A State Department-led oceans conference originally scheduled for October but postponed due to the government shutdown will be held sometime next year, one of the agency's top officials said yesterday during an oceans conference sponsored by the Embassy of Sweden and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions.
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Brian Murray, director for economic analysis at Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, weighs in on whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking the right approach with the renewable-fuel standard on the National Journal's Energy & Environment Expert Insiders blog.
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The United States has some of the largest blue carbon systems in the world, but their rapid conversion for agriculture and real estate development is a major source of emissions.A recent study from Duke University, USGS and NOAA outlines a half-dozen existing federal policies that could be adapted to include blue carbon management.
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced several appointments to boards and commissions, including a Nicholas Institute researcher's two-year term on the North Carolina Mining and Energy Commission.
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As with many topics in business, policy and industry these days, the discussion about America’s energy future can often be fractious and polarized – and, consequently, lead nowhere. A documentary filmmaker turned to three Duke University experts to help in his mission of changing the tone and perhaps the outcome of that debate.
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced that for the first time it is lowering the federal mandate that dictates how much ethanol must be blended into the nation's gasoline.
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Brian Murray, director for economic analysis at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, was named to a committee to search for the new dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment. Current Dean William Chameides announced in August that he will step down at the end of the academic year after leading the school since 2007.
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The fossil fuel-fired electric power industry may see few if any benefits if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a U.S. EPA stationary source greenhouse gas permitting program because the agency can regulate heat-trapping gases from new power plants using other means, according to some legal observers. Jonas Monast, director of the Climate and Energy Program at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, comments.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, Nov. 11, 2013
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The United Nations’ Climate Change Conference runs Nov. 11-22 in Warsaw.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013
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DURHAM, N.C.— Climate diplomats worldwide will gather in Warsaw, Poland, Nov. 11-22 for the 19th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference. Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions will be among those at the negotiations.
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