emissions over time: Here's a nifty video introduction: (via Dot Earth)
Topics: climate, climate science, Department of Energy, energy, fossil fuels, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

A Penny Saved Is a Penny Spurned Bush admin looks to cut funding for energy efficiency		01 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
A Penny Saved Is a Penny Spurned Bush admin looks to cut funding for energy efficiency To fund long-term research into speculative future energy sources, the Bush administration wants to cut guaranteed present-day energy savings: The proposed 2007 Energy Department budget would eliminate $152 million (roughly 16 percent) from its energy-efficiency programs. A program to improve the efficiency of heav ...
Topics: climate, Department of Energy, energy, news, politics (all these topics)

Less Money, Mo' Problems Bush's 2007 budget slashes funding for energy conservation		09 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Less Money, Mo' Problems Bush's 2007 budget slashes funding for energy conservation When President Bush said "America is addicted to oil," we thought he meant that was a bad thing. Apparently not: Bush's proposed 2007 budget increases funding for oil and gas drilling on public lands and slashes $100 million from some of the Energy Department's most effective conservation programs. That incl ...
Topics: climate, Department of Energy, energy, news, politics (all these topics)

Romancing the Stove States sue DOE, press for energy-saving standards for appliances		08 Sep 2005	Daily Grist
Romancing the Stove States sue DOE, press for energy-saving standards for appliances New York City and 15 states have filed suit against the U.S. Department of Energy, saying the agency has failed to update energy-saving standards for nearly two dozen household appliances -- changes that would save gobs of energy. According to the suit, the DOE has violated mandates set by Congress 18 years ago to progressively ...
Topics: climate, Department of Energy, energy, news (all these topics)

Crystallized Meth Methane Hydrates Could Be Next Big Energy Source; Enviros Concerned		16 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Crystallized Meth Methane Hydrates Could Be Next Big Energy Source; Enviros Concerned Methane hydrates deep under the ocean floor and the Alaskan permafrost may represent the world's next big energy source, if they can be extracted safely. Some 10 trillion tons of carbon are trapped in the strange ice-like compounds, which form when flammable methane gas is subjected to cold, high-pressure conditions. When perturbed, ...
Topics: climate, Department of Energy, energy (all these topics)

Tempest in a Teapot Government to Bury CO2 in Teapot Dome Oil Field		28 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Tempest in a Teapot Government to Bury CO2 in Teapot Dome Oil Field The U.S. Department of Energy is planning to bury some 1.6 million tons of carbon dioxide a year underneath the Teapot Dome oil field in central Wyoming, in the largest carbon-sequestration test project ever undertaken. The process, which involves compressing CO2 into liquid form and ...
Topics: climate, Department of Energy, energy, ozone, politics, pollution and waste, water pollution, Wyoming (all these topics)

A Big Pay Off?		21 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
A Big Pay Off? Led by climate change skeptic ExxonMobil, a collection of oil, gas, and other energy companies has pledged at least $175 million over 10 years to Stanford University to create a Global Climate and Energy Project. One goal of the project will be to help develop renewable energy technologies. Critics say the gi ...
Topics: climate, Colorado River, commercial and industry organizations, Department of Energy, energy, Pacific Northwest, renewable energy (all these topics)

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