Newswire: Energy
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- UT, A&M leaving banks for fed-issued student loans | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
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- Scott Clark of Houston Chronicle linked first on March 19, 2010 at 10:15AM EDT
- Scott said: Some Texas schools are preparing for expected loan program changes that could have students turning to the government instead of banks to help pay tuition.
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- Lisa Palmer of Freelance linked first on March 19, 2010 at 9:27AM EDT
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- Dan Schank of Ode Magazine linked first on March 10, 2010 at 5:52PM EST
- Dan said: U.S. senators from across the political spectrum, namely John Kerry (D-Mass.), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are about to release a re-vamped climate bill, and there are some encouraging signs that it may move forward. Politico has the details...
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- Dan Schank of Ode Magazine linked first on March 7, 2010 at 4:50PM EST
- Dan said: In Indiantown, Florida, the FPL Group utility is currently at work on the world's second largest solar energy plant. And it's being "grafted onto the back of the nation’s largest fossil-fuel power plant, fired by natural gas." This is one of a series of recent experiments hoping to combine conventional energy sources with more sustainable upgrades. And it's the first attempt to do so on a massive industrial scale...
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- Dan Schank of Ode Magazine linked first on March 4, 2010 at 10:35PM EST
- Dan said: Slate's "The Efficient Life" is a project that encourages readers to conserve energy at home while saving money. In this edition, questions are raised regarding the use of heating oil and propane: "I know exactly how much electricity my family used yesterday. But I have only a vague guess of how many gallons of heating oil we burned. As a result, I can't measure how different behavioral changes would affect consumption. What would happen if I turned the heat down to 65 instead of 68? Would it save a gallon or a half a gallon? How much oil does it take to get the house from 68 to 72 in the morning? Given that heating oil costs more than $3 per gallon, small amounts can add up to significant savings."
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- Pete Basofin of The Sacramento Bee linked first on March 2, 2010 at 3:43PM EST
- Pete said: "The Monthly Energy Review (MER) is the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s primary report of recent energy statistics. Included are total energy production, consumption, and trade; energy prices; overviews of petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear energy, renewable energy, and international petroleum; carbon dioxide emissions; and data unit conversions."
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- Scot Hacker of KDMC linked first on February 25, 2010 at 7:35PM EST
- Scot said: Sounds promising
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- Jillian Cohan of Houston Chronicle linked first on February 23, 2010 at 11:47AM EST
- Jillian said: The billionaire says the private sector, not government, will offer real solutions for global warming.
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- Jillian Cohan of Houston Chronicle linked first on February 23, 2010 at 11:23AM EST
- Jillian said: The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday the agency would delay subjecting large greenhouse-gas emitters such as power plants and crude-oil refiners to new regulations until 2011, and would raise the threshold for using the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon dioxide emissions.
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- Jillian Cohan of Houston Chronicle linked first on February 22, 2010 at 2:11PM EST
- Jillian said: Reliance Industries Ltd., owner of the world’s largest oil-refining complex, raised its offer for bankrupt LyondellBasell Industries AF to about $14.5 billion, according to two people with knowledge of the offer. The revised bid allows Lyondell creditors to opt for cash or equity, said the people who declined to be identified because the talks are private.
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