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Staying current for Chapter 9 Articles from 2003–2008 Stay current index page for chapter 9 { Energy Use Contents } 2008 December 15. Waste Coffee Grounds Offer New Source Of Biodiesel Fuel.Science Daily. Excerpt: Researchers in Nevada are reporting that waste coffee grounds can provide a cheap, abundant, and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel fuel for powering cars […]

Staying current for Chapter 8 See non-chronological resources (bottom of page) { Energy Use Contents } 2025-12-03. A cool, salty solution. By Science Advisor. Excerpt: By the 1990s, the world had achieved a striking victory: largely banning chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), compounds used as refrigerants but destructive to the ozone layer. Unfortunately, their replacements, while safer for ozone, are […]

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 } 2025-10-04. Fears of massive battery fires spark local opposition to energy storage projects. By  MICHAEL HILL. Associated Press (AP). Excerpt: …Battery energy storage systems that suck up cheap power during periods of low demand, then discharge it at a profit […]

Staying current for Chapter 4 See non-chronological resources Articles from:{2015–2021}-{2009–2014}-{2002–2008} { Energy Use Contents } 2025-12-04. Los Angeles says so long to coal. By Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times. Excerpt: The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has stopped receiving any coal-fired power, officials announced Thursday. The city’s last remaining coal source was the Intermountain Power […]

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}-{2004–2007} { Energy Use Contents } 2025-10-30. Chemical additive slashes carbon emissions when creating synthetic fuels. By Robert F. Service, Science. Excerpt: Despite the growing adoption of solar power and other renewables, fossil fuels still rule our energy world. That makes steps to make them cleaner all […]

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 […]