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U.S. EPA Energy News
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U.S. EPA Energy News
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EPA Honors Top Energy-Efficient Building Designs/'Designed to Earn the Energy Star' Projects Featured at the American Institute of Architects National Convention
WASHINGTON – Today, at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention in Washington, DC, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized nearly 100 commercial building design projects submitted by 43 architecture firms that achieved Designed to Earn the Energy Star certification in the past year. Projects that receive Designed to Earn the Energy Star certification are estimated to be nearly 40 percent more energy efficient than typical buildings
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EPA Releases Draft Permitting Guidance for Using Diesel Fuel in Oil and Gas Hydraulic Fracturing/Guidance will clarify means of compliance with 2005 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released draft underground injection control (UIC) program permitting guidance for class II wells that use diesel fuels during hydraulic fracturing activities. EPA developed the draft guidance to clarify how companies can comply with a law passed by Congress in 2005, which exempted hydraulic fracturing operations from the requirement to obtain a UIC permit, except in cases where diesel fuel is used as a fracturing fluid
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McDonald’s Joins EPA List of Top 50 Green-Powered Organizations
CHICAGO (May 3, 2012) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that, for the first time, McDonald’s USA, LLC Oakbrook, Illinois, has made its list of the Top 50 green-powered organizations. McDonald’s is number 11 on the 2012 list. It made a commitment to match 30 percent of its electricity use at company-owned restaurants in 2011 and 2012 with renewable energy certificates from U.S. wind sources
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As Summer Smog Season Starts, Free Resources Help Protect People
(Boston, Mass. – April 27, 2012) – Next week is Air Quality Awareness week – a cooperative effort amongst EPA, state environmental agencies, and the National Weather Service, to remind everyone to protect their health by paying attention to local air quality
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MEDIA ALERT: Regional U.S. EPA Leader Jared Blumenfeld Heads to Sacramento to Discuss Jobs, Green Tech
SAN FRANCISCO—Tomorrow, Presidential appointee Jared Blumenfeld will attend the 2012 Green California Summit in Sacramento to speak at the opening session and meet with environmental leaders in government and the private sector focused on strategies and technologies that can help California achieve its sustainability goals. WHO: U.S
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U.S. EPA, Dept. of Energy Launch Innovative New Tools to Determine Solar and Wind Energy Potential on Contaminated Lands
City of Richmond, Calif. is serving as a pilot community for development of the tools SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed and launched new tools designed to test underutilized sites and contaminated land for solar and wind energy potential
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EPA Releases List of Top 50 Green-Powered Organizations/ Intel, Kohl’s, Microsoft rank in top three
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released an updated list of the Top 50 Green Power Partnership organizations voluntarily using clean, renewable electricity from resources such as solar, wind, and low-impact hydropower. Intel Corporation tops the list as the largest single user of green power, followed by Kohl’s Department Stores and Microsoft Corporation. Combined, the Top 50 partners are using more than 15 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Obama Administration to Announce First U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, and Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality Nancy Sutley will announce the first U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools at 10:30 a.m. ET on Monday, April 23, at Stoddert Elementary School in Washington, D.C
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University of Utah ranks third in the nation in EPA’s Green Power Challenge
School’s commitment to green power propels Pac-12 to top conference status
(Denver, Colorado—April 18, 2012) The University of Utah ranks third in the nation among colleges and universities participating in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Challenge. The Utes earned this ranking by increasing green power use by 15% in 2011 and purchasing more than 98 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of green power, 36 percent of the university’s total power use
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Southwestern University Makes the Grade in EPA’s Green Power Challenge
(DALLAS – April 18, 2012) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, has claimed a top spot in EPA’s sixth College and University Green Power Challenge for 2011-2012. The EPA tracks and recognizes collegiate athletic conferences with the highest combined green power purchases in the nation. Purchases of green power help spur the development of the nation’s green power market and reduce harmful air pollution
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