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Energy Workshop Gives Reseachers Window to Each Others’ Work

Almost two dozen energy researchers at Duke recently presented their ongoing work and findings at a daylong Energy Research Collaboration Workshop sponsored by the Energy Initiative on May 7. Topics ranged from energy modeling, computation and analytics to energy’s environmental impact to power modeling to emerging energy policies. Researchers from the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions were among the presenters.

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How Do Environmental Regulations Affect the Economy? Experts Describe a Nuanced Picture

Misconceptions about the effect of environmental regulations on the economy and jobs are complicating federal efforts to create sound environmental policies, according to panelists at the 38th Annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy. Billy Pizer, faculty fellow at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, was among the speakers.

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Editorial: Industry Can't Set Fracking Rules

An editorial written by Winston-Salem Journal staff discusses recent news that a rule set for approval by the North Carolina Mining and Energy Commission was withdrawn at the request of Halliburton. Amy Pickle, director of the Nicholas Institute's State Policy Program, has a cooment featured in the piece.

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Duke Announces Bass Connections Teams of Faculty and Students

Duke University this week announced the first Bass Connections teams of faculty and students who will spend the next year collaborating on key societal issues. The Nicholas Institute's Billy Pizer and Tim Profeta will lead a project on "U.S. Climate Policy Options: Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Petroleum Refineries and Steel." 

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Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rule Under Review

Members of a panel drafting guidelines to regulate fracking in North Carolina said they need more time before they vote on their first rule. The Mining and Energy Commission plans to revise a rule that would require fracking companies to publicly disclose some of the chemicals they use. Amy Pickle, director of the State Policy Program at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and Mining and Energy Commission member, comments in this News 14 story.

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NC Fracking Rule Pulled After Halliburton Objects

A new rule set for approval by the North Carolina Mining and Energy Commission requiring some disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing has been withdrawn at the request of industry giant Halliburton. Amy pickle, director of the State Policy Program at the Nicholas Institute, comments.

 

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Duke University’s Hog Waste to Electricity Study Uncovers Hidden Benefits

Southern Farm Network features a study by the Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions that looks at how to meet North Carolina's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS) mandate for swine

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Nicholas Institute and Live for Life are Green Workplaces

Live for Life and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions have achieved the Duke Green Workplace Certification, bringing the total to 43 certified workplaces and over 950 staff working in certified workplaces at Duke. The Green Workplace Certification recognizes work areas that formally assess how they are reducing their environmental footprint.

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Connecting Hog Farms To Pipelines Could Streamline Methane Gas Energy

A study released last week says capturing methane gas from hog farms and routing it through natural gas pipelines could cut production costs, WUNC reports.

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Study Evaluates Strategies for Generating Electricity From Hog Waste

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 25, 2013

CONTACT: Erin McKenzie
(919) 613-3652
erin.mckenzie@duke.edu 

DURHAM, N.C. -- Capturing methane gas from hog farms and piping it into existing natural gas pipelines may be a cost-effective way to meet North Carolina's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS), according to a new Duke University study.

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