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Majority thinks global warming, clean energy should be priorities

May 22 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Wes Venteicher Los Angeles Times - Global warming and clean energy should be priorities for Congress and the president, a majority of Americans said in a recent survey. More...

Public Service Co. of Oklahoma touts 'Oklahoma solution' to regional haze as industrial consumers fear costs

May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Paul Monies The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City - Calling it an "Oklahoma solution" that uses state-produced energy resources, representatives of Tulsa-based utility Public Service Co. More...

Emissions Benchmarking Report Illustrates Calpine's Environmental Leadership

HOUSTON, May 16, 2013 -- BUSINESS WIRE - Calpine Corporation (NYSE:CPN) is one of the nation's largest generators of electricity and, according to a report issued this week, it is among the cleanest. More...

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Mixed reviews for Benicia on greenhouse gas

May 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tony Burchyns Times-Herald, Vallejo, Calif. - The city is making progress in cutting greenhouse gas pollution, but falling short of local reduction goals, a report released this week shows. More...

Citizen scientists: Help crowd-source climate change research

May 14 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Deborah Netburn Los Angeles Times - Citizen scientists, environmentalists and anyone who lives near a power plant -- your services are requested. More...

Study: Most states cut emissions in last decade

May 14 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Jim Malewitz Stateline.org - Thirty-two states cut energy-related carbon dioxide emissions between 2000 and 2010, while 18 states increased emissions of the gas that has been shown to drive climate change, a new report says. More...

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Management Perspective Combustion Residues

By Richard Goodwin
On: May 21, 2013

Two decades ago one of my books focused on Municipal Waste Combustion Residue or Incinerator (1). Over the last two decades the controversy has shifted from this material to Coal Combustion Residues [CCR]. There are more...

Which Countries Produce More Energy Waste Than the U.S.?...None of Them

By Sarah Battaglia
On: May 14, 2013

The United States has taken the lead yet again, but this time, we may not be so proud. We have surpassed every nation, including China, in the category of energy waste. Yes, our country wastes more...

Clean Coal Could be the Solution to Global Warming

By Sarah Battaglia
On: April 15, 2013

The damaging effects that result from burning coal may soon be nonexistent. It took scientists from Ohio State University 15 years and $5 million, but the clean coal technique has finally been developed. They have more...

CO Who? Nations Shift Focus Away From Number One Greenhouse Gas

By Jessica Kennedy
On: February 19, 2013

The UN climate change negotiations in Doha, Qatar last week did not result in any strong international treaties to curb carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions or reform the way the world generates and uses energy, but more...