Greenwire http://www.greenwire.com The Premier Information Source for Professionals Who Track Environmental and Energy Policy. en-us Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 Nursing a coffee in a café just yards from the Michigan Capitol, Stanley "Skip" Pruss allowed himself to mourn political changes that have slowed state development of wind farms in the Great Lakes. It is a story that helps explain why there are no offshore wind farms there, despite estimates that the lakes could generate up to 700 gigawatts of electricity. SPOTLIGHT Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/1 A new study showing that E15 damaged car engines in two popular models provides "material evidence" that U.S. EPA moved too hastily in approving the fuel for the market, the… Top Stories Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/2 House Republicans say they've finally found the smoking gun showing that the recipient of a Department of Energy loan guarantee got direct political help from the highest levels of the… Top Stories Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/3 The snowpack that helps provide water for California cities and farms could shrink by two-thirds because of climate change, according to new research submitted to the state's Energy Commission. Higher… Top Stories Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/4 The Department of Energy's Office of Health, Safety and Security would lose oversight for the safety of nuclear weapons workers under a provision in the Defense Authorization Act, which hands… Congress Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/5 The chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is investigating whether a California utility sidestepped federal review of design changes at the San Onofre nuclear plant and contributed… Congress Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/6 A coal industry group released a video today criticizing President Obama for what it says are his shifting views on coal. The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity video contrasts… Politics Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/7 U.S. EPA's new proposal to cut carbon dioxide emissions from future power plants would reduce heat-trapping emissions by 123 billion pounds of carbon pollution annually compared with business as usual,… Politics Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/8 An Alaska conservation group this week is lobbying the Forest Service and lawmakers to oppose a bill that could create dozens of new private inholdings in the Tongass National Forest… Natural Resources Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/9 A coalition of Swedish and Russian environmental groups is going after Swedish furniture giant Ikea for its logging activity in Russia. The groups say Ikea has misled its customers about… Natural Resources Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/10 The Pebble Limited Partnership may submit permitting documents by the end of the year for its controversial gold and copper mine in southwestern Alaska, the company said yesterday. Pebble said… Natural Resources Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/11 Nine of the 18 freshwater habitats with the greatest need for restoration to prevent fish species loss from dams are in North America, according to a new global analysis. Catherine… Natural Resources Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/12 American Indian and environmental groups filed a lawsuit yesterday challenging petroleum exploration in Alaska's Cook Inlet, saying seismic testing would harm endangered beluga whales there. The Native Village of Chickaloon,… Natural Resources Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/13 A company that bought old railroad land in California's Mojave Desert three decades ago to grow citrus trees and grapevines has a controversial new business plan: selling groundwater. Cadiz Inc.… Natural Resources Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/14 A U.S. district judge said he would not immediately rule on the killings of California sea lions living at the Bonneville Dam. Judge Michael Simon said he will make a… Natural Resources Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/15 U.S. EPA announced today that the National Academy of Sciences will review the agency's efforts to upgrade its program for assessing the health risks posed by chemicals. NAS will review… Federal Agencies Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/16 A federal judge has disqualified herself from presiding over the case of an ex-BP PLC engineer accused of deleting text messages indicating the company knew the size of the 2010… Law Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/17 Starting this summer, electronics manufacturers will be able to place the Energy Star label on backup power devices, a step that the Obama administration approved after it found that the… Energy Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/18 The natural gas leak at a North Sea drilling platform owned by French oil company Total SA has been stopped by pumping heavy mud into the well, the company said… Energy Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/19 The country's nuclear power regulators have quietly revamped community emergency-planning efforts, requiring fewer planning exercises for major incidents, recommending that fewer people be immediately evacuated and no longer requiring local… Energy Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/20 China Petrochemical Corp., or Sinopec, plans to begin producing natural gas from a shale deposit starting next month. The project in the southwestern province of Sichuan will mark the first… Energy Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/21 Massachusetts environmental officials have recommended shutting down a wind turbine because of high noise levels -- the first time the state has made such a move since it began promoting… Energy Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/22 Los Angeles is slated to become one of the first major cities to start using a new electric freight trucking system. The "eHighway," or electric highway system, was pioneered by… Business Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/23 As Americans head outdoors this spring and summer, a new report from a public-health group says only about a quarter of sunscreens on the market contain the most effective and… Chemicals Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/24 The utility Denver Water has reached a deal with water agencies and governments in Colorado's Western Slope. As part of the deal, Denver Water said it would enact several environmental… Air and Water Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/25 Officials from Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) may have known about the threat a potential tsunami posed for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant… International Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/26 Peru's indigenous Ashaninka people are concerned about the proposed construction of a 2,200-megawatt hydroelectric dam that would flood the Ene River Valley, where they live. The project is part of… International Wed May 16 12:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/05/16/27