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US House Members Introduce Bipartisan Disapproval Resolution to Block EPA Regulation of GHG; Mirrors Murkowski Resolution

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US Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) When Congress passed the Clean Air Act, it never gave EPA the explicit authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions for the purpose of stopping global climate change. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy. 26, in the US Senate. Earlier post.).

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EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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tonnes/person) and Alaska (54.6 The states with the highest carbon intensity of their economies as measured in metric tons of carbon dioxide per million dollars of state GDP (mt CO 2 /million dollars of GDP) are also the states with the highest values of energy intensity and carbon intensity of that energy supply. tonnes/person).

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Study Concludes Peak Coal Will Occur Close to 2011

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They treated areas with large resources but little production history, such as Alaska and the Russian Far East, as sensitivities on top of this base case, producing an additional 125 Gt of coal. The current paradigms of a highly-integrated global economy and seamless resource substitution will fail in a severely energy constrained world.

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Batteries & Biofuels, Not Aluminum & Hydrogen, Will Fuel The Airlines Of The Near Future (Part 1)

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Hydrogen is a very expensive alternative, so other options that are less expensive and have equal or better characteristics are going to dominate.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

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LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman defends Elon Musk against Trump

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It all started when Trump claimed at a rally in Alaska that Elon Musk had told him that he voted for him. Started EV revolution w/Tesla, resurrected US rocket industry w/SpaceX, fighting climate change while promoting American innovation.” Including the US economy. “Yeah, but too much drama.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. The three lawmakers plan to introduce legislation next month that would apply different carbon controls to individual sectors of the economy instead of setting a national target. Western Climate Initiative (WCI).

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