Energy and Climate Change


Thermo Fisher Scientific Test Finds Oil in Oysters, Fish

Company's Food Safety Response Center developed methods to detect petroleum contamination specifically for the Gulf of Mexico spill.

EPRI Scientists to Author Chapters in Latest IPCC Climate Assessment

Richard Richels, Geoffrey Blanford and Steven Rose, all of the Electric Power Research Institute's Global Climate Change Program, will contribute to the 2013-2014 report.

BTFG and EX-IM Bank Facilitate U.S. Equipment Export to Romania

Innovative financing creates U.S. jobs while providing needed environmental remediation resources to clean up oil pools in the country.

NYC Building Projects Affected by New Energy Code

The Department of Buildings has launched the New York City Energy Conservation Code, part of the city’s plan to cut carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030. Lighting, power, and HVAC in new projects or renovations must comply.

Solomon Associates Earns Patent for GHG Performance Assessment System

Energy consulting company’s methodology has been endorsed by the European Petroleum Industry Association as the basis for allocating GHG allowances in the EU.

Portage Inc. Wins DOE Technical Assistance Contract

The company will support the agency's Carlsbad Field Office and the Waste Isolation Pilot Project.

NOAA Model: Greatest Oil Impact to Stay in Already Affected Areas

Current conditions, especially given the absence of a significant amount of Deepwater Horizon/BP oil from the Loop Current, indicate that immediate threats to the Florida Keys, Miami and Ft. Lauderdale areas remain low.

Dispersant Testing Finds No Significant Endocrine Disruption, EPA Says

In the next phase, EPA will test the acute toxicity of multiple concentrations of Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil and the dispersants.



EPA Finalizing GHG Reporting Rules for 4 Emissions Sources

The proposed rules, which also cover confidential business information, would require underground coal mines, industrial wastewater treatment systems, industrial waste landfills and magnesium production facilities to report their GHG emissions by the end of March 2012.

Ontario Proposes Rules for Offshore Wind Turbines

The rules would keep wind turbines at least 5 kilometers from the shorelines of lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.

ORNL Researchers Will Turn Heat Up in Arctic

The study team will warm a test area in Alaska to evaluate the ecosystem's response.

Dow, Merck, Clarke Win Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

EPA recognizes pioneering chemical technologies that produce alcohols from carbon dioxide as well as processes for producing propylene oxide, sitagliptin and expanding the application of spinosad

ASTM Air Quality Committee OKs Plume Opacity Standard

Digital photography can replace certified smoke readers to measure opacity.

Energy Performance Indicators Give Industries Leg Up on Benchmarking

Energy Star program helps auto manufacturers and other industries cut their fossil fuel use and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

PV Solar Project Will Provide Energy, Data for EPRI Study

The Electric Power Research Institute will use a power purchase agreement for a photovoltaic solar energy system on its rooftop.

Panel: Balance of Low, High Risk Energy Action to Further Sustainability

A Minerals Metals & Materials Society panel completes first of two DOE-commissioned studies that are expected to help delineate an R&D portfolio for energy.

DOE Awards Dow Chemical $2.9 M for Insulation Solutions

Vice President Joe Biden visited Midland headquarters to see the company's green tech initiatives, several of which are supported by stimulus funding.