It definitely makes for an interesting headline, but you read that correctly. The State of Wyoming is calling for more CO2.
However (and maybe obviously) it’s not what you might think.
Midwest, Wyoming is home to 100 year old Salt Creek oil field near the Rocky Mountains. It was once one of the riches and lightest oil [...]
It has been a few months since Copenhagen and many are upset that the global climate meeting was not what was expected. Some blame the leaders of the developed nations, but two of largest developed nations have finally announced a decision regarding Copenhagen.
China and India, two of the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters, have finally [...]
As the U.S. federal government continues to drag its feet and gets stuck in partisan politics, state and local governments pick up the slack and keep the Green Initiative moving forward.
The latest climate and environmental policy to emerge from a state government in an increase in required renewable energy generation in the State of Colorado.
The [...]
The popularity of “Cash for Clunkers” has certainly died out (with questionable success) but that doesn’t mean that the U.S. Federal government and local state governments aren’t eager to apply this concept to other consumer products.
Many government officials and experts really believe that the quickest and most economical way to reduce our energy and fossil [...]
Very few people may ever think about the importance of the Great Lakes, but for a water system that holds 20% of the World’s freshwater it should be on everybody’s mind.
The Obama Administration is finally taking action on its campaign pledge of $5 billion to help preserve and restore the Great Lakes.
The Obama Administration has [...]
Recently there was a lot of news about new U.S. nuclear power standards and loan guarantees that seem to be a curve ball from the current administration, but the U.S. announced a new loan guarantee for a new solar thermal power facility.
It appears the American Investment and Recovery Act is still doing good and has [...]
The East Coast offshore wind farm known as the Cape Wind project has been in the news off and on over the past few years and it appears now that some regulators want to try to anticipate the next challenges instead of waiting for them.
The Cape Wind offshore wind farm has been delayed, stopped, pushed [...]
Norway had shocked many with the announcement of their ambitious emission reduction goals leading into Copenhagen, but recently Norwegian officials have finally released the outline to meet Norway’s ambitious reduction goals.
Prior to Copenhagen, Norway announced that they would reduce their carbon emissions by 30% by 2020. This was more ambitious than any other developed nation [...]
With “experts” stating that the recession is over or that we are due for another drop, it is tough to say how our current economy is actually doing. But, the State of Arizona has stated the down economy is causing them to pull out of a regional cap-and-trade agreement set to begin in 2012.
The interesting [...]
Sometimes of the best of intentions can potentially have severe and devastating, unintentional consequences. Brazil may have accidentally made this mistake with their ambitious biofuel production goals.
It is not that the increase in planting of biofuel crops to meet Brazil’s 2020 biofuel production goals are directly impacting the environment, but it is what these new farms will [...]