U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson recognized young people from across the country at the 2009 President’s Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA) ceremony.

These students have made outstanding contributions to environmental protection through projects that help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality and protect America’s waters.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today released an initial study assessing the operational impacts and economics of increased contributions from wind and solar energy producers on the power grid.

Johnson Controls Power Solutions has earned the Department of Energy (DOE) "Save Energy Now" award, which recognizes manufacturing facilities that have implemented significant savings through an energy assessment. Johnson Controls' Red Oak, Iowa facility achieved the award by saving more than 10,100 million British thermal units (MMBTU) adding up to 9.9 percent of total energy savings.

Climate Compass

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change’s corporate energy efficiency conference opened by answering the big question: What actions should businesses take to reduce energy use?

Alliance to Save Energy

The Alliance to Save Energy praised Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) for releasing the text of the long-awaited American Power Act, legislation that intends to cut carbon pollution by 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and by 83 percent by 2050.

World Resources Institute

It was nearly a decade ago that I, along with other researchers at national labs and universities, first began exploring the regulatory barriers to carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Looking back at our findings, it’s clear that there has been tremendous progress towards addressing these barriers as they were first described.

World Resources Institute

In the UNFCCC climate negotiations, “adaptation” refers to the changes communities and countries will need to make in order to prepare for and respond to the effects of a changing climate. These responses vary greatly, from increased flood protection, to new agricultural practices, to improved environmental monitoring, and entirely new water governance structures.

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

The compromise Kerry-Lieberman proposal released yesterday misses out on a key opportunity to address the cost of curbing climate change by including little on energy efficiency — the first, best, and least-cost carbon-reduction opportunity.

Alliance to Save Energy

The Alliance to Save Energy’s third Energy Efficiency Global Forum & Exposition opens today with a world-class lineup of speakers from the public and private sectors, including Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Duke Energy  Chairman, President & CEO James Rogers. They and others will address more than 700 business, government and academic leaders from 37 countries at the conference’s opening plenary session titled Ideas, Intersections and Solutions to Power an Energy Efficient Economy.

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

Both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have moved forward on legislation to improve energy efficiency in the United States.