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- The Resurgence of the American Coal Industry: “Is coal the new gold?” Tue, 16 Jan 18, 1:15amGuest post by David Middleton Is coal the new gold? A Pennsylvania senate candidate thinks so By John Moody | Fox News “There’s coal in them thar hills.” If that sounds like a confused reference to the 1849 California...
- Grade school science howler from Ken Caldeira: ‘CO2…forms carbonic acid (the same thing that makes soda fizz)’ Sat, 29 Jun 13, 4:08amFrom the Carnegie Institution , where soda pop science is like a carbonic acid trip, they say (thanks to modeling) we have to make big changes: “To save coral reefs, we need to transform our energy system…”...
- ‘plug-and-play’ CO2 Scrubbers Sat, 29 Jun 13, 2:42amFrom MIT, while “plug-and-play” is cited, it’s just a paper. Getting the carbon out of emissions Proposed method could be more efficient than previous systems and easier to retrofit in existing power plants. CAMBRIDGE,...
- National Laboratory pans ocean carbon sequestration scheme Thu, 13 Jun 13, 7:00amQuestions rise about seeding for ocean C02 sequestration - Argonne National Laboratory LEMONT, Ill – A new study on the feeding habits of ocean microbes calls into question the potential use of algal blooms to trap carbon...
- I, For One, Welcome Our New Energy Overlord Mon, 3 Jun 13, 9:00amGuest essay by Kevin D. Knoebel In case you missed it, physicist Ernest J. Moniz was sworn in on May 21, 2013 as the new US Secretary of Energy. Born in 1944 in Fall River, Massachusetts, graduated high school in …...
- Enivronmentalists worst nightmare? GMO’d ‘frankenbugs’ could make fuel directly from CO2 Wed, 27 Mar 13, 6:01pmFrom the University of Georgia: UGA discovery may allow scientists to make fuel from CO2 in the atmosphere Athens, Ga. – Excess carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere created by the widespread burning of fossil...
- Enivronmentalists worst nghtmare? GMO’d ‘frankenbugs’ could make fuel from directly CO2 Wed, 27 Mar 13, 6:01pmFrom the University of Georgia: UGA discovery may allow scientists to make fuel from CO2 in the atmosphere Athens, Ga. – Excess carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere created by the widespread burning of fossil...
- Bad Karma? Obama promotes electric cars, but they still fall short Wed, 20 Mar 13, 3:46amGuest post by Steve Goreham Originally published in The Washington Times Last Friday, President Obama once again pitched electric cars during his presentation at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois...
- Now what is ‘death train’ Hansen going to do? Clean coal process developed to extract energy without burning or CO2 Thu, 21 Feb 13, 1:00pmFrom James Hansen’s, Bill McKibben’s and Joe Romm’s worst nightmare department, comes this uplifting science story from the Ohio State University...
- A ReVolting development – Green Energy Stimulus Bankruptcies Come in All Sizes Thu, 29 Nov 12, 7:59pmBy Paul Chesser, National Legal & Policy Center The little-reported bankruptcy of a relatively small electric vehicle battery manufacturer last month illustrates the many problems with President Obama’s green energy...
- Something practical – new roof design saves energy Thu, 13 Sep 12, 6:59amORNL roof and attic design proves efficient in summer and winter By Emma Macmillan OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sep. 10, 2012 — A new kind of roof-and-attic system field-tested at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National...
- Cool clean coal – just add refrigeration Tue, 28 Aug 12, 5:00pmFrom the University of Oregon a wacky idea to refrigerate smokestacks. Cooled coal emissions would clean air and lower health and climate-change costs EUGENE, Ore. — (Aug. 27, 2012) — Refrigerating coal-plant...
- SLACing the soot Thu, 28 Jun 12, 5:31pmFrom the DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory X-ray vision exposes aerosol structures Laser probes microscopic components of air pollution Menlo Park, Calif...
- AGW threat seen under every rock and behind every tree Tue, 12 Jun 12, 5:01pmGlobal warming threat seen in fertile soil of northeastern US forests In ‘vicious cycle,’ heat may boost carbon release into atmosphere, UCI-led study finds — Irvine, Calif., June 11, 2012 — Vast stores of carbon...
- Bad battery “karma” – Taxpayers’ Green ‘Investment’ in Battery Company Withers Thu, 5 Apr 12, 10:30amBy Paul Chesser, National Legal & Policy Center A123 Systems – the taxpayer-funded electric vehicle battery manufacturer that famously shipped duds to Fisker Automotive, which caused one of its luxurious Karma EVs to...