Connecticut Company Expands Product Line to meet Growing Need for Outdoor Wood Burning Furnace Particulate Reduction
Willington, Connecticut, January 24, 2012 – Users of outdoor wood furnaces and wood boilers now have additional pollution control options from industry leader ClearStak, LLC. The company has expanded its line of patent pending Pollution Control Devices (PCDs) and Intelligent Bio-fuel Controllers (IBCs) to retrofit a wider variety of outdoor wood boilers and four different sizes of pipe – up to 12” in diameter. Read More »
Report finds that 22 states are tapping “CEFs” to build renewable energy projects. Some are going further by using the money to build entire industries.
A little-known source of clean energy funding could prove a crucial job-creation engine in the states, as federal support diminishes and they seek fresh growth drivers.
Every state can create clean energy funds, or CEFs, which are typically supported by a small surcharge on monthly electricity bills. So far 22 states have done so, generating $2.7 billion overall for the clean technology sector during the past decade. Most have used the money to install tens of thousands of solar panel arrays, wind turbines and biomass facilities. Read More »
TransCanada and Nebraska’s Dept. of Environmental Quality say they’ll take at least six months to approve a new route-no matter what happens in Washington.
Pipeline opponents protested before the White House on Nov. 6, 2011.Nebraska landowners along the original Keystone XL path were among the roughly 10,000 protesters gathered around the White House on Nov. 6, 2011 to oppose the pipeline. Credit: Shadia Fayne Wood, tarsandsaction on flickr
A bill intended to force the Obama administration to make a quick decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline is causing confusion and could even slow the pipeline review.
When President Obama signed legislation to extend the payroll tax cut on Dec. 23, he also enacted an amendment, introduced by GOP members of Congress, requiring him to approve or deny the pipeline project within 60 days, or by Feb. 21. Read More »
