This Can’t Be Good: BP Delays Pressure Tests and Stops Drilling Relief Well

Photo: BP Only Bad News on the Oil Spill Today After some good news in the past couple of days, BP is going back to what it has accustomed us to over the past few months: bad news. The first of these is that despite the fact that the cap has been fitted over the oil leak, the pressure tests to determine if the leak can be completely captured by this new ‘top hat’ will have to wait for “further analysis” (this was decided after a meeting with Steven Chu and his team of advisers). The second piece of bad n..

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Climate Corps 2010: Out of ‘Boot Camp’ and into the Field

Fresh from their training, the EDF Climate Corps fellows head out to their summer assignments, and the fellow sent to CSX Corporation finds himself in a meeting with the company’s environmental and facilities teams soon after reporting for duty. 

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How Obama Could Use the Gulf Oil Disaster to Buoy Renewable Energy

Amid the depressing news that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is still not contained nor getting better — over two week after the disaster started — there may be a little green ray of hope.

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How Obama Could Use the Gulf Oil Disaster to Buoy Renewable Energy

Amid the depressing news that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is still not contained nor getting better — over two week after the disaster started — there may be a little green ray of hope. The devastating effects of this oil rig spill could be the perfect moment to garner support for renewable energy . Last week President Obama announced that he was halting all future offshore drilling until this oily mess is figured out, but we think he should take that a step further.

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How Obama Could Use the Gulf Oil Disaster to Buoy Renewable Energy

Amid the depressing news that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is still not contained nor getting better — over two week after the disaster started — there may be a little green ray of hope. The devastating effects of this oil rig spill could be the perfect moment to garner support for renewable energy

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The Ins & Outs of the Upcoming Energy & Climate Bill and Why It’s Stalled

Key senators, industry officials, senior advisers and cabinet members met yesterday with President Obama to talk about the upcoming Climate and Energy Bill . The bill has been largely put aside by Congress in favor of passing Healthcare legislation and yesterday’s meetings were an attempt by President Obama to get the bill moving

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The Ins & Outs of the Upcoming Energy & Climate Bill and Why It’s Stalled

Key senators, industry officials, senior advisers and cabinet members met yesterday with President Obama to talk about the upcoming Climate and Energy Bill . The bill has been largely put aside by Congress in favor of passing Healthcare legislation and yesterday’s meetings were an attempt by President Obama to get the bill moving. The talks highlighted the simple reason the bill is stalled: the Democrats are largely for a Climate and Energy bill and the majority of Republicans want to leave the “Climate” part out of it — mainly any kind of carbon capping or taxing legislation

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10 MW Dubai Skyscraper Makes 10X More Renewable Energy Than It Needs

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