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Coal-Based Generation Projected To Increase Nearly 9 Percent in 2013; Worst 5 States for 2012 Coal-Based CO2 Pollution Are TX, FL, PA, IN, OH. WASHINGTON, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After a major fall-off in carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution from coal-fired electric power plants of 13.1 percent between 2005 and 2012, the first quarter of 2013 has seen a substantial jump in carbon dioxide emissions from coal - a 7.1 percent increase in the first three months of 2013 compared...

WASHINGTON, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) faces a number of challenges as it tries to do more with less money, including providing better analysis of the movement of crude oil from U.S. Midwest fields by rail and truck, the new EIA Administrator Adam Sieminski said Monday. Sieminski, speaking at a Platts Energy Podium event, said he hopes to make the EIA's statistical analyses "more timely, and punchier and more market relevant" as the agency...

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Monday that the nation will become more energy independent by 2035. EIA released the updated projections for U.S. energy in the Annual Energy Outlook 2012 Reference case, reports Wendy Koch for USA TODAY. "Our updated Reference case projections show natural gas and renewables gaining an increasing share of U.S. electric power generation, domestic crude oil and natural gas production growing, reliance on imported oil decreasing,...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a report today that confirms what the USW has been saying about the impact of shutting down the ConocoPhillips and Sunoco Philadelphia-area refineries: supplies of oil products could be negatively impacted with accompanying price volatility and spikes. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080131/DC12982LOGO) Refineries in the Northeast supplied about 40 percent of...

Call for "Truth in Energy" from Federal Government WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leading energy and economic experts will gather on Capitol Hill this week for a conference to examine how the United States will adapt to an impending oil supply crisis. Most Americans are unaware of this emerging threat in part due to overly optimistic forecasts by the U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA) within the Department of Energy (DOE). Who: Association...

The deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression failed to reduce the amount of global greenhouse gas emissions, as falling industrial output in the West was counterbalanced by the rapid growth of China and other emerging markets, according to new data released Monday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.Total global carbon emissions rose 5.2 percent in 2009 compared to 2006, the report showed, while U.S. carbon emissions fell 8.18 percent during that time.US emissions fell...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Mark Cooper, senior research fellow for economic analysis at the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School, issued the following statement today in the wake of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) presentation of the early release reference case for the 2011 Annual Energy Outlook: "The U.S. Energy Information Administration has officially burst the nuclear bubble. They have admitted that the nuclear...

MCLEAN, Va. and SAN DIEGO, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a prime, follow-on contract by the Department of Energy to provide technical, managerial and project support services to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a five year base period of performance and a contract ceiling of $288 million for the...

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Platts - United States crude oil production for 2009 is on target to have its biggest one-year jump since 1970, according to a Platts analysis of industry data. With U.S. oil production averaging 5.268 million barrels per day (b/d) through October, the gain in U.S. output will be the most since the country produced 9.637-million b/d in 1970, which turned out to be the peak year of U.S. crude output, according to Platts' analysis of data published by the...

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by 2.8 million barrels in the week ending Sept.18, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Wednesday. Crude inventories rose from 332.8 million barrels to 335.6 million barrels during a week and remain above the upper boundary for the average range for this time of year, EIA said. Gasoline inventories rose by 5.4 million barrels to 213.1 million barrels, keeping supplies of gasoline above the upper limit of the average range. Supplies of distillate...