April 16, 2013
by Vignesh Gowrishankar
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Vignesh Gowrishankar, sustainable energy advocate, New York
A recent study of Manhattan suggests that a considerable amount of natural gas is being leaked into the atmosphere from our infrastructure. New York is not alone – simila… Continue reading
April 3, 2013
by Vignesh Gowrishankar
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Vignesh Gowrishankar, sustainable energy advocate, New York
WRI released a new report today called Clearing the Air: Reducing Upstream Greenhouse Gas Emissions From U.S. Natural Gas Systems. Its conclusions, which echo many of ours from… Continue reading
March 20, 2013
by Vignesh Gowrishankar
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Vignesh Gowrishankar, sustainable energy advocate, New York
The Guide to the successful implementation of state Combined Heat and Power (CHP) policies was released last week, by SEE Action. CHP is a versatile technology that has great p… Continue reading
December 14, 2012
by Rebecca Stanfield
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Rebecca Stanfield, Senior Energy Advocate, Chicago
The data is in, and once again, Michigan utilities blew away their energy efficiency goals, saving money for their customers, creating jobs for Michiganders, and reducing the need for g… Continue reading
November 12, 2012
by Rebecca Stanfield
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Rebecca Stanfield, Senior Energy Advocate, Chicago
Walking into Franklin Center, I immediately stood a little straighter. The high ceilings and skylight direct my attention upward while the marbled and gold-leaf trimmed lobby exte… Continue reading
September 18, 2012
by Rebecca Stanfield
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Rebecca Stanfield, Senior Energy Advocate, Chicago
In June, NRDC’s Midwest Program joined the City of Chicago in announcing the Commercial Buildings Initiative (CBI) – a component of Retrofit Chicago that aims to dramaticall… Continue reading
September 5, 2012
by Rebecca Stanfield
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Rebecca Stanfield, Senior Energy Advocate, Chicago
Last week Chicago celebrated the retirement of two ancient coal-burning power plants as Midwest Generation’s Fisk and Crawford power stations powered down for the last time. … Continue reading
August 30, 2012
by Vignesh Gowrishankar
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Vignesh Gowrishankar, Sustainable Energy Advocate, New York
In an Executive Order issued by the White House earlier today, the President committed to pursuing industrial energy efficiency as a means to achieve many significant benefits … Continue reading
August 1, 2012
by Vignesh Gowrishankar
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Vignesh Gowrishankar, Sustainable Energy Advocate, New York
Bloomberg Government (BGov) recently released a report [subscription required for full report] that assesses the business implications of the EPA’s regulations to control… Continue reading
May 7, 2012
by Vignesh Gowrishankar
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Vignesh Gowrishankar, Sustainable Energy Advocate, New York
On Friday in New Delhi, NRDC and its Indian partner CEEW (Council on Energy, Environment and Water) released our report “Laying the Foundation for a Bright Future” … Continue reading
May 4, 2012
by Rebecca Stanfield
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Rebecca Stanfield, Senior Energy Advocate, Chicago
On Monday, April 30, NRDC had the privilege of teaming up with the St. Louis Cardinals to host a tour and discussion of the remarkable improvements they’ve made to their ener… Continue reading
April 27, 2012
by Vignesh Gowrishankar
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Vignesh Gowrishankar, Sustainable Energy Advocate, New York
NRDC recently released our interim report “Laying the Foundation for a Bright Future”, which assesses the progress under Phase 1 of India’s National Sola… Continue reading
April 13, 2012
by Vignesh Gowrishankar
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Vignesh Gowrishankar, Sustainable Energy Advocate, New York
Next week on April 17th, EPA is expected to finalize its standards aimed at reducing harmful emissions from the natural gas industry, including fracking. NRDC believes that the… Continue reading
April 10, 2012
by Vignesh Gowrishankar
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Vignesh Gowrishankar, Sustainable Energy Advocate, New York
As NRDC and our partners have shown, the oil and gas industry has the technical and financial resources to meet the proposed EPA standards to clean up natural gas production, v… Continue reading
March 28, 2012
by Vignesh Gowrishankar
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Vignesh Gowrishankar, Sustainable Energy Advocate, New York
NRDC today released a new report titled “Leaking Profits: How the U.S. oil and gas industry can reduce pollution, conserve resources, and make money by preventing methane… Continue reading
March 16, 2012
by Vignesh Gowrishankar
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Vignesh Gowrishankar, Sustainable Energy Advocate, New York
We disagree with the recent report from the American Petroleum Institute (API) claiming that the upcoming finalization of EPA’s proposed rule will stifle natural gas prod… Continue reading
January 17, 2012
by Dylan Sullivan
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Dylan Sullivan, Energy Advocate, Chicago
Energy efficiency sometimes has an image problem.
Despite incredible innovation in the field in the last 15 years, in some people’s minds, it’s still associated with ugly plastic wind… Continue reading
December 12, 2011
by Vignesh Gowrishankar
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Vignesh Gowrishankar, Sustainable Energy Advocate, New York
Could solar power be starting to come of age on a larger scale? The lowest winning bid was just Rs. 7.49 /kilowatthour (kWh), or about 15 US cents /kWh, in the second batch of … Continue reading
December 9, 2011
by Dylan Sullivan
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Dylan Sullivan, Energy Advocate, Chicago
This is a special guest post from 2011 MAP fellow Lauren Kubiak. She, Rocky Kistner and I recently returned from a road trip in Ohio visiting and profiling businesses with a stake in the clean ec… Continue reading
November 28, 2011
by Dylan Sullivan
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Dylan Sullivan, Energy Advocate, Chicago
This is a special guest post from 2011 MAP fellow Lauren Kubiak. She, Rocky Kistner and I recently returned from a road trip in Ohio visiting and profiling businesses with a stake in the clean ec… Continue reading