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Staying current for Chapter 7 { Energy Use Contents } EARTHLIGHT AT NIGHT – shows the whole planet at night and illustrates interesting urban and transportation patterns as illuminated by human-made lights: the scarcity of lights for North vs. South Korea, the ribbon of lights along the Nile, the township and range of the U.S. high plains […]

Staying current for Chapter 6 See non-chronological resources (bottom of this page) { Energy Use Contents } 2024-11-14. Breakthrough in capturing ‘hot’ CO2 from industrial exhaust. By Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley News. Excerpt: Industrial plants, such as those that make cement or steel, emit copious amounts of carbon dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas, but the exhaust is […]

Staying current for Chapter 5 See non-chronological resources (bottom of this page) { Energy Use Contents } 2024-09-23. Advanced conductors provide path for grid expansion. By Mathew Burciaga, Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources. Excerpt: Utility companies in the United States could double electric transmission capacity by 2035 by replacing existing transmission lines with those made from […]

Staying current for Chapter 4 See non-chronological resources Articles from:{2015–2021}-{2009–2014}-{2002–2008} { Energy Use Contents } 2024-10-23. Tech companies want small nuclear reactors. Here’s how they’d work. By Emily Conover, Science News. Excerpt: Last week, both Google and Amazon announced agreements with companies that are developing small modular reactors. Last week, both Google and Amazon announced agreements with companies […]

Staying current for Chapter 4 Articles from 2009–2014 Stay current index page for chapter 4 { Energy Use Contents } 2014-06-02. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Announces Clean Power Plan. On June 2, 2014, the EPA proposed the Clean Power Plan to cut carbon emissions from existing power plants. Under President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, EPA is proposing commonsense […]

Staying current for Chapter 4 Articles from 2002–2008 Stay current index page for chapter 4 { Energy Use Contents } 2008 2008 December 25. Solar Meets Polar as Winter Curbs Clean Energy. By Kate Galbraith. Excerpt: Old Man Winter, it turns out, is no friend of renewable energy.This time of year, wind turbine blades ice up, biodiesel congeals in […]

Staying current for Chapter 3 See non-chronological resources Articles from:{2015–2021}-{2008–2014}-{2001–2007} { Energy Use Contents } 2024-04-15. Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Industry Are Triple Current Estimates. By Nathaniel Scharping, Eos/AGU. Excerpt: The U.S. oil and gas industry is responsible for emitting 3 times more methane than current government estimates, according to a new study. […]

Staying current for Chapter 3 Articles from 2008–2014 Stay current index page for Chapter 3 { Energy Use Contents } 2014-10-10. Satellite sees hot spot of methane in US Southwest.  Excerpt: A surprising hot spot of the potent global-warming gas methane hovers over part of the southwestern U.S., according to satellite data. …The higher level of […]

Staying current for Chapter 2 { Energy Use Contents } 2014-06-02. Berkeley Lab Study Highlights Growing Energy Impact of Internet Video Streaming. Excerpt: How much CO2 was emitted when you streamed that movie from Netflix last night? It’s a question few people think about, but now researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory …have analyzed the energy usage […]

Staying current for Chapter 1 See non-chronological resources { Energy Use Contents } 2017-01-22. See the 1,000-Year-Old Windmills Still in Use Today National Geographic.  Excerpt: 2min 49sec video These amazing windmills are among the oldest in the world. Located in the Iranian town of Nashtifan, initially named Nish Toofan, or “storm’s sting,” the windmills have withstood winds […]