The Latest from Drew Kerr

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  How industry could become the next efficiency frontier

  Homeowners have been buttoning up their windows and doors. Businesses are installing LED lights. But what role should manufacturers play in the effort to conserve energy?
  Photo by Mark Tebeau via Creative Commons

  By Drew Kerr  .  3 April 2012

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  EPA backs off North Dakota haze reduction plan

  North Dakota officials are cheering a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to bring their campaign for aggressive emission controls at a pair of coal-fired power plants to an end.

  By Drew Kerr  .  5 March 2012

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  Green jobs, pink slips: Weatherization cuts hit hard

  The nation’s investment in weatherization is taking a nosedive, raising concerns that newly minted technicians trained to make homes more energy-efficient will soon find themselves scrambling for work even while there remains much work to be done.

  By Drew Kerr  .  1 March 2012

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  Streetcar revival: Coming soon to a city near you?

  Signs of what U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has called a “streetcar revival” are popping up all over the country.

  By Drew Kerr  .  17 February 2012

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  Power from hog manure slow to catch on in Midwest

  Researchers in North Carolina have created a better way to convert hog manure to energy, but producers in the Midwest are unlikely to rush to implement it.

  By Drew Kerr  .  26 January 2012

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  Cutting haze in North Dakota: Is it money well spent?

  Even among those who support the EPA’s effort to reduce haze in national parks, there is disagreement over whether that money is being spent in the best way possible.
  Photo by Rick Griffith via Creative Commons

  By Drew Kerr  .  13 December 2011

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  EPA announces plan to throttle back park haze rules

  The Environmental Protection Agency has come to an agreement with environmental groups upset that haze-reduction efforts have been slow to materialize.

  By Drew Kerr  .  10 November 2011

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  Funding for farm-based energy projects in question

  A USDA program that helps farmers benefit from renewable energy, like this biodigester in Wisconsin, is expected to have its funding drastically reduced as part of this year's farm bill.
  Photo via USDA

  By Drew Kerr  .  10 November 2011

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  North Dakota spars with EPA over park pollution rules

  Officials in North Dakota are mounting an increasingly vocal campaign against the Environmental Protection Agency, which they say is pushing air quality controls that won’t work and will burden consumers with higher electricity rates.
  Photo by Jimmy Emerson via Creative Commons

  By Drew Kerr  .  25 October 2011

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  With tax credit in doubt, wind industry ponders future

  As a federal tax credit for wind production nears expiration, wind developers prepare for another downturn. But can the wind industry still thrive without this subsidy?
  Photo by Bev Currie via Creative Commons

  By Drew Kerr  .  27 September 2011