At a time when consensus on domestic policy seems to be rare, one of the few things policy makers have long agreed on is our nation's need to achieve greater energy independence. However, when it comes to developing energy resources available on federal lands, the need for protecting wildlife habitat and other environmental resources has all too often conflicted with efforts to develop more traditional, often extraction-based energy projects. The increasing promise of renewable energy development provides cause to believe such conflicts can be avoided. Executive orders issued by Presidents Bush and Obama directing federal agencies to expedite the review process for renewable energy projects on federal lands only seem to bolster such a position. But executive orders do not override the l...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) has provided two procedures under which an applicant may have an application accorded special status for examination. The Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan is available if the applicant expressly abandons another copending unexamined application. The Green Technology Pilot Program is available to patent applications pertaining to environmental quality, energy conservation, development of renewable energy resources, and greenhouse gas emission reduction. In view of the trend in filings under the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan, this plan has fulfilled its purpose and will not be extended. In view of the success of the Green Technology Pilot Program, this plan will be extended until 500 additional a...
WASHINGTON, June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Legislation designed to speed the opening of the National Petroleum Reserve- Alaska to production of oil and natural gas should be approved as part of a larger effort to make more U.S. energy resources available to serve the American people, the president of NPRA, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, testified today before a congressional committee. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110309/MM60639LOGO)
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How can we close the gap between our increasing demand for energy and the dwindling supply of available energy resources, while not contributing to global warming and further devastating our landscape through mountaintop-removal coal mining? A seemingly obvious part of our long-term energy plan should include safe nuclear power generation. But West Virginia Code bans the construction of nuclear power plants, over concerns about waste disposal, safety and economics.
Heiss discusses the purpose of . The tapping of the vast Solar energy resources available on the Moon promises fundamental changes in Space operations, Space transportation and potentially clean energy supplies across all regions of Earth.
...Draft Green Energy Act Regulations Released for Comment . Environment...Water Resources Policy Paper Released . Amendments Proposed to Red...Further information is available at: http://www.chemicalsubstanceschimiques.gc.ca/c...
FARMINGTON -- One year has passed since the first 350.org gathering to spark community awareness about the high cost of energy and the need to make resources available to those in need. This year's hosts, the Sustainable Campus Coalition at the University of Maine at Farmington, highlighted the problems of reducing carbon emissions while staying warm, especially in this region plagued by high unemployment and low incomes.
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