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Southern California Edison on Emerging Plug and Play Grid
The goal of an as yet undetermined number of people is to get off the grid entirely, of course. Continue reading
Pork Alert! Dump Ethanol Say Voters in National Poll
Likely 2016 voters have serious concerns about ethanol’s unintended consequences as a fuel, including damage to engines, land conversion and food prices, according to a new national poll. Continue reading
Taxpayer Rip-off as Bureau of Land Management Discounts Royalty Rates on Our Property at 50% of Actual Market Value
The BLM oil and gas management program is one of the most important mineral leasing programs in the Federal government. The total value of production is over $33 billion, which generates more than $3 billion in royalty revenue annually from oil and gas leasing activities on public lands, most of which is shared with state and local governments, and nearly $1 billion in royalty revenue from activities on tribal lands, all of which goes to tribes or individuals. Continue reading
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Oil Strike Escalates Nationwide in US. Biggest since 1980
The United Steelworkers (USW) oil strike over demands for improved safety provisions has escalated as it entered its second week. Workers at BP refineries in Ohio and Indiana have joined the oil strike that began on 1 February at nine other refineries. From California to Kentucky, this is the first nationwide strike in the industry for 35 years. Continue reading
Gas Prices Continue Dropping
U.S. motorists are paying an average price at the gasoline pump today of $2.10 per gallon) that is more than 40% lower than the 2014 peak of $3.70 reached on April 28. Continue reading
EPA Proposal Strengthens Response to Oil Spills
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to amend requirements under the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan to improve the nation’s ability to respond to oil spills. This proposal addresses issues raised by the public, responders, government, and industry officials during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill of BP. Continue reading
Chesapeake Energy to Pay Millions for Wetlands Destruction
No criminal charges against executives were pursued, however. So the environmental rhetoric of the Obama Administration is put aside in the latest corporate friendly deal under Eric Holder, his politically appointed Attorney General. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Chesapeake Appalachia, clean water act, Ken Zino
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Honda Fuel Cell Concept Debuts at Los Angeles Auto Show
Honda’s next generation fuel cell-electric vehicle has what is for the moment the world’s first fuel-cell powertrain packaged completely in the engine room of the vehicle. This not only allows more interior space, but it gives the Japanese automaker some flexibility in the use of fuel cell technology in different vehicle types. Continue reading
Automotive Waste Heat Recovery Closer to Production
Not surprisingly, given increasingly stringent fuel economy and CO2 regulations, much advanced research is being done to see how this wasted exhaust heat can be used. Two areas show promise – generating electricity from the heat, and/or using the exhaust heat for a vehicle’s heating and ventilation system. Continue reading
Posted in electric vehicles, energy, fuel economy or emissions
Tagged amerigon, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, doe, freedom car office, gentherm, Ken Zino
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Attacks EPA, Again, over Powerplant Emission Rules
In today’s what’s not news department, the Energy Institute President Karen Harbert of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today called on EPA to ensure that any new powerplant emission rules are cost-effective, attainable, and don’t harm the American economy. Continue reading
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UMD Researchers Get $1 Million for EV Battery Research
Lithium-ion batteries are problematic in electric vehicles due to short driving range, high cost, and low safety and reliability. Continue reading
Posted in electric vehicles, energy, engineering
Tagged arl, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, Li-ion, lithium ion batteries, umd
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Electric Cars and Solar Cells are not so Clean
“Stating that an electric car is clean is like saying that a light bulb is clean. Light bulbs do not produce exhaust, but it doesn’t mean we can use them with zero emissions. The same holds true for electric cars,” said Zehner in an NPR interview Monday. Continue reading
Fuel Company Head Charged in Kickback Scheme
The former owner and operator of two Florida-based airline fuel supply companies appeared today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on charges of a kickback scam and defrauding Illinois-based Ryan International Airlines. Continue reading
Posted in energy, fools 'n frauds, litigation
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, doj, homeland security, Ken Zino, ryan air
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Shell Settles Clean Air Act Violations for $115 Million
Shell will spend $1 million on a state-of-the-art system to monitor benzene levels of the refinery and chemical plant near a residential neighborhood and school and to make the data available to the public through a website. Shell’s agreement to recover and recycle waste gases at its chemical plant is a first of its kind. Continue reading
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GM and Honda Target 2020 for Viable Fuel Cell EVs
The light duty fuel cell vehicle (FCV) has shown promise for decades, but the problem remains that it is space age technology at NASA levels of cost. Not surprisingly, automakers have varying levels of interest fuel cells that always appear to be just a decade or so from commercialization, but interest is rising. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, co2, fuel cells, Ken Zino, nasa
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