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Advanced Hydropower Gets New Funding from DOE and Interior Departments

By Chris de Morsella on September 7, 2011 Comments Off on Advanced Hydropower Gets New Funding from DOE and Interior Departments Advanced Hydropower, Bureau of Reclamation, chris de morsella, clean energy, dam, Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, DOE, environmental, hydro, hydroelectricity, hydropower, hydropower technology, ken salazar, micro-hydro, pumped hydro, pumped storage, renewable energy, renewable energy resource, reservoir, river ecology, run of the river hydro, Steven Chu, sustainability, sustainable

Reports on new funding by the DOE and the Department of Interior for various advanced hydro projects, including sustainable run of the river hydro and pumped storage as well. The announced $17 million in funding over the next three years is targeted for research and development projects to advance hydropower technology.

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 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.

EPA Establishes Web site on BP Oil Spill for The Public

By Tracey de Morsella on April 30, 2010 4 Comments air monitoring, air quality, benzene, BP oil, Department of Homeland Security Secretar, environment, EPA, federal response, Gulf of Mexico, health, Janet Napolitano, ken salazar, Lisa P. Jackson, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, toluene, Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzers, U.S. Coast Guard, xylene

As part of the ongoing federal response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, EPA today established a website to inform the public about the spill’s impact on the environment and the health of nearby residents. The website – http://www.epa.gov/bpspill – will contain data from EPA’s ongoing air monitoring along with other information about the agency’s activities in the region.

Event Spotlight: The Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference To Provide Real Solutions to Industry and Regional Governments

By Tracey de Morsella on April 27, 2010 3 Comments Achim Steiner, American Wind Energy Association, Amy Klobuchar, Bill Ritter, Blue Green Alliance, clean energy jobs, Debbie Stabenow, Denise Bode, environmental security, EPA, Good Jobs Green Jobs Conference, green career center, green economy, Green Innovation Expo, Hilda L. Solis, Jeff Merkley, John Kerry, ken salazar, Leo W. Gerard, Lisa P. Jackson, Michael Brune, Nancy Pelosi, Sherrod Brown, Sierra Club, Steven Chu, United Steelworkers International

The Blue Green Alliance is sponsoring the 2010 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference, which will be held May 4-6 in Washington, D.C. at the Washington Hilton. The event focuses on transforming ideas into action and revitalizing the nation by building a green economy that creates good jobs, reduces global warming and preserves America’s economic and environmental security.

WIND ENERGY UPDATE: Offshore Wind Gets Major Boost, American Wind Energy Association Annual Wind Industry Report, Construction Begins on New South Texas Wind Farm, Seattle Company Proposes Floating Wind Farms

By Chris de Morsella on April 22, 2009 Comments Off on WIND ENERGY UPDATE: Offshore Wind Gets Major Boost, American Wind Energy Association Annual Wind Industry Report, Construction Begins on New South Texas Wind Farm, Seattle Company Proposes Floating Wind Farms American Wind Energy Association, AWEA, California, clean energy, CPS Energy, deep-water offshore wind energy, demonstration platform, Department of the Interior, E.ON, E.ON Climate & Renewables, Earth Day, easements, EC&R, Energy Policy Act of 2005, energy security, environmentally responsible, environmentally responsible renewable energy development, Federal Register, floating windmills, framework, German, grant leases, Iowa, ken salazar, Minerals Management Service, MMS, OCS, off-shore wind farms, offshore deep water wind, offshore energy sector, offshore wind energy, Paplote Creek wind farm, Portugal, President Barack Obama, president obama, Principle Power, renewable energy, renewable energy development, renewable energy production, rights-of-way, San Antonio, San Patricio County, Seattle, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary Salazar, Texas, U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, WA, wind, wind energy, wind power, wind turbine, wind turbine tower, wind turbine tower manufacturing plant

Offshore Wind Gets Major Boost with announcement by President Obama that the Department of the Interior has finalized a long-awaited framework for renewable energy production on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Wind energy continues rapid growth according to new report from the American Wind Energy Association. The US has surpassed 25 gigawatts (GW) of installed wind energy capacity in 2008. Construction of a new wind farm has begun in Texas. Seatle firm proposes floating offshore wind farms.

Salazar Calls for Solar and Wind Energy Zones

By Tracey de Morsella on March 9, 2009 Comments Off on Salazar Calls for Solar and Wind Energy Zones ken salazar, renewable energy zones, solar;, wind

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar wants to create renewable energy zones to spur solar and wind energy projects, and build power lines to get the electricity to markets. In an interview with The Associated Press, Salazar said that while some regions of the country as well as offshore areas have great potential for wind energy and solar, there isn’t a clear plan to develop the resources.