According to a report released by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on August 27, 2012, applying a carbon tax at the rate of $20 per ton in 2013 and increasing it by four percent per year can raise $1.5 trillion over a span of 10 years. The report, which comes at a time when Congress…...
According to an announcement from the Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Secretary Steven Chu convened a group of technical experts on August 2, 2012 to review the Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) at Hanford Site, in order to assess its capability to detect and rectify equipment failure inside the plant’s black cells. Due to high levels…...
Congressional leaders and federal regulators are devising new ways to encourage anti-idling technologies that eliminate overnight idling by heavy duty diesel trucks, including Truck Stop Electrification (TSE). Every day, over 500,000 long-haul trucks crisscross the United States. Truckers are required to take a ten-hour rest after every eleven hours of driving, often using truck engines…...
