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The Environmental Protection Agency has launched a new online resource intended to promote knowledge sharing and collaboration among the scientific community on environmental modeling. The Integrated Environmental Modeling Hub (iemHUB) website is designed to “facilitate knowledge sharing, discussion and collaboration on models and tools that support multimedia and multidisciplinary analysis.” The agency uses integrated environmental modeling to simulate environmental processes and interactions between ecological and human-influenced systems and to inform its decision making process.

Former Gas Station Sites

EPA estimates that there are over 200,000 petroleum brownfields sites across America. Many of these include former gas stations. Because these properties are often located near traffic intersections and other areas with high levels of automobile traffic, they may present opportunities to site or otherwise support the infrastructure for alternative fuel vehicles. Existing infrastructure and facilities suitable for reuse could be used to support station operations. Renewable energy resources, such as solar energy, could also help power operations and advanced vehicles.

Feasibility Study: Winter – fall 2010

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will conduct a study that aims to: (1) develop criteria to evaluate former gas station properties as sites for alternative fuel stations, and (2) determine how to convert these former gas stations into alternative fuel stations. The study will then identify the best locations for various alternative fuels based on traffic corridors and the supply and demand for each fuel. If applicable, the study may also explore opportunities for introducing renewable energy resources into the development of these stations.

President Harry S Truman signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1946
President Harry S Truman signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 establishing the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Behind the President, left to right: Senators Tom Connally, Eugene D. Millikin, Edwin C. Johnson, Thomas C. Hart, Brien McMahon, Warren R. Austin, and Richard B. Russell. (August 1, 1946.)

I wasn’t driving yet!

President Gerald R. Ford signs the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 at the White House. This legislation abolished the Atomic Energy Commission and established in its place the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). (October 11, 1974)

President Jimmy Carter signs the Department of Energy Organization Act in the White House Rose Garden, (August 4, 1977).

President Bush signs the Energy Policy Act of 1992 in a ceremony at Maurice, Louisiana, while Admiral Watkins and oil rig workers look on, (October 24, 1992).