The U.S. Administration has proposed a budget of $8.344 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for FY 2013, $105 million below the EPA’s budget for FY 2012. National Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas […]
In 2010 ten sites were given apporval for new nuclear power plants in the UK. Since then the UK Government has reduced the number to eight (Bradwell, Essex; Hartlepool; Heysham, Lancashire; Hinkley Point, Somerset; Oldbury, […]
The shale-gas industry and hydraulic fracturing were explicitly exempted from Federal environmental oversight in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. I blogged about a recent EPA study in Wyoming that suggested shale-gas exploitation and specifically […]
Steve Coast has just unveiled a project he has been working on last month called open geocoder. A geocoder finds geographic coordinates by matching addresses and other string data. He sees a lacuna in the […]
A few days ago the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) released the details of its FY 2013 budget request to Congress for $27.2 billion. To put this in context, last year DoE requested $29.5 billion, […]
In the EU, 40% of energy is consumed in buildings. To improve the energy efficiency of buildings, in 2002 the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) required all EU countries to upgrade their building regulations […]
I’ve been following the topic of open data for quite a few years worldwide at the national level in Australia, Japan, Indonesia, UK, South Africa, Canada, US, and other countries. I’ve also followed the long […]
As I mentioned in a previous post, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the first new combined Construction and Operation Licenses (COL) in the U.S. since 1978. The licenses are being issued to Southern […]