Epa

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

Will Biden’s Proposed Emissions Limits Help or Hinder Hydrogen Cars?

The EPA’s proposal for stricter vehicle emission limits has the potential to boost electric vehicle sales, projecting that 67% of new passenger vehicles a…

Biofuel

Iowa Biodiesel Industry Commends Rep. Hinson on Advocating for Higher RFS Volumes in Letter to EPA

The Iowa Biodiesel Board commended U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Iowa, for leading a bipartisan letter to U.S. EPA trying to convince the agency to…

Biofuel

Hinson, Craig Urge EPA to Increase Advanced Biofuel Rvos

A group of 37 representatives led by Reps. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, and Angie Craig, D-Minn., on April 11 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Andrew Regan urg…

Oil&Gas Drilling

COSL Rig Getting Ready for Its Gig off Kuwait

A rig, which is destined to work on a drilling campaign offshore Kuwait, is preparing for its assignment at a Chinese yard. The rig is slated to depart for Kuwa…

Carbon Emissions

EPA: US GHG Emissions up 6% In 2021 From 2020

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 30th annual Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (GHG Inventory), which presents a natio…

Nuclear waste

Radiological Operations of Idaho’s IWTU Begin

IWTU operators prepare to introduce radiological sodium-bearing liquid waste into the facility Tuesday. (Photo: DOE)More than a decade after construction was de…

Electricity Transmission

A Tipping Point for America’s Grid

The American grid is reaching a tipping point. With electric vehicles (EVs) making up 5% of all new vehicle sales last year, there is an urgent need to prepare …

Hydropower Plant

Reclamation Releases Draft Supplemental Eis for Colorado River Basin

The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation has released a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to potentially revise the i…

Spent Fuel

Application to Raise Capacity of French Very-Low-Level Waste Repository

French radioactive waste management agency Andra has applied to the department of Aube in north-eastern France for environmental permission to increase the curr…

Electric Car

US EPA Presents Stricter Emissions Proposals Until 2032

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed far-reaching emission reductions for new passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Specifically, car emi…

Energy Security

Fire Breaks Out at Offshore Oil Platform, Leaving Four Injured

UK-headquartered oil and gas exploration and production company Trinity Exploration & Production plc has confirmed that a fire broke out on one of its platforms…

Electric Car

EPA Pollution Limits Aim to Boost Us Electric Vehicle Sales

The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits that would require as many as two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be ele…

Offshore Wind Power

DOE Announces Strategy for Offshore Wind Deployment

On Thursday March 29, 2023, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced its offshore wind strategy to advance the deployment of offshore wind energy in the United …

Biofuel

Sulzer to Establish New Clean Technology Research and Development Center in Singapore for Asia Pacific

　　From left to right: Uwe Boltersdorf, Division President, Sulzer Chemtech / Victor Chaim, Head Sulzer Chemtech APAC / Lim Junwei, Director, Urban Solutions &…

Nuclear Technology

US DOE Begins Demolishing Low Intensity Test Reactor

The US Department of Energy (DOE) says the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its clean-up contractor, UCOR (United Cleanup Oak Ridge) have…