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By Saad Asad It has now been a little over two months since the BP oil rig explosion took place. While early optimistic estimates predicted the cleanup could end in late May, it is now apparent that the spill is of much greater magnitude than originally thought. To get a better perspective of how huge this […]

Says consumers will pay higher rates under the plan May 5, 2010 BY DAVE McKINNEY Springfield Bureau Chief SPRINGFIELD — Attorney General Lisa Madigan today came out against Commonwealth Edison’s $500 million offer to the state in exchange for allowing the utility to lock in higher electricity rates and receive a guaranteed profit of 10 […]

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to regulate coal ash and its disposal, possibly as a hazardous waste. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said Tuesday that one option would regulate the ash under the hazardous waste section of the federal Resource Recovery and Conservation Act. The other is regulating it in the non-hazardous […]

Cold weather will cover the U.S. from the Rockies to the East Coast between now and Feb. 19, MDA Federal Inc.’s EarthSat Energy Weather said. Two feet (60 centimeters) of snow may fall in the Washington region. About 52 percent of U.S. households use gas for heating.  “Gas is mostly up on the weather,” said […]

Oil prices extend losses on US jobs, eurozone debt jitters     Photos 1 of 1 Petrols pumps at a Shell petrol station           NEW YORK – Oil prices extended losses Friday as world markets were shaken by fresh concerns over the global economic recovery stemming from debt woes in the eurozone […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wind energy could generate 20 percent of the electricity needed by households and businesses in the eastern half of the United States by 2024, but it would require up to $90 billion in investment, according to a government report released on Wednesday. For the 20 percent wind scenario to work, billions must […]

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s government is trying to piece together new carbon tax legislation that would cover big polluters without double-charging them, after a previous attempt to tax emissions was scrapped at the last minute. An army of chief executives attending the international climate talks in Copenhagen urge government officials to curb emissions and unleash […]

Developing countries react furiously to leaked draft agreement that would hand more power to rich nations, sideline the UN’s negotiating role and abandon the Kyoto protocol. See the entire article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/08/copenhagen-climate-summit-disarray-danish-text See the leaked “Danish Text” courtesy The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/08/copenhagen-climate-change

Courtesy The Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/climatedealdraft.pdf

BY MARK PETERS Consumers looking to take advantage of a sharp drop in U.S. power prices increasingly are turning to new suppliers. The economic downturn, combined with a boom in natural-gas output, has driven wholesale electricity prices sharply lower in the past year, inspiring an increasing number of recession-strapped households to shop around for cheaper […]