Tag: US Department of Energy (DOE)
West Virginia Agencies Shielding Details on $1.44B DOE Coal Bail-out Loan from Public
West Virginians Are On the Hook to Pay DOE for Short-Sighted Projects with Big Health Impacts CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Following two postponements, the West Virginia Department of Commerce has informed Sierra Club’s West Virginia Chapter that there are “no non-exempt records” responsive to the Club’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) … [continued]
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Energy Department Loans Money For Georgia Power’s Gas Fleet
ATLANTA — The Department of Energy announced it will give a $26.5 billion loan to Southern Company to build the largest, most expensive gas fleet in the nation. The loan will pay for Southern Company’s subsidiary, Georgia Power, plans to build a massive amount of new gas-burning infrastructure, including new combined cycle turbines … [continued]
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From Airports to Elementary Schools, New Examples of Geothermal Heating & Cooling Sites Emerge
5 New Case Studies Add to Database of Geothermal Systems Installed Across the Nation By Becca Sweet, NLR The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Geothermal (OG) has published five new case studies on a variety of geothermal heating and cooling applications. These case studies, researched and written by the … [continued]
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NLR Advances Battery-Free Power for Remote Maritime Sensors and Navigation Aids
Compact Thermomagnetic Generator Delivers Continuous Electricity Using Natural Temperature Differences Between Ocean Water and Air The key to future technologies can sometimes be found in the past. What Ravi Kishore is working to perfect, for example, has its origins in the 19th century imaginations of Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison. … [continued]
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A Year of Oversight & Accountability: Sierra Club FOIAs Have Uncovered Oil & Gas Handouts, Canceled Grants, Opposition to Whitewashing of History, & More
Washington, DC — Today, the Sierra Club is highlighting the transparency generated by the organization’s Environmental Law Program in the first year of Donald Trump’s second term in office. Sierra Club lawyers launched a robust Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) accountability effort one year ago, at the start of the second … [continued]
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