Media Coverage (Archives 2013-2015)

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December 2015

• "Marin County transit unveils first of 11 new hybrid buses" | December 24, 2015 | Marin Independent Journal

• "Federal rail officials pondering future of transportation in the Northeast" | December 18, 2015 | Washington Post

• "DOE Seeks To Boost Fuels' Octane Levels To Help Curb Vehicle GHGs" | December 17, 2015 | Inside EPA [subscription required]

• "U.S., E.U. experts plot how to share ideas to boost renewables" | December 4, 2015 | ClimateWire E&E [subscription required]

• "Creating an Offshore Wind Industry" | November/December 2015 | Renewable Energy World Magazine

November 2015

• "To Paris with love: Stop fossil fuel subsidies" | November 30, 2015 | The Hill [Carol Werner op-ed]

• "Energy: Why our Choices Matter" event Nov. 11" | November 10, 2015 | Quad-Cities Online

• "Details of HFC Phaseout Agreement Yet to Be Resolved" | November 6, 2015 | BNA Bloomberg [subscription required]

• "Lawsuit Over Agricultural Nutrient Runoff Draws Attention as Novel Litigation Strategy" | November 3, 2015 | Daily Environment Report, BNA Bloomberg [subscription required]

• "Utilities making efficiency upgrades easier with on-bill financing" | November 2, 2015 | Midwest Energy News

October 2015

• "Recapping National Bioenergy Day" | October 23, 2015 | Biomass Magazine

• "How Offshore Wind Can Beat Natural Gas In The U.S." | October 22, 2015 | Think Progress

• "VW Scandal Reveals Major Cracks in EPA’s Emissions Reduction Strategy" | October 13, 2015 | Morning Consult [EESI op-ed]

• "China shows US not alone in tackling climate change" | October 2, 2015 | The Hill [EESI op-ed]

September 2015

• "State officials caution against 'just saying no' to EPA" | September 30, 2015 | ClimateWire E&E [subscription required]

• "Can the U.S. Jump-Start Offshore Wind Power?" | September 29, 2015 | Scientific American [reprint of a Climatewire article]

• "Recognition of global climate change is not new" | September 23, 2015 | Echo Press [op-ed]

• "Data driven green design" | September 16, 2015 | Phys.org [National Science Foundation article]

• "EPA's 'New Source Complement' Could Help Address Leakage Under ESPS" [EESI on background] | September 8, 2015 | Inside EPA [subscription required]

• "Aspen, Colorado becomes third U.S. city powered totally by renewable energy" | September 7, 2015 | Inhabitat.com

• "Transportation funding at a crossroads" | September 5, 2015 | Lafayette Journal & Courier

• "The right kind of hike" [op-ed] | September 4, 2015 | Washington Post

August 2015

• "Understanding the Market for EVs and High Octane Vehicles" | August 31, 2015 | NACS

• "China Is Raising Its Climate Ambition, Experts Say" | August 11, 2015 | ChinaFAQS

• "WIRES Shows Its Stuff to Federal Policy Makers and Staff" | August 10, 2015 | WIRES

• "EPA Dangles Carrot for States to Cut Emissions Quicker" | August 5, 2015 | InsideClimate News

• "Reactions to Clean Power Plan: From Excitement to Anger" | August 3, 2015 | Power Magazine

• "Co-ops Creative on Energy Efficiency" | August 3, 2015 | Electric Co-Op Today

July 2015

• "This Kind Of Electricity Provider Is Already Integrating Renewables" | July 31, 2015 | Think Progress

• "How Rural America Became a Laboratory for Clean Energy" | July 31, 2015 | Nexus Media

• "Clean Power Plan Rules Loom" | July 30, 2015 | Biomass Magazine

• "High-Performance Issues Link Building Resilience and Sustainability" | July, 2015 | Building Operating Management

• "3 Ways Sustainability Complements Building Resilience" | July, 2015 | Building Operating Management

• "Natural Gas Is Not Clean Energy, Not A Climate Solution" | July 22, 2015 | U.S. Climate Plan

• "China Focuses on Achieving Global INDC Goals" | July 17, 2015 | GHG Monitor [subscription required]

• "China will keep its emissions reduction pledges even if U.S. doesn't, experts claim" | July 15, 2015 | E&E Climatewire [subscription required]

• "China Is Quietly Burning A Fuel Dirtier Than Coal -- And Buying It From The US" | July 15, 2015 | Forbes

• "Are China's climate goals too ambitious?" | July 15, 2015 | Christian Science Monitor

• "Hydropower has Room to Grow" | July 15, 2015 | Sea Technology News

• "U.S. Official Says China's 2030 Pledge Ambitious" | July 14, 2015 | BNA Bloomberg [subscription required]

• "Supreme Court Ruling, MATS & the Clean Power Plan" | July 1, 2015 | Biomass Magazine

• "Senators encourage unified federal policy on biomass" | July 1, 2015 | Agri-Pulse

June 2015

• "DOE researchers call for massive increase in ethanol use to slash vehicle emissions" | June 15, 2015 | E&E Climatewire [subscription required]

• "Use USDA funding to start on-bill financing program for efficiency upgrades" | June 15, 2015 | Energy Services Bulletin

• "Rep. Duckworth Reiterates Support for Ethanol, RFS" | June 15, 2015 | Oil Price Information Service [subscription required]

• "Assoc. of Air Agencies Exec. Warns Against Co2 Regs. Noncompliance" | June 12, 2015 | Exchange Monitor [subscription required]

• "Government Research Labs See Promise in Mid-Level Ethanol Blends" | June 12, 2015 | Oil Price Information Service [subscription required]

• "Clean air agencies wary of states opting out of EPA CO2 plan" | June 8, 2015 | PennEnergy

• "As Markup Nears, States Renew Call for EPA Funds to Aid ESPS Compliance" | June 5, 2015 | Inside EPA [subscription required]

• "Air regulators warn McConnell to back off on emission rules" | June 5, 2015 | Washington Examiner

• "EPA Clean Power Plan Compliance" | June 5, 2015 | C-Span [live transmission of EESI briefing]

• "1.2 Million US Green Jobs Reported In Q1. Here’s Why That’s A Problem." | June 5, 2015 | CleanTechnica

• "Critics Blast EPA's New Renewable-Fuels Proposal" | June 1, 2015 | Engineering News-Record

May 2015

• "Industry coalition plays up air quality in bid to reframe debate" | May 20, 2015 | E&E News [subscription required]

• "Republicans’ Partisan COMPETES Bill Disinvests in America’s Competitiveness" | May 19, 2015 | Newsroom America

• "What If the Water Can't Be Stopped? Tribal Resilience Plans in an Age of Sea Level Rise" | May 6, 2015 | IC Magazine

April 2015

• "Indigenous Louisiana Tribe Losing Their Land To Climate Change Faster Than Anywhere In World" | April 24, 2015 | MintPress News

• "Growing Chorus of Complaints on Chemicals in Gasoline" | April 22, 2015 | Morning Consult

• "Reflections on Earth Day" | April 22, 2015 | Indian Country Today

• "La. tribe's relocation hailed as model for coastal indigenous groups" | April 21, 2015 | E&E News [subscription required]

• "Federal Government can Support Local Resilience Efforts" | April 16, 2015 | Sea Tech News

• "Top Five Bloomberg BNA Energy and Climate Report Stories for the Week Ending April 10" | April 14, 2015 | BNA Bloomberg

• "Transit proposals in Congress threaten projects, jobs, critics say" | April 9, 2015 | McClatchy Washington Bureau

• "As highway bill deadline looms, here's the business case for transit" | April 9, 2015 | The Business Journals

• "Questions Likely to Remain for States Even After Clean Power Plan Is Finalized" | April 9, 2015 | BNA Bloomberg

• "Implementation of Clean Power Plan easier said than done" | April 9, 2015 | FierceEnergy

• "For Solar to Take Off, It Needs a Longer Runway" | April 8, 2015 | Morning Consult

• "Transportation Groups to ‘Stand Up for Transportation’" | April 6, 2015 | Transport Topics

March 2015

• "EPA models could result in higher ozone and air toxic levels" | March 23, 2015 | Energy Global Hydrocarbon Engineering [adapted from EESI's press release]

• EESI Executive Director Carol Werner CBC's interview about President Obama's executive order calling on the federal government to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2025 | March 19, 2015 | CBC's The Exchange with Amanda Lang [starts at 2m3s]

• "Groups push for large spending increases" | March 10, 2015 | E&E News [subscription required]

• "Washington Post editorial board slams biomass energy, ignores forestry research & economics" | March 9, 2015 | Forest Business Network [republished from SBFF newsletter]

January 2015

• "How many people actually work in the growing renewable energy field? Our experts lay out the facts and figures" | January 7, 2015 | Renewable Energy World [republished from EESI Fact Sheet]

December 2014

• "Congratulations to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute on its 30th Anniversary" | December 19, 2014 | American Danish Business Council Newsletter

November 2014

• "EESI Holds Discussion on Resiliency" | November 25, 2014 | Sea Tech eNews
• "Westinghouse in talks for potential $20B deal in Turkey" | November 24, 2014 | Pittsburgh Tribune Review
• "What will it take to achieve Obama's climate targets?" | November 13, 2014 | CBSNews.com
• "How Obama Plans To Cut US Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Meet New Climate Change Targets" | November 12, 2014 | International Business Times [EESI Executive Director Carol Werner provided background information]
• "Germany’s energiewende is not the boogeyman" | November 3, 2014 | The Hill [Op-ed by EESI's Executive Director Carol Werner and Policy Fellow Jessie Stolark]
• "For Cellulosic Ethanol Makers, The Road Ahead Is Still Uphill" | November 3, 2014 | Yale Environment 360 [EESI Executive Director Carol Werner provided background information]

October 2014

• "Power storage group Alevo plan 1bn US battery plant" | October 28, 2014 | The Guardian
• "German passive house standards get makeover for Midwest" | October 22, 2014 | Midwest Energy News
• "‘Proud and pivotal moment’ for industry as 2nd cellulosic plant opens" | October 20, 2014 | E&E News
• "Today's Chart Review: Polling the American Public on Climate Change" | October 20, 2014 | Morning Energy
• "U.S., Military to Plan More Strategically for Climate Change" | October 16, 2014 | Climate Post
• "What America Thinks About Climate Change" | October 15, 2014 | National Journal Energy Edge

September 2014

• "EESI holds fuels webcast" | September 17, 2014 | Morning AgClips
• "EPA Urban Emissions Report Spurs Call For New Gasoline Air Toxics Rule" | September 11, 2014 | Inside EPA [subscription required]
• "Stay Cool for Next to Nothing: Power Down the AC on National Ceiling Fan Day" | September 5, 2014 | The Regional News
• "Smoke and Mirrors " | September 1, 2014 | High Country News [subscription required, EESI provided background information]

August 2014

• "Hydropower Offers Untapped Potential" | August, 2014 | Sea Tech E-News
• "Philips Lighting VP: Light Bulbs Will Become Extinct" | August 1, 2014 | Roll Call

July 2014

• "On Tap Thursday II: Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Expo" | July 30, 2014 | The Hill
• "D.C. community calendar, July 31-Aug. 7, 2014: Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Expo" | July 29, 2014 | Washington Post
• "EESI Expands Residential Energy Efficiency Initiative with New Grant" | July 28, 2014 | Ethical Markets [EESI Press release]
• "Official paints bleak climate picture for Cincinnati" | July 19, 2014 | Cincinnati Enquirer
• "Midwest to face more droughts, heat, storms as climate changes" | July 18, 2014 | Scripps Howard Foundation Wire

June 2014

• "Smart grid is expensive but necessary to integrate renewables and adapt to climate change" | June 20, 2014 | E&E Publishing (republished by the Governors' Wind Energy Coalition)

• "Ultrafine Particles from Vehicles: A Missing Piece in Emissions Regulations" | June 9, 2014 | Energy Future Coalition [EESI article]

May 2014

• "Historic Sites May be History, Threatened by Climate Change" | May 22, 2014 | Kansas City Infozine
• "National landmarks threatened by climate change" | May 20, 2014 | USA Today

April 2014

• "Diverse groups tell EPA to keep biofuels on track" | April 28, 2014 | High Plains Journal
• "Ag Coalition Meets with EPA over RFS" | April 10, 2014 | Hoosier Ag Today
• "Experts say climate change makes long-term wildfire outlook grim" | April 2, 2014 | Tucson Sentinel [this article was also in the Daily Courier (Prescott, Arizona)]

March 2014

• "Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy Office to Release First Strategic Plan Since 2002" | March 28, 2014 [subscription required] | Bloomberg BNA
• "Electric Grid" | March 24, 2014 | Bloomberg News / Businessweek
• "Une proposition de budget 2015 qui reflète les priorités environnementales du président" | March 14, 2014 [in French] | Embassy of France - Scientific Office
• "Decision on GHG Permitting Program May Indicate Deference Agency Can Expect" | March 10, 2014 | Bloomberg BNA
• "The Supreme Court and EPA Carbon Rules" | March 6, 2014 | American Geosciences Institute

February 2014

• Profile: Environmental and Energy Study Institute | February 27, 2014 (article starts on page 47) | International Innovation
• "U.S. Solar Sector Jobs Rest On A Foundation Of Low-Cost Solar Panels" | February 11, 2014 | Solar Industry Magazine

​January 2014

• "Readers Pick Their Favorite Stories from 2013" | January 16, 2014 | EarthShare
• "Lost year for federal climate action? Not quite" [Carol Werner Op-Ed] | January 13, 2014  | The Hill

​December 2013

• "Giving wisely and Joyfully" | December 27, 2013 | Perla Ni, CEO of GreatNonprofits
• "UMD Launches Online Course for Transitioning Service Members and Veterans on Energy Problem Solving" | December 12, 2013 | Sacramento Bee
• ​"Changes to ag loan program could mean savings for rural consumers" | December 7, 2013 | ArgusLeader
• "USDA Launches Energy Efficiency Loan Program" [EESI Press Release] | December 6, 2013 | Ethical Markets
• "USDA launches energy efficiency loan program" [EESI Press Release] | December 5, 2013 | Climate Times
• "USDA: Rural consumers to receive loans to improve energy efficiency" | December 4, 2013 | Des Moines Register
• "USDA Launches Energy Efficiency Loan Program" [EESI Press Release] | December 5, 2013 | Hispanicbusiness.com
• "Environmental, Health, Sporting Organizations Call on Interior Secretary Jewell, EPA Administrator McCarthy to Curb Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Industry" | December 5, 2013  | eNews Park Forest
• "Charities gear up for #GivingTuesday" | December 2, 2013 | Washington Business Journal

​November 2013

• "Swiss green-building label eyes India" | November 20, 2013 | The Times of India
• "Energy Week Ahead: U.S. Plots Move Up Energy Efficiency Rankings" | November 17, 2013 | Bloomberg Businessweek
• "The Week Ahead: Climate Negotiations Continue in Warsaw; California to Hold Fifth Carbon Auction" | November 15, 2013  | Bloomberg BNA
• "Pedaling for Health" | November 14, 2013 | The Hilltop
• "American DG Energy Is a New Breed of "Green" Utilities" | November 13, 2013 | Market Watch, Wall Street Journal

​October 2013

• "Dallas Rolls Out US Green Building Code" | October 30, 2013 | Sustainable Business
• "How the Oil Embargo Sparked Energy Independence — in Brazil" | October 17, 2013 | Scientific American [source: ClimateWire]
• "EPA Tries Capping Power Plant Carbon" | October 7, 2013 | Chemical & Engineering News [subscription required]

September 2013

• "National Ceiling Fan Day Makes Saving Energy a Breeze" | September 30, 2013 | Picket News
• "U.N. expert says reducing short-lived pollutants is a surer way to meet climate targets" | September 17, 2013 | E&E News - [paid subscription required]
• "Cyberattacks threaten electrical grid" | September 13, 2013 | UPI
• "US should consider isolating parts of grid to reduce risks: FERC chief" | September 12, 2013 | Platts

August 2013

• "Aging Mobile Homes Burden Owners With Huge Power Bills and Mold" | August 22, 2013 | PBS Newshour / Oregon Public Broadcasting
• "Help My House program a model on national level" | August 4, 2013 | The Island Packet

​July 2013

• "Efficiency Is No-Brainer for Co-ops" | July 31, 2013  | Electric Co-Op Today
• "Lawmakers eye S.C. rural efficiency program as national model" | July 25, 2013 | E&E News - [paid subscription required]
• "Novel Program Shaves Electricity Bills By 34% In South Carolina" | July 22, 2013 | Forbes
• "Energy Efficiency Discussion from EESI" | July 19, 2013 | Energy Manager Today
• "Carbon programs’ backlash in Australia, EU bode ill for U.S. efforts to fight climate change" | July 18, 2013 | Washington Times
• "On-bill loans for energy upgrades: win-win" | July 18, 2013 [Op-Ed] | Rappahannock News - [paid subscription required]
• "Help My House pilot program helps low-income residents save money and energy in South Carolina" | July 10, 2013 | Appalachian Times
• "South Carolina On-Bill Financing Gives Homeowners More Freedom!" | July 4, 2013 | CleanEnergy.org, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
• "U.S. watches as EU struggles with ‘cap-and-trade’" | July 4, 2013 | Washington Times

June 2013

• "You Complete (Streets) Me" | June 20, 2013 | Politico
• "Could Increasing Complete Streets Decrease Pedestrian and Bicyclist Deaths and Injuries?" | June 18, 2013 | Transportation Issues Daily

May 2013

• "New York supports CHP to aid grid resilience" | May 22, 2013 | Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production
• "All charged up at COA: electric vehicles get a local boost" | May 8, 2013 | The Working Waterfront

​April 2013

• "Congressman Peters Hosts Congressional Briefing on Super Pollutants" | April 27, 2013 | Waste Management World [Rep. Scott Peters Press Release]
• "COLUMN: Face of Climate Change: Do you believe in climate change?" | April 26, 2013 | AnnArbor.com

March 2013

• Stanford survey: Americans back preparation for extreme weather and sea-level rise | March 28, 2013 | Phys.or
• Group Surveys Public Perception of Global Warming | March 28, 2013 | C-Span 2 [broadcast live]
• Without new nuclear plants, Westinghouse makes do with smaller jobs | March 14, 2013 | The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 

​February 2013

• Carbon Conundrum | February 18, 2013 | Chemical & Engineering News [an American Chemical Society publication]
• Cutting back on soot means near-term payoffs | February 4, 2013 | Environment & Energy - [paid subscription required]

January 2013

• Obama’s green team: He really meant it | January 22, 2013 [EESI's Executive Director was on the Ball's organizing committee] | The Hill
• Rural energy programs in limbo under farm bill deal | January 9, 2013 | E&E Greenwire - [paid subscription required]
• Can Biomass CHP Replace Coal Power? | January 7, 2013 [republication of an EESI article] | Biomass Magazine

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