http://www.theenergydaily.com Energy Portal en-us 2008 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 14:57:35 EST In a preview of coming changes in the U.S. climate change debate over the next two years, the Edison Electric Institute last week told the Environmental Protection Agency it “strongly believes” that comprehensive federal legislation is preferable... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate_change/1780.html Wed, 3 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST In a humble but potentially far-reaching innovation to save oil—and trips to the service station--a small New York company claims it has developed a high-tech oil filter for vehicle engines that is far more effective than standard filters, enabling... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate_change/1781.html Wed, 3 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST Indiana Gasification LLC announced last week it is withdrawing a petition to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission seeking approval of contracts with Indiana utilities to purchase synthetic gas produced by the company’s proposed coal gasification... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate_change/1762.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST COMMENTARY A famous baseball player and noted grammarian once said, “You’ve got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.” It can be especially difficult to “know where... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate_change/1764.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST In lab research seen as boding well for the future of carbon sequestration, scientists at the Energy Department’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have completed tests that strongly suggest that carbon dioxide can be safely and permanently... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate_change/1756.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST In a significant boost for the $4 billion project, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency issued a final air permit Thursday for Baard Energy LLC’s Ohio River Clean Fuels Project, the final environmental approval needed for the company to begin final... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate_change/1747.html Tue, 25 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST In a move with major implications for President-elect Obama's pledge to tackle climate change and transform the nation's energy system, House Democrats Thursday voted to hand the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, held for decades by... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate_change/1724.html Fri, 21 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST In a long-awaited ruling on a proposed coal-fired power plant in Utah, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board last week ruled that the Clean Air Act does not require EPA to include limits on carbon dioxide emissions in the... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate_change/1720.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Staking out an aggressive position on a key issue in the global warming debate, President-elect Barack Obama called Tuesday for returning U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020—a reduction of 20 to 30 percent, according to federal... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate_change/1713.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST The chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sketching out priorities for energy legislation next year, Monday called for an overhaul of the federal clean energy loan guarantee program, new tax incentives to encourage energy-efficient... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/climate_change/1704.html Tue, 18 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST