EERE Network News
May 27, 2009
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News and Events
DOE and World Energy Leaders Launch Partnership for Energy Efficiency
Energy Secretary Steven Chu met with world energy leaders on Memorial Day weekend to launch the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation, a high-level forum for facilitating improvements in global energy efficiency.
Federal Agencies Team Up to Foster Growth in Green Jobs
As the U.S. Department of Labor plans to release $500 million in Recovery Act funds to help prepare workers for careers in energy efficiency and renewable energy, DOE has joined forces with the departments of Labor and Education to help spur the growth in green jobs.
Interior Department Awards $15 Million for Forest Thinning on Public Lands
The Interior Department will direct Recovery Act funds toward 55 projects to remove "hazardous fuels" from areas susceptible to wildfires. Of those 55 projects, 23 in eight states are designated as biomass utilization projects, which means that the small trees, accumulated deadwood, and underbrush will be converted to energy.
"Climate Positive" Urban Projects Slated for California and Florida
A former naval base on Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay and a planned green community in central Florida will be two of the initial sites for the Climate Positive Development Program. The new international effort will develop large-scale urban projects with negative greenhouse gas emissions.
Virtual Energy Forum Offers a Free, Two-Day Clean Energy Conference
A two-day conference aimed at inspiring energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability in businesses is practicing what it preaches by going entirely online, avoiding all the greenhouse gas emissions that are normally produced while traveling to a conference. The cost to participants: zero.
Energy Connections
U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions Declined 2.8% in 2008
Thanks to the double-whammy of high energy prices and an economic recession in 2008, U.S. residents drove less and energy-intensive industries produced less product. But the record 2.8% drop in energy-related carbon dioxide emissions can also be partly credited to a growth in wind power.