Clean Skies News

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Clean Skies is an online network focused exclusively on news and information related to energy and the environment. We broadcast two live news shows daily at 9:00am and 4:00pm Eastern time. Clean Skies also provides coverage of energy events, conferences, and hearings. Please stay tuned to www.CleanSkies.com as we continue to grow and expand our reach. The Clean Skies Network and News organizations are sponsored financially by the American Clean Skies Foundation (http://www.cleanskies.org), a charitable organization with the mission of educating the public about environmental and energy issues, as well as the use of natural gas as part of a sustainable energy future.

Episodes of Clean Skies News

    • CS Sunday: Getting off Oil

      Climate Week in New York City wrapped up this week. It's an event that coincides with the United Nations General Assembly meeting to discuss the Millennium Development Goals. Climate Week is geared toward raising awareness for global climate issues ahead of the Cancun climate talks. We talk with energy consultant Aimee Christensen of Christensen Global Strategies about what we can expect heading into Cancun. Also, while the world tackles global warming, France says it's already carbon neutral ...

      • Release date
        Sep 26, 2010
      • Runtime
        30:05
    • The Energy Report - 9/22/10

      Susan McGinnis anchors the show from the Energy News Center in Washington. On the program:- US Climate envoy Todd Stern says the country will stand by previous pledges of emissions cuts in Cancun, but won't say how they'll be achieved.- MSHA has ordered underground mines to take new precautions to reduce coal dust.- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the government is working on technology to deal with deepwater blowouts on the OCS.- General Motors and a Swiss company are teaming up to resear...

      • Release date
        Sep 22, 2010
      • Runtime
        01:23
    • The Energy Report - 9/21/10

      Susan McGinnis anchors the Energy Report from the Energy News Center in Washington. On the program: - Supporters of a Renewable Electricity Standard have introduced a bill calling for 15 percent renewables by 2021.- A study from IHS CERA says oil imported to the U.S. from Canadian oil sands has only about 6 percent higher GHE emissions than average crude consumed in this country.- Names on the short list for the EPA hydrofracking study panel include people with strong opinions on both sides of...

      • Release date
        Sep 21, 2010
      • Runtime
        01:26
    • Utility puts CCS to the Test

      AEP is testing the first ever large-scale carbon capture and storage program at a coal plant in West Virigina. Clean Skies News' Dan Goldstein explores the facility, where large amounts of electricity and steam are required to get the lowest energy demand to run the process.

      • Release date
        Sep 21, 2010
      • Runtime
        04:47
    • Engine Could Reduce Foreign Oil Demand

      Argonne Laboratories are working on technology that could change the way your car drives. It's an engine that runs on any type of fuel - an omnivorous engine. That could be music to the ears of carmakers, and biofuels producers.

      • Release date
        Sep 21, 2010
      • Runtime
        03:58
    • The Energy Report - 9/20/10

      Susan McGinnis anchors the Energy Report from the Energy News Center in Washington. On the program: - The Gulf oil spill has been officially declared dead, but cleanup and recovery will continue for years.- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, ranking member of the Energy Committee, will mount a write-in re-election campaign after narrowly losing her primary race.- California officials have ordered PG&E to list all repairs on major natural gas pipelines and the progress of those projects.- Wal-Mart ...

      • Release date
        Sep 20, 2010
      • Runtime
        01:23
    • CS Sunday: San Bruno Explosion

      The San Bruno natural gas pipeline explosion left at least four people dead, and brought renewed calls for uniformed regulations for the country's antiquated pipeline system. Clean Skies Sunday talks with an expert on how the system works now, what should be done, and what the future may look like to make sure these pipelines are safe. Representative Jim Oberstar - chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure committee - discusses the changes he believes are needed to make these pipelines...

      • Release date
        Sep 19, 2010
      • Runtime
        30:01
    • The Energy Report - 9/17/10

      Susan McGinnis anchors this afternoon's Clean Skies News Energy Report from Washington, DC. On the program: - Federal inspectors say they've found excessive levels of explosive coal dust in air samples from the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, where 29 men died in an April explosion.- The House has passed a measure offering zero-interest loans to rural homeowners for home weatherization.- Hurricane Karl and its 120-mph winds are bearing down on oil wells in the Mexican state of Veracruz...

      • Release date
        Sep 17, 2010
      • Runtime
        01:17
    • The Energy Report - 9/16/10

      Susan McGinnis anchors this afternoon's Clean Skies News Energy Report from Washington, DC. On the program: - A White House report says job losses stemming form the deepwater drilling moratorium were minimal.- The Interior Department has ordered Gulf drillers to cap 3,500 abandoned wells and platforms.- California has approved what's slated to be the world's largest solar power plant.- New data from NOAA point to 2010 as one of the hottest years on record. www.cleanskies.comwww.twitter.com/cle...

      • Release date
        Sep 16, 2010
      • Runtime
        01:16
    • The Energy Report - 9/15/10

      Susan McGinnis anchors this afternoon's Clean Skies News Energy Report from Washington, DC. On the program: - Coal miners are rallying in Washington for jobs and looser regulations.- Funding for the EPA and Interior Department is on hold because of the debate over climate regulations, but it could cost the administration $100 million to hire new offshore drilling inspectors.- The Obama administration wants to tighten oversight of pipelines nationwide in the wake of the deadly San Bruno explosi...

      • Release date
        Sep 15, 2010
      • Runtime
        01:20
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