Environment

BBC News Article on Environmental Issues – Interested? Join the debate at Fair Air: http://www.google.co.uk/group/fairair?hl-en-GB

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PURPA, EPAct 1992, and EPAct 2005, EISA 2007 (Continued) – August 27, 2008

The basic concepts underlying the economic regulation of energy. In addition, discussion, of three federal acts that form reference points for our national conversation about renewable energy.

Duration : 1:34:48

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BBC News Article on Environmental Issues – Interested? Join the debate at Fair Air: http://www.google.co.uk/group/fairair?hl-en-GB

Duration : 0:2:54

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and Potential, and Electric Systems; Federal, State, and Local Efforts to Promote Renewable Energy (PURPA, EPAct 1992, and EPAct 2005, EISA 2007) – August 20, 2008

The basic concepts underlying the economic regulation of energy. In addition, discussion, of three federal acts that form reference points for our national conversation about renewable energy.

Duration : 1:15:15

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http://www.pbs.org/frontline/heat/ Watch “Heat,” on air and online beginning Tue, Oct 21 on PBS (check local listings).

For years, big business—from oil and coal companies to electric utilities to car manufacturers—has resisted change to environmental policy and stifled the debate over climate change in America and around the globe. Now, facing rising pressure from governments, green groups and investors alike, big business is reshaping its approach to the environment. With the election looming, FRONTLINE producer Martin Smith investigates what some businesses are doing to fend off new regulations and how others are repositioning themselves to prosper in a radically changed world. For more: http://www.pbs.org/frontline/heat/

For years, big business—from oil and coal companies to electric utilities to car manufacturers—has resisted change to environmental policy and stifled the debate over climate change in America and around the globe. Now, facing rising pressure from governments, green groups and investors alike, big business is reshaping its approach to the environment. With the election looming, FRONTLINE producer Martin Smith investigates what some businesses are doing to fend off new regulations and how others are repositioning themselves to prosper in a radically changed world. For more: http://www.pbs.org/frontline/heat/

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February 18, 2009 lecture by Brent Constanz for the Woods Energy Seminar (ENERGY301). In his talk “A Pathway for Widespread Utilization of Geothermal Energy–the Roles of Multi-scale Resource and Technology Research and Systems Analysis,” Brent Constanz states that concrete is the most used product worldwide next to water and he suggests that we could safely, cheaply, and quickly store carbon dioxide in concrete at the rate of about six billion yards per year.

The Woods Energy Seminar is an interdisciplinary series of talks primarily by Stanford experts on a broad range of energy topics.

Woods Institute for the Environment
http://woods.stanford.edu/

Stanford Channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanford

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Introduction to the Course; and Introduction to Electricity
- January 17, 2008. An introduction to the course, including the history of energy, the relationship between energy and development, environmental and environmental justice impacts of energy generation, and an introduction to current energy issues. Lecture includes an introduction to the basics of electricity generation, transmission and distribution, efficiency, reliability, and ancillary services.

Duration : 2:36:22

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