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BOEMRE releases study on incorporating climate effects into oil-spill risk analysis for Arctic

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released a new report evaluating how climate change may affect the environmental conditions measured and used in mathematical modeling for oil-spill trajectory analysis in the Arctic region. Study area used in the Oil Spill Risk Analysis for the Alaskan Arctic region.

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US and Japan successfully complete Arctic field trial of gas hydrate production technology using CO2-methane exchange within structure

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US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the completion of a successful test of technology in the North Slope of Alaska that was able to safely extract a steady flow of natural gas from methane hydrates. Conceptual rendering of CO 2 – CH 4 exchange methodology for the production of natural gas from hydrates. Source: NETL. Click to enlarge.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil. Its better solar transfer/storage than a battery.

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President Obama calls on Congress to establish $2B Energy Security Trust for advanced transportation research, funded by oil and gas royalty revenues

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The mandatory funds would be set aside from royalty revenues generated by oil and gas development in Federal waters of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), already included in the administration’s five-year plan. It’s also about saving the environment. Smith, Chairman, President, and CEO of FedEx Corporation; and General P.X.

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Does the US Senate Have The Balls To Stand Up For Your Children? Not Without YOU Forcing Them To

Creative Greenius

My own legacy Democratic Senator, the ancient Diane Feinstein, who I have supported and voted for, along with gun-ho Virgina Senator Webb, who I helped get elected, are just as ready to roll over and sell out your kids as Republican nutcase Senator Inhofe and the corrupt and immoral Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski.