US Senate http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr5116eas/pdf/BILLS-111hr5116eas.pdf House version of America COMPETES Act (passed May 2010): http://www.rules.house.gov/111/LegText/111_hr5116txt.pdf The Senate’s compromise is not nearly as generous in funding as the $84 billion bill that passed the House in May. For instance, the Senate version would authorize only $918 million for the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, or ARPA-E, through … Continue reading »
Posted on December 20, 2010 …
S. 3874: To Amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water
US Senate http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111s3874es/pdf/BILLS-111s3874es.pdf [Draft of this act available at http://rfflibrary.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/cbo-cost-estimate-s-3874-reduction-of-lead-in-drinking-water-act/] [From S.3874] For the purposes of this section, the term `lead free’ means (A) not containing more than 0.2 percent lead when used with respect to solder and flux; and (B) not more than a weighted average of 0.25 percent lead when used with respect … Continue reading »
Renewable Energy in the South
Nicholas Institute, Duke University / Marilyn A. Brown, Etan Gumerman, Youngsun Baek, Cullen Morris, Yu Wang http://tinyurl.com/2cfblcu [From report website] Transitioning away from increasingly scarce, carbon-intensive and polluting fossil fuels is one of the key challenges facing modern society. Prominent among the energy supply options, with inherently low life-cycle CO2 emissions, is a suite of … Continue reading »
Turkey’s Role and Priorities in Enhancement of Security of Oil and Gas Supplies
Siyaset Ekonomi Ve Toplum Araştırmaları Vakfı (SETA) http://www.setav.org/public/HaberDetay.aspx?Dil=tr&hid=54240 [Website] Geographically located in close proximity to hydrocarbon-rich regions, Turkey forms a natural energy corridor between important source countries and big consumer markets, and stands as a key country in ensuring global energy security through diversification of supply sources and routes. Within this context, some major pipeline … Continue reading »
@ Brookings Podcast: Climate Change: The Path from Cancun
Brookings Institution / by Katherine Sierra http://tinyurl.com/2f67ttf With the multi-nation climate change talks in Cancun done, expert Katherine Sierra says the path forward will be difficult in these hard economic times. Nevertheless, she says leaders of nations from the most developed to the very poorest understand the need to take action.
