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Solar Power vs Natural Gas – H1 2014 Numbers are Surprising

Benji Jerew — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:39:59 +0000

As American energy-needs continue to increase, new energy sources are required to fill in the gap, among them solar power, wind power, natural gas, and coal, to name a few. Looking at the last fifty years of renewable energy in the United States, however, renewable energy, such as wind power and solar power, really only […]

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Coal Plants in the US, the Greenhouse Gas Elephant in the Room

Benji Jerew — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 12:41:12 +0000

Coal plants, both here in the US and abroad, are the dirtiest when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions but, for some reason, don’t get the attention they rightly deserve in climate change discussion. In the United States, there are about 6,000 power-generation facilities, providing the energy we need, as a society, to function. Depending […]

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Clean Air Act Reduced Smog-Forming Emissions Steadily for Over 20 Years

Leigh Hutchens — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:16:20 +0000

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released data proving that the Clean Air Act regulations have had a tremendous impact and are hugely successful at reducing pollutants and greenhouse gases. In 1990, the Clean Air Act was amended to combat ozone depletion, acid rain, and to combat 189 toxic pollutants, sulfur dioxide (SO2) and […]

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