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DOE Announces $50 Million Funding for Solar Grid Parity Demonstration Program

By Chris de Morsella on December 16, 2010 1 Comment BLM, Bureau of Land Management, coal, concentrated photovoltaic, Concentrated Photovoltaic Power, Concentrated Solar Power systems, concentrating photovoltaic energy, concentrating solar thermal power, cost-competitive solar energy, cutting-edge solar, Department of Energy, department of interior, DOE, Energy secretary Steven Chu, fossil fuel, Funding Opportunity Announcement, grid parity, innovative technology, Nevada, Nevada National Security Site, NV, photovoltaic, PV, renewable energy, SESAs, solar demonstration program, Solar Demonstration Zone, solar electricity, solar energy, solar energy industry, Solar Energy Study Areas, solar power, solar proving ground, solar;, southwestern United States, Steven Chu, sustainable energy, sustainable energy future

DOE Announces $50 Million Funding for Solar Grid Parity Demonstration Program

Department of Energy (DOE) secretary Steven Chu announces $50 million in funding for solar energy grid parity demonstration program for innovative solar technologies leading to cost-competitive solar energy that helps solar reach this important milestone.

The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: An Accident Waiting to Happen

By Yale Environment 360 on May 18, 2010 7 Comments and Mother Jones, Andrew Hopkins, Associated Press, Australian National University, Berkeley, blowout preventer, BP, CA, Deepwater Horizon, department of interior, drill rigs, drilling platform, energy companies, environmental impact statement, environmental law, Failure to Learn, fossil fuels, Gulf of Mexico, Halliburton, Holly Doremus, hydrocarbon resources, John McQuaid, ken salazar, lmoratorium, Louisiana, marshes, Minerals Management Service, MMS, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Obama, ocean surface, offshore drilling, offshore oil and gas drilling, oil field services, oil slick, Outer Continental Shelf, Outer Continental Shelf Oversight Board, Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms, Pulitzer Prize, Robert Bea, Santa Barbara, sea floor, slate, Smithsonian, Transocean, U.S. News, University of California, Washington Post, Wired

The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: An Accident Waiting to Happen

The oil slick spreading across the Gulf of Mexico has shattered the notion that offshore drilling had become safe. A close look at the accident shows that lax federal oversight, complacency by BP and the other companies involved, and the complexities of drilling a mile deep all combined to create the perfect environmental storm.