In Pennsylvania, Shale Boom Helps Fund Switch to Natural Gas Vehicles
May 21, 2013
Pennsylvania’s Act 13 of 2012 created a three-year Natural Gas Energy Development Program that will allocate $20 million in grant funds to purchase or convert vehicles to natural gas. The...
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Tagged Alternative Fuels, Energy Independence, Energy Security, Fracking, hydraulic fracturing, Marcellus Shale, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Fuel, Natural Gas Powered Vehicles, Pennsylvania, Shale Gas, Transportation |
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Is FracFocus Working As A Regulatory Compliance Tool?
May 1, 2013
According to a recently released Harvard Law School report, the website FracFocus.org “fails as a regulatory compliance tool” for energy companies developing oil and gas wells using hydraulic fracturing. FracFocus,...
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Tagged FracFocus, Fracking, Fracking Regulation, gas, Hydraulic Fracking Regulation, hydraulic fracturing, Natural Gas, Oil |
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Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013
April 29, 2013
Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) recently reintroduced the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act (ESICA), S. 761. This bipartisan legislation will spur the use of energy...
Filed Under: Critical Policy Issues, Discussions, Legislation And Rule-Making |
Tagged Alliance to Save Energy, Building Energy Performance, Energy Economics, Energy Efficiency, Energy Legislation, Energy Policy, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013, Energy Technology, Jobs, Manufacturing |
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Is Illinois Set to Take the Lead on Fracking Regulation?
February 22, 2013
A bill, recently introduced by Illinois State Representatives John Bradley and David Reis, to regulate hydraulic fracturing in the state is attracting support from both industry and environmental groups. The...
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Tagged EIA, Environment, Fracking, Fracking Regulation, hydraulic fracturing, Illinois, Natural Gas, Shale Gas, Shale Gas Development |
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Administration Releases New Fuel Economy Rules
September 3, 2012
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Transport Safety Administration (NHTSA) have released new rules for a corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standard that will increase fuel economy to...
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Tagged CAFE Standards, Fuel Economy Standards, Transportation, US EPA |
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Encouraging Grid Security with Distributed Generation
August 9, 2012
Along with Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), I recently introduced H.Res.762, with which we mean to express “the sense of the House...
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Tagged Congress, Distributed Generation, Electric Grid, Energy Security, National Security |
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Is Carbon Pricing Back on the Table?
August 6, 2012
Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) has introduced legislation that would put a price on CO2 emissions. Known as the Managed Carbon Price (MCP) Act, the bill is structured more as a...
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Tagged Climate Change, Congress, GHGs |
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Impacts of the Section 1603 Program
August 2, 2012
Section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was designed to attract private investors to renewables projects by offering investors a cash reimbursement equal to and in lieu of the...
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Tagged Clean Energy, Congress, Energy Finance, NREL, Renewable Energy Finance, Renewables, USPREF |
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Senate GOP Offers Up Familiar Energy Bill
July 30, 2012
Senate Republicans recently unveiled the “Domestic Energy and Jobs Act,” an energy bill intended “To approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, to provide for the development of a plan to increase...
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Tagged Domestic Production, Energy Policy, Keystone XL Pipeline, Legislation |
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House Pushing Offshore Drilling
July 24, 2012
House leadership is planning a vote this week on a bill to expand leasing for offshore drilling, the “Congressional Replacement of President Obama's Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan” (H.R....
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Tagged Congress, Department of the Interior, Economy, Energy Security, Environment, Offshore Drilling, Oil, Transportation |
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