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		RL34234 - Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Policy Implications of Expanding Global Access to Nuclear Power 1-Jul-2009; Mary Beth Nikitin, Anthony Andrews and Mark Holt; 43 p. Update: Previous releases: September 3, 2008 March 7, 2008 January 30, 2008 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: After several decades of widespread stagnation, nuclear power is attracting renewed interest. New license applications for 30 reactors have been announced in the United States, and another 150 are planned or proposed globally, with about a dozen more currently under construction. In the United St.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Energy, Risk & Reform, International
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		R40670 - Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Critical Barriers and Congressional Policy 24-Jun-2009; Paul W. Parfomak, Fred Sissine, Eric A. Fischer; 25 p. Abstract: Federal policymakers are debating a range of potential initiatives to limit U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454), for example, would set a target of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, including CO2 emissions, 17% below 2005 le.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Energy, Legislative
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		RL33801 - Carbon Capture and Sequestrian (CCS) 19-Jun-2009; Peter Folger; 31 p. Update: Previous releases: June 10, 2008 February 23, 2009 February 7, 2008 August 13, 2007 January 17, 2007 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: Carbon capture and sequestration (or storage)—known as CCS—has attracted interest as a measure for mitigating global climate change because large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from fossil fuel use in the United States are potentially available to be captured and stored underground or pr.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Energy, Science & Technology
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		R40643 - Greenhouse Gas Legislation: Summary and Analysis of H.R. 2454 as Reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce 17-Jun-2009; Mark Holt, Gene Whitney; 115 p. Abstract: H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, was introduced May 15, 2009, by Representatives Waxman and Markey, and was subsequently modified (both technical and substantive changes) and ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 21, 2009. The bill was.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Air, Legislative, Energy
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		RL34497 - Advanced Research Projects Agency- Energy (ARPA-E): Background, Status, and Selected Issues for Congress 29-Apr-2009; Deborah D. Stine; 34 p. Update: Previous Editions: August 12, 2008 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: In August 2007, Congress authorized the establishment of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) within the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the America COMPETES Act (P.L. 110-69). Modeled on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), ARPA-E would support transfor.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Energy, Legislative, Science & Technology
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		RS22204 - U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Changing Oil Prices 15-Apr-2009; James K. Jackson; 10 p. Update: Previous Releases: September 12, 2009 June 10, 2008 January 15, 2008 November 14, 2007 June 12, 2007 May 30, 2007 April 13, 2007 December 13, 2006 (/NLE/CRSreports/06Dec/RS22204.pdf) October 13, 2006 /NLE/CRSreports/06Jul/RS22204.pdf /NLE/CRSre.... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: Petroleum prices have continued to rise sharply in 2008, at one time reaching more than $140 per barrel of crude oil. At the same time the average monthly volume of imports of energy-related petroleum products has fallen slightly. The combination of sharply rising prices and a slightly lower leve.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Economics & Trade, Energy, Government
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		RL32205 - Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminals: Siting, Safety and Regulation 24-Feb-2009; Paul W. Parfomak and Adam S. Vann; 33 p. Update: Previous Releases: May 15, 2008 July 15, 2005 (www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/05apr/RL32205.pdf) April 20, 2005 (www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/05apr/RL32205.pdf) www.ncseonlie.org/NLE/CRSreports/04May/RL32205.pdf.... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a hazardous fuel frequently shipped in large tankers to U.S. ports from overseas. While LNG has historically made up a small part of U.S. natural gas supplies, rising gas prices, current price volatility, and the possibility of domestic shortages are sharply increasing.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Energy, Risk & Reform, Economics & Trade
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		RL34429 - Coal Mine Safety and Health 23-Feb-2009; Linda Levine; 17 p. Update: Previous editions: September 5, 2008 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: Safety in the coal mining industry is much improved compared to the early decades of the twentieth century, a time when hundreds of miners could lose their lives in a single accident and more than 1,000 fatalities could occur in a single year. Fatal injuries associated with coal mine accidents fell .... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Energy, General Interest, Natural Resources
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		RL33341 - The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: History, Perspectives, and Issues 20-Feb-2009; Robert Bamberger; 16 p. Update: Previous Releases: September 19, 2008 June 6, 2008 November 1, 2007 February 22, 2007 April 3, 2006 June 19, 2006 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: Congress authorized the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA, P.L. 94-163) to help prevent a repetition of the economic dislocation caused by the 1973-1974 Arab oil embargo. The program is managed by the Department of Energy (DOE). The capacity of the .... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Natural Resources, Federal Agencies, Energy
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		RL34621 - Capture CO2 from Coal-Fired Power Plants: Challenges for a Comprehensive Strategy 13-Feb-2009; Larry Parker, Peter Folger, Deborah D. Stine; 36 p. Update: Previous Editions: August 15, 2008 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: Any comprehensive approach to substantially reduce greenhouse gases must address the world’s dependency on coal for a quarter of its energy demand, including almost half of its electricity demand. To maintain coal in the world’s energy mix in a carbon-constrained future would require development .... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Science & Technology, Energy
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