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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) administrator in the South and Southwest region (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Arkansas), Al Armendariz, has resigned after Republicans took aim at comments he made two years ago regarding how the EPA would "crucify" corporations that broke environmental laws.
Seattle-based AltaRock Energy, Inc. and Davenport Newberry Holdings LLC of Stamford, Connecticut, geothermal energy project developers, this summer plan to test the energy potential of the Newberrry Volcano, located about 20 miles south of Bend, Oregon.
Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR), said Monday that six of its subsidiary operating utilities will join the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO), a regional transmission organization (RTO) that now supports the delivery of electricity of 13 U.S. states and the Province of Manitoba. Entergy said joining MISO could save customers more than $1 billion in power production costs for the 2013 to 2022 timeframe.
While the U.S. Congress cannot come together to pass an energy bill, two states recently adopted comprehensive sets of policies on utility energy efficiency programs, including an Energy Efficiency Resource Standard (EERS).
XTO Energy, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), is under investigation by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) after a 13,000 gallon hydraulic fracturing fluid spill at XTO Energy's natural gas drilling site in Penn Township, Lycoming County, PA.
Shares of Nordex AG (Frankfurt: NDX1.F) , the German-based wind turbine manufacturer and wind farm developer, are in their third day of decline after the company announced disappointing Q3 2010 financial results and reduced its revenue guidance for the 2010 fiscal year.
The U.S. dairy industry recently finished a carbon footprint study (pdf) to evaluate the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions created by the life cycle of a gallon of milk.
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) recently released its State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, a 50-state ranking of energy efficiency policies, programs, and practices.
