PolicyMic A study in Nature Climate Change by University of Oregon researcher Richard York, analyses 50 years of energy data and concludes that solar cells likely don't offset fossil fuel or carbon footprints in practice. ... Furthermore, the photovoltaic ...
Platts JP Morgan Chase, whose physical commodities trading business has been the subject of mounting federal scrutiny the past two weeks, is considering either selling or spinning it off, the investment bank said Friday. The bank trades crude and refined ... and more »
Bloomberg Conventional, 84-octane gasoline in Portland, Oregon , weakened 2.5 cents to a 2.5-cent premium versus futures. State-blend CARB diesel in Los Angeles was unchanged at a 0.75-cent-a-gallon premium to ultra-low- sulfur diesel futures on the Nymex. and more »
Platts ... adverse implications for coal-fired electricity generators in Ohio, Pennsylvania and more than a dozen other states, the Obama administration has identified a host of areas across the US that it says do not meet national air-quality standards for ... and more »
Sacramento Bee The cause of the high sulfur dioxide level isn't certain, but the EPA notes a number of sources, include a MidAmerican Energy power plant in Louisa County. High sulfur dioxide ... Don't insult one another or the subjects of our articles. If you think a ... and more »
OPB News It may be used for cooking or simply melted over rice — “kind of like how you use soy sauce at a Chinese restaurant,” Rowan says. ... Coral-like sulfur shelf mushrooms, called chicken-of-the-forest by islanders, balloon out of tree trunks and stumps ...
New Baltimore Voice Newspapers The project included the installation of five new engines that produce as much horsepower as 51 2014 Chevy Corvettes to drive compressors to place natural gas into storage or move it through the station for eventual delivery. Construction of the new ...
Salem-News.Com Of these 274 coal plants, 102, (more than 1/3), have absolutely no requirements nor guideline or expectation to monitor or report discharges of these toxic metals to any of the state or federal government agencies, or the general public. Another scary ... and more »
OregonLive.com They were allowed to return after the deteriorating battery was removed. Hoffeditz advised that anyone who encounters a strong odor, such as sulfur or natural gas, then feels light-headed or develops a headache should leave the area and call 911.
Raw Story Conservatives are generally more prone to falling for conspiracy theories than liberals, but that doesn't mean liberals are immune, especially when the conspiracy theory addresses a psychological need on the left. (Thought interestingly, I've noticed ...