International Energy Agency http://www.iea.org/papers/2011/biofuels_roadmap.pdf [Green Car Congress] By 2050, biofuels could provide 27% of total transport fuel and contribute in particular to the replacement of diesel, kerosene and jet fuel, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). This would represent an increase in biofuel use from 55 million tonnes of oil … Continue reading »
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Plugging In: A Consumer’s Guide to the Electric Vehicle
Electric Power Research Institute http://bit.ly/mH9KtT [Green Car Congress] The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has published a basic consumer guide that addresses questions about electric vehicle technology and performance. With a variety of electric and hybrid technologies now available commercially, potential buyers are looking to understand which options might best match their needs. The eight-page … Continue reading »
The Impact of the Congestion Charging Scheme on Air Quality in London
Health Effects Institute (HEI) / by Kelly H. Frank, Ross Anderson, Ben Armstrong, Richard Atkinson, Ben Barratt, Sean Beevers, Dick Derwent, David Green, Ian Mudway, and Paul Wilkinson http://pubs.healtheffects.org/view.php?id=358 [Green Car Congress] The London Congestion Charging Scheme (CCS)—which charged for travel into central London and reduced traffic volume (earlier post)—has shown little evidence that it … Continue reading »
Electricity Energy Storage Technology Options – A White Paper Primer on Applications, Costs and Benefits
Electric Power Research Institute http://bit.ly/lZR0Cw The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has published a comprehensive analysis of energy storage applications and technology options that also assesses the potential benefits and markets for energy storage in the United States . The analysis looks at 10 energy storage applications that EPRI considers would serve the bulk of … Continue reading »
HR 5442: Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment Act of 2010
US Congress http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-5442 [Green Car Congress] US Representative Judy Biggert (R-IL-13), Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-MA-7), Jerry McNerney (D-CA-11), and Anna Eshoo (D-CA-14) introduced legislation designed to fast track the deployment of electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid technologies. The Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment Act will provide grants to help regional communities establish themselves as models … Continue reading »
Wanted Dead or Alive? The Relative Value of Reef Sharks as a Fishery and an Ecotourism Asset in Palau
Australian Institute of Marine Science and University of Western Australia, Perth for the Pew Environment Group / by GMS Vianna, MG Meekan, D Pannell, S Marshand JJ Meeuwig http://bit.ly/j2OHtK (read, share or download with Scribd registration) [Yale Environment 360] While a huge demand for shark fins in Asia results in the slaughter of tens of millions … Continue reading »
Deep Borehole Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste
Nuclear Waste Techical Review Board (NWTRB) http://www.nwtrb.gov/facts/BoreholeFactSheet.pdf [PEN-e posting] This paper from the Nuclear Waste Techical Review Board describes deep borehole disposal as “a type of geologic disposal in which spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and solid high level radioactive waste (HLW) are isolated from the environment by emplacement in boreholes at depths from two to … Continue reading »
Market Assessment of Refinery Outages Planned for March 2011 through June 2011
US DOE, Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.gov/FTPROOT/petroleum/outage2011a.pdf This report reviews the supply implications of planned refinery outages for March 2011 through June 2011, which covers the seasonal increase in driving consumption.
H.R. 1231: Reversing President Obama’s Offshore Moratorium Act
US Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/121xx/doc12175/hr1231.pdf [US GovTrack.US] To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that each 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in the areas with the most prospective oil and gas resources, to establish a domestic oil and natural gas production goal, and for other purposes. [CBO] H.R. … Continue reading »
HR 1582: The Commonsense Ozone Regulation Act
US House of Representatives, Congressmen Kevin McCarthy, Devin Nunes, Jeff Denham and Darryl Issa (all R-Calif.) HR 1582 IH The Problem: [Fact Sheet on Rep. McCarthy's site] Residents In The Central Valley Are Being Forced To Meet A Revoked Air Quality Standard. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revoked the 1-Hour Ozone Standard in 2005 and … Continue reading »
