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The Fight For a Fracking Ban in Upstate New York

Friday, August 7th, 2015

Watch this gut-wrenching and beautiful tribute to one community in “fracking-banned” Upstate New York that is doing everything it can to stop Fracking Infrastructure from ruining its air, water, land, wildlife, people, and history. Will their representatives listen? Ultimately urging action from Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation to step in and reject necessary air and water quality certificates before it’s too late, the film asks you to do your part, too.

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Tags: Complete It Cuomo, Fracking, Hydraulic Fracturing, New England, New York, NYC, YouTube
Posted in Energy, Environment, Local, Pollution, Show Us Your Infra

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Interactive Report: ASCE Gamechangers

Friday, August 7th, 2015

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS (ASCE)
#GameChangers is a compilation of the best and brightest innovations changing the infrastructure sector…We have surveyed engineers and public officials across the country to identify key game changers across the major infrastructure sectors – how we deliver drinking water, treat wastewater, build roads and bridges, design transit systems, generate and distribute energy, and move goods to market. We’re at a critical moment in deciding how, and if, we will further invest in our infrastructure. Imagine what more we can do if we seize the opportunity to replicate these engineering innovations.

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Tags: American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, Gamechangers, Interactive
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Drinking Water, Energy, Infra Views, Local, National, Public Transportation, Roads, Sustainability, Technology, Transit, Wastewater

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Low-Carbon Electricity Pathways for the U.S. and the South

Monday, August 3rd, 2015

Figure 1. The Proposed Emissions Rate Reduction Targets

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
Power plants are one of the largest sources of carbon pollution in the U.S., accounting for nearly 39% of annual CO2 emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels (EIA, 2014, Table A.18). On June 2, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed state-specific limits on CO2 emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units (EGUs) as part of its Clean Power Plan (CPP).

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Tags: Emissions, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech, GTSPP, School of Public Policy, South
Posted in Clean Air, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Infra Views, National, Sustainability

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Communications Infrastructure: Enabling the Clean Energy Economy

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015

BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE

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Tags: BlueGreen Alliance, Connected Vehicles, Internet
Posted in Broadband, Energy, Environment, Equity, Green, Infra Views, National, Sustainability, Technology, Telecommunications

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Benchmarking Air Emissions

Monday, July 20th, 2015

TABLE 1 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the U.S. (in order of 2013 electric generation)

CERES
This report examines and compares the stack air pollutant emissions of the 100 largest power producers in the United States based on their 2013 generation, plant ownership, and emissions data. Table 1 lists the 100 largest power producers featured in this report ranked by their total electricity generation from fossil fuel, nuclear, and renewable energy facilities. These producers include public and private entities1 (collectively referred to as “companies” or “producers” in this report) that own roughly 2,800 power plants and account for 85 percent of reported electric generation and 87 percent of the industry’s reported emissions.

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Tags: Ceres, Emissions, power plants
Posted in Clean Air, Energy, Environment, Infra Views, Pollution

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Northeast & Mid-Atlantic: Economic Impacts of a Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Friday, July 17th, 2015

Figure ES-1 Actual CO2 Emissions in the RGGI States, Relative to the Emissions Caps in Different Periods

ANALYSIS GROUP
This Report analyzes the economic impacts of RGGI’s most recent three years, covering the years 2012 through 2014. This analysis follows on our prior November 2011 Report (hereafter “AG 2011 Report”) that assessed the economic impacts of RGGI’s first three years (2009-2011). Since the time of our last economic review, the electric industry has experienced changes in power plant economics, emission-control requirements, and wholesale market structures in the RGGI region. In addition, the RGGI states completed a comprehensive program review during 2012, and modified elements of the program including, most importantly, adopting a significantly lower overall cap on CO2 emissions in the RGGI region.

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Tags: Analysis Group, Clean Power Plan, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Greenhouse Gases, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast
Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Green, Infra Views, Local, National, Sustainability

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Clean Power Plan: Markets Drive Innovation

Monday, July 13th, 2015

Figure 1. Lead Permits Traded as Percent of All Lead Emissions, 1983-1987

ADVANCED ENERGY ECONOMY INSTITUTE (AEE INSTITUTE)
On June 2, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the Clean Power Plan (CPP) to implement section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). While the proposed rule does not mandate a market-based approach to compliance, ample evidence from previous CAA rules suggests that market-based mechanisms are likely to develop under the CPP, and that these mechanisms will spark an industry response that will make available a wide array of cost-effective compliance options.

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Tags: Advanced Energy Institute, AEE Institute, Clean Power Plan, CPP
Posted in Clean Air, Energy, Environment, Infra Views, National, Private Investment, Sustainability, Technology

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2015 U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

2015 TOP 10 STATES (INCLUDING HISTORICAL RANKINGS)

CLEAN EDGE
The United States has seen a significant shift in its energy landscape since Clean Edge began publishing its clean-tech leadership index five years ago. The transition to a clean tech and energy efficiency-based economy, based on the many indicators we track, is well underway. Solar and wind power, along with natural gas and energy efficiency, are now the mainstream choices for meeting the nation’s electricity needs; coal-fired and nuclear power, the dominant choices of the 20th century, have become the marginalized “alternatives.”

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Tags: Clean Edge, Clean Tech, Rankings
Posted in Clean Air, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Infra Views, National, Pollution, Sustainability, Technology

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Bill Nye on Energy Storage and Transmission

Friday, July 3rd, 2015

Fracking isn’t a bad idea in theory but it can’t be allowed to go unregulated, says Bill Nye. New technological advances have promoted irresponsible fracturing practices with severe environmental and public health consequences.

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Tags: Batteries, Big Think, Bill Nye, Energy Storage, Energy Transmission, Fracking, Hydraulic Fracturing
Posted in Energy, Environment, Show Us Your Infra, Sustainability, Technology

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Competitiveness of Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency in U.S. Markets

Friday, June 26th, 2015

Figure A. Actual vs. Projected U.S. Installed Solar Power Capacity

ADVANCED ENERGY ECONOMY INSTITUTE
Questions have been raised about whether renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) resources can provide substantial emission reductions at reasonable cost under EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP). These concerns reflect fundamental misperceptions about the performance and cost of today’s renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, rooted in outdated information and perpetuated by inaccurate official market projections. This paper shows that RE and EE are competitive resources in today’s marketplace that will not only be cost-effective mechanisms for CPP compliance but should also be expected to grow strictly on the basis of competitiveness.

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Tags: Advanced Energy Economy Institute, AEE, PV, Renewable Energy
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Archive for the ‘Energy’ Category

The Fight For a Fracking Ban in Upstate New York

Interactive Report: ASCE Gamechangers

Low-Carbon Electricity Pathways for the U.S. and the South

Communications Infrastructure: Enabling the Clean Energy Economy

Benchmarking Air Emissions

Northeast & Mid-Atlantic: Economic Impacts of a Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Clean Power Plan: Markets Drive Innovation

2015 U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index

Bill Nye on Energy Storage and Transmission

Competitiveness of Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency in U.S. Markets

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InfrastructureUSA.org is a non-profit, online community whose mission is to bring together infrastructure experts, industry leaders, government officials and most especially interested citizens, to participate in vigorous conversation and generate action to address the U.S. infrastructure crisis.

Support for InfrastructureUSA.org has been provided by these organizations and individuals:

Archive for the ‘Energy’ Category

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Dear Friends,

Support for InfrastructureUSA.org
has been provided by these organizations and individuals: