According to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest Annual Energy Review, emissions of CO2 from energy consumption in the U.S. increased by 3.7 percent in 2010 over 2009, reversing a downward trend in the last […]
The EPA plans to issue the final Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for power plants by December 16, 2011. The EPA has opposed a motion from the Utility Air Regulatory Group seeking a one-year […]
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has finalized the rules for the state’s cap-and-trade program, which is a key part of California’s climate change law (AB 32) which mandates greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) be reduced […]
Transportation for America has put the National Bridge Inventory of 604,474 bridges on line with Google Maps so you can zoom to any area in the U.S. and see which bridges are structurally deficient and the daily […]
According to the Federal Highway Administration National Bridge Inventory there are 604,474 bridges in the U.S., including those that are part of the National Highway System (NHS) and non-NHS bridges. Of these 69,223 (11.5%) are […]
According to Bloomberg during its last fiscal year, Autodesk spent 25.4 percent of net sales on research and development, the largest percentage among U.S. software or Internet companies that have a market value above $5 […]
I’ve blogged previously about the incredible impact that hydraulic fracturing technology and the nearly half a million natural gas wells that have been drilled in the US have had on the US energy industry, the potential in […]
Apparently several ex-Apple iPod engineers got together to find a new way to change the world, and of all things decided that what the world needed is a high end programmable thermostat that you don’t […]