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New Ethanol Rules – Who Really Wins?

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The intersection between corn and climate change can be a tough place.

The White House on Monday signed off on final EPA rules to implement a huge expansion of the national biofuels mandate required under a 2007 energy law.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) handed a victory to ethanol producers Wednesday by issuing final regulations [...]

China On Track To Becoming Third-Largest Wind Power Producer

A Chinese government official said the country will become the world’s third-largest producer of electricity from wind by the end of the year as it taps more renewable sources of energy and reduces the use of polluting coal.

Shi Lishan, deputy director of new energy at the National Energy Administration, says the country’s wind power capacity [...]

UN Announces Greenhouse Gas Footprint in First Step to Cutting Emissions

Copenhagen, December 2009 United Nations Environment Program – After one of the most wide-ranging and painstaking exercises ever undertaken across the United Nations system, the organization today announced its greenhouse gas footprint as part of a first step to manage these emissions downwards.

International Climate Change Action Day 2009 Engages Millions Around The World

News coverage from around the world has profiled local and nationally organized event across the globe for this year’s International Climate Change Action Day!  In many locations, the sight of people gathering together to spell out “350″ has been captured by news media.  The group www.350.org has helped to organize profiling the target of ”350″ parts per [...]

Is US HUD Doing Enough to Promote Green and Healthy Homes Sector?

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, better known as HUD, has increased its involvement in the green and healthy home sector over the past few years. In fact, it recently announced it would provide funding for technical studies relating to green and healthy homes. The overall objective from the resulting studies is to “improve our knowledge of the effects residential green construction has on both indoor environmental quality and occupant health, with a particular focus on children and other sensitive populations.” Additionally, HUD seeks to “improve our knowledge of the benefits of residential green building methods on 1) indoor environmental quality, and 2) occupant health.

EPA Names Top 20 Organizations Running on Their Own Green Power, Creating Green Jobs

For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership recognized 20 partners for generating the most green electricity on site. Combined, the top 20 partners are generating and consuming more than 736 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of on-site green power annually. This is equivalent to the electricity needed to power more than 61,000 [...]

Energy Secretary Chu Calls for a Revolution in Clean Energy Technologies

Statement of Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy

Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, Washington, D.C.

Chairman Boxer, Ranking Member Inhofe, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on moving America toward a clean energy economy.

We face many serious and immediate challenges. American families and businesses are struggling [...]

EPA Releases Assessment of Toxic Air Pollutants and Related Risk of Cancer Development

WASHINGTON – EPA has released the latest version of a state-of-the-science tool that estimates health risks from breathing air toxics in the United States. The National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA), based on 2002 air emissions data, helps federal, state, local and tribal governments identify areas and specific pollutants for further evaluation to better understand risks [...]