27/Jun 2008 | The Pain Is Gone! | 11:21pm. Apologies for the lack of Weekend Watchdog posts here in recent weeks, just some hiccups on my end. Today's installment of suggested questions for Sunday show guests is below, cross-posted at... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | I know this is the flavor of the month; but I truly | Latest foreclosure statistics: Seattle P-I, Foreclosures in Seattle higher, but much lower than nation s The Seattle area had about twice as many foreclosures in May as it did a year earlier but conti... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Charles Komanoff | Ashley Braun David Roberts Grist Holly Richmond Kate Sheppard Katharine Wroth Lisa Hymas Sara Barz Sarah K. Burkhalter Sarah van Schagen Tom Philpott Trina Stout . Adam Browning Adam Stein Alan Durni... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Energy fund is drying up | The increasing number of Floridians who can't pay their electric bills may not be able to get the help they need because the state energy assistance program will likely run short of money. "The bottom... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Green Energy Gives a Small Firm Power | By Katherine Montgomery Law Technology News June 30, 2008 Visitors driving along Cedar Lake Road in Round Lake, Ill. -- a 6,000-person community about an hour north of Chicago -- may be puzzled by the... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Straight off, I disagree with the philosophy, that the richest man gets to | Opinion. It is becoming more evident every day that the left-wing of the Democratic Party is delighted that the price of gasoline and diesel fuel is now between $4. According to Barack Obama , high ga... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Superconductor transmission cable system celebrated | Superconductor transmission cable system celebrated Hauppauge, NY, June 26, 2008 -- American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC), Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and the U. Department of Energy (DOE) celeb... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Cell Phone Eye-control and Other Assorted Craziness From Japan s Docomo | Japan s NTT Docomo is working on what they call, the cell phone of the future . In the Docomo view, the future is a wearable cell phone that can be controlled with movements of different parts of the... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Political gas is at a premium | 10:11 pm- Politicians are having a difficult time agreeing on what to do about sky-high gas prices, but they re speaking in unison on one point: They feel your pain. Political gas is at a premium Poli... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Details inside | The early studies of possible missions beyond Mars orbit were initiated at the end of the 1960s in the 12th Department of TsNIIMash, the leading research institution of the Soviet rocket industry. Thi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Wind Power's Promise | A partial answer to America's energy crisis is springing up. But the struggle to harness the winds of Kansas shows the difficulty in building an industry that threatens the status quo . It's an ordi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Opinion: Water from Devil s Slide for MWSD: What are the facts? | Paul Perkovic is Board President of the Montara Water and Sanitary District (MWSD), however this article reflects his individual views and does not indicate a position of the District. There has been ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Dominion Virginia Power eyes rate increase | Dominion Virginia Power customers could see their bills go up by around 18 percent after July 1, according to the State Corporation Commission. The agency approved the power company s request for an i... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Republican National Committee: McCain Has Answers to U.S. Energy Needs | Main | Republican National Committee: Disunity Day - Can the Clinton/Obama Rally Cover Up Their Attacks Over The Past Year? Republican National Committee: McCain Has Answers to U. The following Op-... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Will the $199 iPhone kill the iPod? | Technology, Media & Telecom. Analysis of: What's Next For Apple's iPod Touch: More Memory, Camera, Different Sizes? (AAPL) | www. Implications: At $199 the iPhone with iPod capabilities looks like an ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | How High Will Crude Have to Go Before We Can Stop Shouting at the Rain! | Energy & Industrials. Implications: Whether it is demand destruction, increased development of alternatives and renewables, increased conservation or increased drilling, any hidden benefits found in h... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | How Agencies Are Helping Their Clients Help the Environment | Advertising Age does a run through of all the Marketing and Communications agencies that are taking part in the green marketing wave. What started as a low rumble as marketers began talking about gre... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | LCU Hall of Honor inducts three former baseball players | Nearly 12 years ago, when he arrived at Lubbock Christian University to play baseball, Keith Hart wanted to be just like Kerry Richardson. Hart ended up doing a pretty good impression of Richardson du... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | U.S. calls for moratorium on solar | The world is such a strange place. Faced with the burgeoning demand and sunny land in the southwest United States, the Bureau of Land Management (the U. agency that controls government-owned lands tha... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | LEBANON: University team builds Arab world's first solar-powered car | A team of engineering students and their professor have built what they describe as the Arab world's first solar-powered car, according to a news release. It is named "Apollo's Chariot," in reference ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Israeli Holding Co. to Invest in India Cleantech Projects | Granite Hacarmel Investments Ltd., a publicly-traded holding company that owns leading Israeli companies in the energy, infrastructure, chemicals and synergetic industries (Sonol, Supergas), will inve... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Oil On The Boil | A meeting of energy ministers of oil producers produces little accord on what action to take to reduce spiralling prices, reports SHANTANU GUHA RAY reports . INDIAN FINANCE Minister Palaniappan Chid... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Fading Power | IFIRST SAW UMIAM Lake in 2006. For long, friends from Shillong had created an idyllic picture of Bara Paani (Big Water), as Umiam is popularly known. The first look did not disappoint and I fell in ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Energy Future CEO says owners expect industry growth | The new chief executive of Energy Future Holdings answered a long-burning question on Friday: Why would private equity companies want to buy a Texas utility? John Young, who's been head of the Dallas ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | McCain talks trade, technological innovation with auto workers in struggling Ohio area | Republican John McCain has told autoworkers in an economically depressed area of Ohio that he supports free-trade agreements many of them feel cost jobs, but also government investment to help produce... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Winning and Losing in Wise Co., Va | Repost from itsgettinghotinhere., Va Published by meegee, June 27th, 2008 Act Locally , Coal , Dirty Energy , Political Participation , mountain top removal For the last year in Virginia we have been ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Whitfield Defends KY Coal at Congressional Hearing | Whitfield championed the responsible use of the resource as essential to providing cheap and abundant electricity for consumers, critical to reducing our dependence on foreign oil and vital to the loc... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | US nuclear to grow, but not fast enough | Current US policies are not enough to give nuclear power a leading role in climate protection. Although policies would promote a 15% increase in nuclear power capacity by 2030, American energy use ove... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Energy bureau gets nod to increase size | For all its pains, energy price hike a wise move . Higher energy prices add to burdens of China textile makers . China building 1st coalbed methane pipeline to ease energy strains. Vice president: Chi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Ormat enters into $16 million supply contract for Turkish geothermal plant | Ormat Technologies has announced that one of its subsidiaries has entered into a $16 million supply contract for a new geothermal power plant to be constructed by Menderes Geothermal Elektrik Uretim i... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Fortum completes construction of 23MW CHP plant in Estonia | Finnish electricity generation group Fortum has built a 23MW combined heat and power plant in the city of Parnu, Estonia, for a total investment of around E80 million. The plant is scheduled to be ope... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Hydrogen from Coal Technologies | This post is being made to 1) explain the technology that is being proposed to produce and distribute hydrogen and 2) to help both my readers and myself understand whether the hydrogen economy is the ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | State Supreme Court asked to void renewable energy rule | VarsityXtra. Blogs Blogging with the Devils Bordow's Sports Blog Brownie Bytes Golf: Backspin MLB: Inside Baseball NBA: Rim Shots NFL: Bird Watching. The Arizona Supreme Court is being asked to void a... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Power crisis Q & A | Fin24.com chats to energy expert, Professor Robbie Lindsay. Lindsay lectures at the University of the Western Cape's physics department. He welcomes any comments on this article as well as contributio... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Infrared Military Technology Finds New Uses In The Civilian World | Maker Of Specialty Chemicals Sees Demand Soar For Its Products While U. Languishes, The Rest Of World Wants More Chemicals Lithium Ion Batteries Should Give Its Filtering Products A Charge Private Sch... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Australia strikes it rich | Forewarned is forearmed a very apt phrase for this section of the Expat Network website. Expats need to know where their future work might be coming from so it makes sense for us to research new are... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | County residents share thoughts on wind project | School is out for all but a lucky few. But the College of Southern Idaho was still a hub of activity late Thursday as Twin Falls County residents studied graphics and shared their thoughts on the Chin... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Weaver s Cove plan sees setbacks and gains | Attempts to construct a liquefied natural gas import terminal along the Taunton River received another blow Thursday, on the same day Weaver s Cove Energy was delivered some good news regarding the pr... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | A plan riddled with questions | Listen to excerpts from the interview with Stephane Dion .. Liberal carbon tax would 'screw' the country: Harper .. John Ivison: A carbon plan, budget and campaign platform rolled into one . As we hea... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Woman survives to tell story that left her without leg | A South Florida woman is sharing her frightening story after someone she once loved left her without a leg. According to Maria Ramirez, 35, Edgardo Acosta, her boyfriend of three years, rammed his pic... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Gee, lets see, a 30 foot hinkley from Osterville runs | New England Wellness.Net Learn how to enhance your health & well-being with products that are the perfect blend of science and nature. We offer cutting edge nutritional support, fitness, non-toxic cos... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Ahyup Mav... I wus thinking of you... And to think, (of | Books by Libby Hughes Featuring a special edition coloring book offer and the "People in Focus" biographies for children and teens. Jeff Perry - State Representative 5th District Barnstable Website of... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Common live-steam questions | Coal-fired Russell This gauge 0, 16mm scale, coal-fired Russell by Archangel is not only toward the upper end of the cost scale, due to its sophistication and complexity, it is also one of the more fi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Obama sounds like he has 10, 15, 20 year Great Leaps Forward | 11:01. Oh, good : Seasoned polar scientists believe the chances of a totally ice-free North Pole this summer are greater than 50:50 because the normally thick ice formed over many years at the Pole ha... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Natural lab shows sea's acid path | Natural carbon dioxide vents on the sea floor are showing scientists how carbon emissions will affect marine life. Dissolved CO2 makes water more acidic, and around the vents, researchers saw a fall i... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | New Study Finds that Solar Could Provide 10% of U.S. Electricity | Choose Social(k) when revising your 403(b)(1) this year AT&T Helps Military Families Connect for Independence Day With. Co-op America New Study Finds that Solar Could Provide 10% of U. Electricity Gen... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Examine the World Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) Market | Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) Market., GE Hybrid Power Generation Systems, Global Thermoelectric, Inc., SOFCo-EFS Holdings LLC, Siemens Power Generation, Inc. A Prelude to the Changing Energy Industr... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Energy bureau gets permission to increase size | 09:12The newly elevated National Energy Bureau is to quadruple the size of its work force in a bid to ensure the country's energy supply, which industry insiders have said shows the government is movi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | The Real Solution To The Energy Problem: Rationing | I have been doing some research into alternative energy solutions lately, and I have come to my own conclusions about how we really need to address the energy and global warming crisis in the near ter... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver Gain and Miners Soar | Gold was not satisfied with Thursday s over $30 gain that was the largest in over 20 years and it continued to climb throughout world trade on Friday. Silver followed suit and both metals ended near t... Read » |
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27/Jun 2008 | New Mining Invesment in Virginia, Dominion Virginia Power Expand New Coal-fired Plant St. Paulus, Va | New Mining Invesment in Virginia, Dominion Virginia Power Expand New Coal-fired Plant St. Dominion Virginia Power, a coal mine exploration company, experiences constraint to build a new coal-fired pl... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Rudmin the Green | The Bush administration has put a moratorium on new solar projects on public land pending large-scale study of their environmental impacts, a process which could take about two years. Since 2005, over... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Bush curbs solar with enviro concerns | LAFAYETTE, IN - A few weeks back, I wrote a New York Times magazine article about the populist uprising against unbridled oil and gas drilling in the Mountain West. The article highlighted a major the... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Cost of Electricity Going Up in Washington County | Washington County residents who get their electricity from Brenham Utilities or Bluebonnet Cooperative are in for a shock. Both Brenham and Bluebonnet purchase electricity from the Lower Colorado Rive... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | I had a picture of a female polar bear and | I had a picture of a female polar bear and her two cubs standing on an iceberg in the middle of the Arctic Ocean looking across the open sea for something which didn t seem to be there. I decided to p... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Directory:Natural Gas > Vehicles | .) - The newly-formed Natural Gas Vehicle Purchasing Cooperative (NGV Co-Op), started by CALSTART.) and operational in three states (Arizona, Nevada and California), will help fleet managers "to quick... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Advanced Power Generation > Storage | Advanced utility-scale power generation technologies are being developed that have the potential to nearly double the energy conversion efficiencies of existing coal, oil and natural gas power generat... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Viewsday: Slowing down solar | The Huffington Post. Hofstra University's Long Island Studies Institute. When it comes to demonstrating prudence on energy policy, the federal government has a knack for odd timing. The Times reported... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | UK: The price of turning | The Daily Mail by David Derbyshire had a this to say about wind farms and the cost of going green. Plans to cover swathes of the countryside with wind farms will cost every family at least 260 a year... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | US Freezes Solar Projects to Study Environmental Impact of Collecting Sunshine in the Desert | Court Says No Deadline for EPA on Global Warming (Guardian) A federal appeals court refused Thursday to make a resistant Bush administration speed up a decision on whether greenhouse gases and global ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Ohio Consumers' Council objects to increase in water prices | MARION A 12.5 percent rate increase for residential customers in Marion and other Ohio communities requested by Ohio American Water Co. is excessive, said a spokesman for the Ohio Consumers Counsel... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Murum hydro dam project attracts 14 bidders | KUCHING: Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB) has received tenders from 14 international bidders for the proposed 900MW Murum hydroelectric dam project in central Sarawak. Group managing director Tan Sri Abdul Az... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Sarawak,TNB vying for ownership of Bakun jobs | A news analysis by Jagdev Singh Sidhu The Sarawak government and Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) appear to be in the running for the ownership of the Bakun dam and the underwater power cables linking Bakun... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Arkansas Panel Chooses Status Quo On Carbon Dioxide | NORTH LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas environmental regulators took a wait-and-see approach Friday in considering whether to treat a chief culprit of global warming as air pollution. The state currently exclud... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | UC sets electric hearings | For opponents of new power plants, the third time was a charm. After twice passing over opponents' charges that North Carolina utilities were overestimating future growth in electricity demand, the st... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Spacious penthouse living in sought-after area | 23 Bloomfield, Castletroy, Limerick This spacious penthouse apartment with rooftop terrace located in the much-desired estate of Bloomfield lies close to all amenities. It includes a tiled floor in th... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Hurricane season to sort out oil's winners and losers | NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- With oil at record highs grabbing everyone's attention, investors in energy stocks are already turning to the Atlantic Hurricane season to determine which firms will benefit ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | David Sirota: Bush Cites Enviro Concerns to Curb Solar Development...While Accelerating Oil Drilling | New York Times magazine article about the populist uprising against unbridled oil and gas drilling in the Mountain West. The article highlighted a major theme in my new book, THE UPRISING. In the ar... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Free Energy and the Open Source Energy Movement Part One | Heat Waves: Burning Off the Fog of the FISA Fiasco .. A CALL TO HEROES: My "SIT-DOWN" With Vince Bugliosi. Justice Antonin Scalia: Al Gore to blame for 2000 US election mess. MI5: revealing areas at m... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Schwarzenegger pidi a Bush declarar emergencia por incendios en California | Sacramento (EFE).000 incendios activos en el norte de California, el gobernador Arnold Schwarzenegger pidi al gobierno federal declarar estado de emergencia. Bush, el mandatario republicano sostuvo q... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Utility Agrees To Prune First, Monitor Problem Trees | CINCINNATI -- Duke Energy Corp. tried Friday to cool a heated debate about trimming trees near power lines in with a plan that satisfies area leaders, if not all residents. Residents in Green and Miam... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Bob Filner Takes Action Backing Energy Independence | San Diego Zoo Creatures Becoming Night Owl Party Animals . Bob Filner Takes Action Backing Energy Independence . Washington, DC - With gas prices in California averaging $4.60 Congressman Bob Filner t... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Scott Kleeb | Fresh from an overwhelming primary victory in Nebraska's U., and college history teacher Scott Kleeb spoke with me on the phone about his "brand of change" for a clean energy economy and the environme... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Can You Spare Some Change? | Finally, in an election supposedly about change, somebody offered something genuinely different. Something that might actually work and would, if nothing else, improve how Washington operates. I fu... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Jeremy Leggett | The time for policy documents is over. The government needs to act, and act now to make the shift to renewable energy a reality. How many times has the UK government issued a consultation document on ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Blair defends record on tackling climate change | Justin McCurry in Tokyo and Nicholas Watt. Tony Blair admitted yesterday that he could have done more in his decade as prime minister to tackle the threat posed by climate change. As he launched a rep... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | I would love to have weekeneds every week | The 4-week workweek is in the prospects in Utah to save energy costs by staying at home on Fridays. This yearlong experiment is expected to kick off in August of this year, involving about 17,000 peop... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Pacquiao: 'Weight won't be a problem' / Roy Luarca | 2 Digit Result: 29 21 3 Digit: 0 9 6 6 9 1 4 0 8 6 Digit: 0 6 0 2 1 1 SuperLotto 6/49 Winning Numbers: 24 20 33 45 23 03 P 34,510,647. Iloilo residents to ward off gloom with Pacquiao-Diaz fight. ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Duke tries to cool Ohio tree debate | Duke Energy Corp. tried Friday to cool a heated debate about trimming trees near power lines in southwest Ohio with a plan that satisfies area leaders, if not all residents. Residents in Green and Mia... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | State to maintain abandoned Woonsocket park | The state Department of Environmental Management will work with Woonsocket officials to maintain a park after its funding was cut from the state budget. Boston-area thunderstorms leave many without po... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | VW Golf Twin Drive Plug-in Hybrid Prototype Revealed | In a German government project called Fleet test: electric drive vehicles , VW revealed yesterday a Golf prototype with a plug-in hybrid drive engine of the next generation called TwinDrive . The re... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Australia's Energy [R]evolution arrives on board the Esperanza | Australia Posted in Renewable Energy | Tagged Renewable Energy Sydney - Greenpeace s largest and fastest vessel, the Esperanza, will arrive in Sydney this morning, beginning a two-month, 2300 km-long ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Australia s Energy [R]evolution arrives on board the Esperanza | Saturday, June 28, 2008 Source: Australia Posted in Renewable Energy | Tagged Renewable Energy Sydney - Greenpeace s largest and fastest vessel, the Esperanza, will arrive in Sydney this morning, begi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Ending 10 000 Years of Conflict between Agriculture and Nature | Organics | Tagged Organics Humans now directly manage 27 percent of the Earth s surface area, harvesting more than 40 percent of the planet s biological productivity for our own uses. Yet food product... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | McCain Caught On Tape | USA Posted in Environment US Election 2008 | Tagged Environment , US Election 2008 This week after touting his misguided plan for offshore planning while visiting the site of one of the nation s worst... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | China prepares environmental action for Tibet | Chinese officials have announced a new "ecological security" plan for Tibet, which has the fastest rate of global warming in the world. Climbers who visit Tibet see the most visible sign of global war... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Goldwater Institute sues Arizona Corporation Commission over renewable energy fee | The Goldwater Institute is suing the Arizona Corporation Commission over a fee it is allowing utilities to charge customers in an effort to develop renewable energy sources. The lawsuit was filed with... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | What's behind Duke's wind-power push? | Wind power is certainly growing fast, even if Congress hasn't gotten around to extending clean-energy tax credits. Plenty of states are boosting renewable-energy targets. The Department of Energy is c... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Carcieri vetoes key renewable-energy measure | In his veto message this morning, Carcieri wrote: "It is with much regret that I find it necessary to veto this legislation. "Renewable energy has great potential for powering our homes and businesses... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | The conservation of energy, the first law of thermodynamics and dark energy | In physics, the conservation of energy states that the total amount of energy in any isolated system remains constant but can't be recreated, although it may change forms, e. In thermodynamics, the fi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Washington state Dems pull "Sopranos" ad | I'll be away from War Room for a couple weeks, as I'm going on vacation and then working on some other things. Stepping in for me will be two really great guest bloggers. Next week, Steve Benen, from ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Governor Lingle Signs Bills into Law | 12:28 PM Governor Lingle has signed the following bills into law. ACT 204 (08) SB644 SD3 HD3 CD1 Signed: June 26, 2008 RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES Mandates the installation of solar water heaters or ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Hybrid Atom Identified | Experiments with nanoscale transistors by an international team have led to the identification of a hybrid atom that is half natural, half man-made and could be used to develop quantum computers. "Up ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Thin Film PV Scribing | MANCHESTER, N. Sercel Associates (JPSA) has officially entered the thin film photovoltaic (PV) scribing market. They now deliver workstations for processing solar thin film PV products. JPSA s newly-... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Regulators OK Entergy Arkansas power plant buy | LITTLE ROCK - State regulators on Friday said Entergy Arkansas Inc. can raise its customers' average monthly bills by 73 cents so the utility can buy a $210 million power plant in Louisiana. The Arkan... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Citizens of the island of Anglesey are unhappy with a new neighbour, French-owned power company EDF | Some citizens of the island of Anglesey are unhappy with a new neighbour, the French-owned power company EDF. This has just bought some land on the island, and has earlier indicated it was interested ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Valencia power outage planned Monday | 5:14 p. About 1,000 Valencia residents will lose power Monday while Southern California Edison upgrades its equipment to improve reliability, an Edison official said Friday. Though he could not specif... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Old Hydroelectric Deal Faces Choppy Waters | 35 years ago Brazil and Paraguay built Itaipu dam in partnership. Brzil has entered with the money and Paraguay with its border territory, Itaipu was built at the border of the two Countries, were bot... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Green technology is focus of weekend event: Michigan Energy Fair | Lawyer for FLDS teen refuses to testify Crash victim was model, Adelphi student: Desiree Mesolella, the daughter of a former Rhode Island state representative, was a passenger killed in an alleged dru... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | What's Up With Sprint? | Like the headline says what s up with Sprint Nextel (S) ? The telecom company s shares are up today for the fourth session in a row; in that period the stock has gained $1.) The move has pushed up Spr... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Federal Government Halts Solar Power Projects for Two Years | In order to survey the impact of massive solar power plants on the environment and wildlife, the federal government is freezing new solar projects on public land for about two years. The alternative e... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Sun power harnessed at Appalachian | Alternative Energy , AppState , Business , General BOONE Employees with Southern Energy Management in Raleigh has installed a four kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) system near Raley Hall on the Appalachian ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | What? You mean Kermit was wrong? | John Johnston Managing Editor There was a time when the Green Movement was seen as not much more than a bunch of radical environmentalists, trying to prevent whales from being killed by heartless corp... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | 2008 ASABE Annual International Meeting | Public release date: 27-Jun-2008 [ | E-mail Article ] Contact: Dolores Landeck landeck@asabe. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN The 102nd Annual International Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural and Biol... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | OIL: New Global Energy Order Emerging | OIL: New Global Energy Order Emerging By Humberto M rquez CARACAS, Jun 27 (IPS) - By bringing together the world s major oil producers and consumers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia marked a turning point in t... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Faith brings us together in crisis | As rising energy prices push up the cost of other items, notably food in poorer countries, people of faith are being called upon to give even more generously so that the small gains in worldwide nutri... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | State approves Entergy Arkansas power plant buy | LITTLE ROCK State regulators on Friday said Entergy Arkansas Inc. can raise its customers' average monthly bills by 73 cents so the utility can buy a $210 million power plant in Louisiana. The Arkan... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Alta, Sask bristle over Dion prediction that green plan good in long run | REGINA - Federal Liberal Leader Stephane Dion is defending his proposed green plan in Western Canada, but political leaders in Alberta and Saskatchewan aren't exactly stampeding to back him. They spen... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Golden Star prepares for Ghana power cost hikes | Gold-miner Golden Star Resources said this week that higher electricity prices in Ghana were expected to translate into an increase of between $60/oz and $85/oz for the the company's mines in the coun... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Rotate Skyscraper | Very cool. David Fisher announced the launch of the incredible Dynamic Tower, the world's first building in motion, to be constructed in Dubai and Moscow with other locations planned worldwide. Rotati... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | U.K. unveils clean energy plan | U. The government said it will cost 100 billion to reach a greener future, including 30 to 40 gigawatts of additional renewable capacity. government has put a price tag on the country's renewable ene... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Alternative energy not Big Oil's responsibility | Your letters: June 27, 2008 . Why give special healthcare to criminals, the least deserving?. Rather than do something productive to increase fuel supplies, Congress wastes time hunting bogeymen and f... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Power systems equipment - Zero Emissions Pricing? | London , WC2R 0BL. Registration Number 909719IET Services Limited is trading as a subsidiary of the Institution of Engineering . Power systems equipment - UK proposals boost prospects for renewable en... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Daily TIPs: Tech Czar, Nanoparticles, Hackers, & More | Daily TIPS: Tech Policy Poll, Open-Source Healthcare, Tropical Disease, & More . Daily TIPs: Genomic Testing, Entertainment Tech Growth, Virtual Companies, VoIP 911, & More . Daily TIPs: Universal Gig... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Battery maker is a solid company | It also offers related direct current power products, including chargers, electronic power equipment, and various battery accessories. It provides reserve power batteries that are used for back-up pow... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Alternative energy stocks to watch | 24/7 Wall Street looks at oil and gas, alternative energy, and ethanol companies in the news. ( NASDAQ: HOKU , Stock Forum ) is still in the pre-development stage. Revenue is not expected to come onli... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Mesa to report Q2 earnings Monday | Go! to charge $25 for second bag [Honolulu]. Mesa Air Group will release its second-quarter earnings on Monday, the company announced Friday. The parent company of Hawaii interisland carrier go! airli... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | For solo operators, insurance deals grow | Green' wave creates more business for law practices [Honolulu]. Honolulu immigration attorney opens her own law practice [Honolulu]. Attorney loses 11-year battle against her former law firm [Honolulu... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Cameco Updates Progress at Cigar Lake | Coalcorp Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option Jun 27, 2008 08:18 AM. Cameco Joins GE Hitachi Enrichment Venture Jun 20, 2008 09:01 AM. Cameco Joins GE Hitachi Enrichment Venture Jun 20, 2008 09... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Applying CO2 split in large scale industry | Engineers clear bottleneck in hydrogen production. Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have demonstrated the feasibility of exploiting sunlight to transform a greenhouse gas into a use... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | HiTension | Here's a 200 year old idea with merit: A Stirling engine, modified to capture the waste heat of industrial processes to make electricity. Gar noted Stirling Energy Systems' efforts in this vein to mak... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Coleman favors more domestic oil drilling; defends rental from GOP operative | President, U. Senate, Congress, and the Minnesota House of Representatives are the major races in the campaign of 2008. This is the first presidential election without an incumbent or sitting vice pre... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Idaho Power seeks OK to increase customer's electric bills again | BOISE - Idaho Power today filed an application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to increase the company's base rates for electricity an average of 9.9 percent for its Idaho customers, the co... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Institution of Electrical Engineers | Power conversion and applications - Prysmian to Supply Cables for the Offshore Greater Gabbard Wind Farm in UK. Registration Number 909719 IET Services Limited is trading as a subsidiary of the Instit... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Mystery Molecule Leads To Quantum Discovery | Physics The odd behavior of a molecule in an experimental silicon computer chip has led to a discovery that opens the door to quantum computing in semiconductors. In a Nature Physics journal paper cu... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | We're Mad As Hell | Advertisement Cheap Car Insurance Insurance companies on TV can t compete with our multi-quote system. Survey: 3 Out of 4 Angry About High Gas Prices Latest Gas Price Round-Up $2 A Gallon Gas P... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Quantum Computing Breakthrough | The odd behavior of a molecule in an experimental silicon computer chip has led to a discovery that opens the door to quantum computing in semiconductors. In a Nature Physics journal paper currently o... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Data Center Energy Efficiency: IBM | The business case IBM developed its Mobile Monitoring Technology to analyze the thermal profiles of an operating data center against six metrics and provide recommendations to improve the thermal pro... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Interview with Marilyn Ch | Marilyn Churley is a fighter who gets things done. People like Marilyn Curley come into the world to bring something good. The energy, skill, and integrity, distinguish Marilyn Churley as one of . ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Khebab | Khebab Says: 27 juin 2008 at 3:47 PM I have a naive question: does the AGW theory predicts that the Artic sea ice should disappear first? Another puzzling observation, If we look at the global sea ice... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | "Leaders ignore economic warning signs" | Senate Republican Office While Oregon families make sacrifices and find ways to cut costs, Democrat legislative leaders gave their stamp of approval to over $287 million in pay increases to state bure... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Velankani in Rs 14,000 cr Vizag silicon complex plan | HYDERABAD: The Bangalore-based Velankani Group will invest Rs 14,000 crore over the next seven years to set up an integrated stone-to-wafer silicon complex in Visakhapatnam, the first of its kind in I... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | RideSearch.com available to iPhone users | RideSearch.com has launched a new version of their free nationwide carpool matching web site, RideSearch 2. The service is designed to increase communication among all commuters and employers, helping... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | TNK-BP and OGK-1 Cooperate in framework of joint venture based on Nizhnevartovsk power plant | The Board of Directors of TNK-BP has approved the company s participation in a joint investment project for construction of a new steam-gas combined-cycle unit with a capacity of 800 MW at the Nizhnev... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Ad Watch: McCain energy ad short on | LENGTH: 30 seconds. AIRING: National cable networks and key states of Nevada, New Hampshire, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Iowa. SCRIPT: Announ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | 351.21 | DHF - Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund Declares Dividend [2008-06-27 17:24 ET] CMKT - Capital Markets Technologies completes 'Phase 1' of its strategy [2008-06-27 17:18 ET] EIX - Southern California... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | McCain applauds work at Ohio automotive plant | Friday he came to the economically depressed Youngstown, Ohio, area not to dwell on its woes but to focus on its future. McCain toured the sprawling GM plant in Lordstown, about 20 minutes northwest o... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Siemens looks to sell solid oxide fuel cell business | Whitehall Jewelers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy [Cincinnati]. Strong third quarter jump in venture funding [East Bay]. is looking to sell its solid oxide fuel cell business, which employs 131 at a ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Mass. mountaineer, 9, on a lofty mission | When 9-year-old Evan Whitemyer climbs Mt. Moosilauke in the White Mountains this weekend, it won t just be for fun. The soon-to-be fourth grader at South Shore Charter Public School in Norwell is dete... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | AireSurf Grants Stock Options | 4th UPDATE: US Senate Confirms Duke For Federal Reserve Board Jun 27, 2008 05:15 PM. Microsoft's XP May Be Gone, But Its Profits Linger Jun 27, 2008 05:00 PM. Microsoft's XP May Be Gone, But Its Profi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Haybuster Debuts Their New High Capacity GP-50 Grain Processor | 4th UPDATE: US Senate Confirms Duke For Federal Reserve Board Jun 27, 2008 05:15 PM. Microsoft's XP May Be Gone, But Its Profits Linger Jun 27, 2008 05:00 PM. Microsoft's XP May Be Gone, But Its Profi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Greenpeace takes Poland to task over energy stance | Activists of the environmental group Greenpeace demonstrate in front of Poland's Economy ministry in Warsaw to demand more government efforts to promote renewable energy as European Union Commissioner... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Green seminar | Benefit Your Bottom Line and the Environment: Green IT Presented by IBM and AmerenUE Learn about energy savings for your company. With increasing energy costs, many mid-sized companies may find themse... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | ENMAX Secures More Renewable Energy to Meet Customer Demand | ENMAX Energy Corporation ("ENMAX Energy"), is pleased to announce that ENMAX Green Power Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ENMAX Energy, has acquired Kettles Hill Wind Energy Inc., the owner and oper... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Bookkeeping: New Position in A-Power Energy Generation Systems (APWR) to Create Alternative Energy Mini Basket | Bookkeeping: New Position in A-Power Energy Generation Systems (APWR) to Create Alternative Energy Mini Basket . American Superconductor (AMSC) which I actually added a bit to here as it pulls back t... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Did you miss? Volcanoes, infinity & texts | Have you walked the robot?. Gives you the inside track on science at Oxford University: the projects, the people and what's happening behind the scenes. Curated by Pete Wilton , science writer and OU... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Siemens building new plant in Illinois for its Drives Technologies business | Due to the increasing demands for alternative and renewable energy sources, Siemens Energy & Automation will be investing more than $20 million to develop a second plant in Elgin, Ill. Siemens is the ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | BP 2008 Energy Review Fin | BP 2008 Energy Review Finds Oil Production Problems Are Political, Not Geological JOHANNESBURG--June 12, 2008--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--While introducing the 2008 e... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Brazil signs sustainable ethanol deal with Sweden | A group of Brazilian ethanol producers has signed the first deal to export certified sustainable ethanol, reports Reuters. Four firms Cosan, Guarani, NovAmerica and Alcoeste will sell 115 million ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | E85 Stations Rise Above 1,600 | The Glenville Mobil Mart in Glenville, New York is the proud 1,600th E85 fueling facility. The station is located at 245 Saratoga Road in Glenville, New York and the milestone was made just in recent ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Ad Watch McCain energy ad short on specifics | 15:55:04 TITLE: "Purpose" LENGTH: 30 seconds. AIRING: National cable networks and key states of Nevada, New Hampshire, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | McCain calls for more oil drilling in new TV ad | Tags: Tales from the Trail: 2008 , energy independence , gasoline prices , John McCain , oil drilling . WASHINGTON In his most controversial television ad yet, Republican John McCain calls for more... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Canadian environmentalist Moore trashes carbon capture and storage | Carbon capture and storage (CCS), which coal-miners worldwide hope will guarantee a future for coal as an energy source, may not be viable, technically, economically, and in terms of liability. This i... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Green car power provider gains on magazine mention | Fisker Karma from Fisker Automotive, powered by Quantum Fuel Systems, was featured in the July issue of CAR magazine, an automotive trend-following U. Niedzwiecki, president and CEO of Quantum, said t... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Police search for restaurant robber caught on camera | Thai restaurant located at 5400 block of North State Road 7 last Saturday. The suspect headed straight for the cash register, ripped the machine out and took off. Officials said this is the second tim... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | SAN ONOFRE: Kelp forest in the making | Southern California Edison marine biologist Pat Tennant looks at some giant kelp off the coast of San Clemente Monday morning. Edison is dumping rocks into the ocean to create a reef that will spawn a... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | 141) | PM Hot on the heels of last months reporting of a discrepancy in the ocean surface temperatures, a new paper in Nature (by Domingues et al, 2008 ) reports on the revisions of the ocean heat content (O... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Congress: All Dried Up | This past week in Congress, we considered a bill that that would try to sue our way to lower gas prices as well as another bill to create subsidies for only federal employees to take public transporta... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | 2315.63 | MAIR - MAIR Holdings, Inc. Shareholders Authorize Dissolution [2008-06-27 16:57 ET] WEESF - Wavefront Energy & Environmental Services Inc. - Texas based producer sees production lift related to Powerw... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | This was teh case in NYC: Con Ed would pay you to put power back into the | The Northwest is awash in electric power this spring.] In some cases, power producers are paying customers to take electricity off their hands. This was teh case in NYC: Con Ed would pay you to put po... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Caucus truce gives power to the Premier | MORRIS IEMMA won an important victory in his bid to privatise the power industry yesterday when Labor MPs decided not to take him on in caucus and even applauded the Premier for the strength of leader... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Ad Watch: McCain energy ad short on specifics | TITLE: "Purpose" LENGTH: 30 seconds. AIRING: National cable networks and key states of Nevada, New Hampshire, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Iow... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | SCC approves Dominion Virginia Power's 18% rate increase | The first significant jump in the region s electricity bills in more than a decade will kick in Tuesday, now that state regulators have approved Dominion Virginia Power s fuel rate increase. The State... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Lexington reacts to McCain s Lexington Project | Republican presidential candidate John McCain has named his energy independence plan The Lexington Project, trying to invoke the Massachusetts town s patriotic spirit in an effort to wean America s ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Managing Virtual Environments: Preventing VM sprawl with archiving | Virtual machine (VM) sprawl results in poor resource utilization and a badly organized infrastructure. When virtual machines begin to propagate, IT staff can easily lose track of how many virtual mach... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Wildlife sanctuary takes on BGE | Sandy Carr, who started taking in wounded animals back in the 1960s, manages a veritable zoo of recovering critters at the Davidsonville Wildlife Sanctuary. For years, the menagerie of animals at the ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | East Hartford Firm Wins Federal Technology Grant | EAST HARTFORD - The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology has received a $200,000 federal grant to promote applications of hydrogen and fuel cell technology. The grant acknowledges the leadership... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Pak pressures on Iran-India pipeline | News By Company. DELHI: Pakistan joined Iran in stepping up pressure on India to move quickly on the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline project citing the rising cost of energy in the international market. ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Regulators OK emission controls at Oak Creek plant | MADISON State regulators are letting We Energies install pollution controls at a coal-fired power plant some environmentalists want closed. The state Public Service Commission voted 3-0 Friday to al... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Idaho Power Files General Rate Case Increase Request | IDACORP, Inc.'s (NYSE: IDA) principal subsidiary Idaho Power Company (Company) today filed an application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC) to increase the Company's base rate for elec... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP announces completion of the sale of its windpower subsidiaries | NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/ CALGARY, June 27 /CNW/ - Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP (the "Partnership") (TSX: CRS.A) announce... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Creststreet Kettles Hill Windpower LP announces completion of the sale of Kettles Hill Wind Energy Inc | Creststreet Kettles Hill Windpower LP announces completion of the sale of Kettles Hill Wind Energy Inc. Creststreet Kettles Hill Windpower LP (the "Partnership") announced that it has completed the sa... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Rocker helps band, fans go green, save fuel | 03:46 PMAdam Gardner, best known as a singer-guitarist of the Tufts-spawned band Guster, also is running Reverb , an organization that is educating touring musicians and their fans on environmental ca... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | State says OK to higher electric bills | A fire at a small engine-repair garage on U. 50 June 26 was ruled accidental by the Loudoun County Fire . Rodeo, community yard sale and plenty of musical performances highlight things to do and see ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Save Our Springs blacklisted in D.C | Air emissions. 12:11 PM Austin environmental group Save Our Springs Alliance was on what amounted to a blacklist at the Office of the Attorney General in Washington. According to an inspector general ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | N. Korea Demolishes Cooling Tower at Nuclear Plant | North Korea kept its promise and destroyed the cooling tower at the Yongbyon nuclear plant (96 kilometres/60 miles north of Pyongyang) today. Pyongyang was processing weapons-grade plutonium at that p... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Department of Commerce Decides Two Federal Consistency Appeals | June 26, 2008 The Department of Commerce The Department of Commerce today issued decisions on two appeals of state objections involving the proposed construction and operation of liquefied natural gas... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Pedal Powered Electricity Generator from Windstream | The pedal powered generator from Windstream is perfect for emergencies, power failures, remote locations, and off-grid applications. It can be pedaled or cranked by hand to charge 12 volt batteries an... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Thunderstorm, aging equipment led to blade coming off Laker turbine | PIGEON When driving by the three wind turbines by Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker Elementary, people have been doing a double take as they see one turbine with two blades instead of three. It s like a ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | SECURITY: Metal detectors added at Summerfest | Summerfest added hand-held metal detectors to its security arsenal this year "in reaction to our world in general," the director of security, Mike DeMarco, said today. Patrons heading into the gates f... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Improved gas supply to help control power crisis: PEPCO MD | Improved gas supply to help control power crisis: PEPCO MD * Fazal Ahmed says conservation plan saving 700 MW * Warns shortage to persist despite better gas supplies LAHORE: Resumption of normal level... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | WB Okays $38m for development of water resources | WB Okays $38m for development of water resources Staff Report KARACHI: The World Bank approved a $38 million IDA credit to the government of Pakistan, to support management and development of water re... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Government releases Rs 18bn differential claims to OMCs | Government releases Rs 18bn differential claims to OMCs By Zafar Bhutta ISLAMABAD: The government has released Rs 18 billion price differential claims to the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to ease the... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | U.S. freezes solar energy projects | DENVER, COLORADO Faced with a surge in the number of proposed solar power plants, the federal government has placed a moratorium on new solar projects on public land until it studies their environment... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Hot air: spending billions on windfarms | SOMERSET, ENGLAND Today, a giant new wind turbine soars the height of a London tower block above the Mendip hills where I live in Somerset. A perfect symbol of what is arguably the greatest single pol... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | First thermal hybrid center among FPL s plans | MIAMI, FLORIDA Florida Power & Light Company, a subsidiary of clean energy leader FPL Group, Inc., today announced new solar energy projects that include the world's largest photovoltaic solar plant a... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | New kits turn any car into a plug-in hybrid | BUFFALO, NEW YORK Soon drivers will be able to get at least double the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius hybrid, thanks to a spate of new aftermarket kits that convert any car into a plug-in electric vehi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | NASA GLAST Burst Monitor Powers Up Successfully | NASA s GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM) Instrument Operations Center in Huntsville, Ala., the focal point for observing gamma ray bursts, was alive with energy as scientists gathered to witness instrument ac... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Iraq Signs Pre-Contract with Siemens to Supply Electricity | The Iraqi Minister of Electricity signed a pre-contract with Siemens to supply the country with 3,200 megawatts of electricity and to set up a total of 27 electricity transfer stations. "Electricity M... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | New S.D. law to encourage wind energy | PIERRE--Starting July 1, South Dakota will have a more stable and consistent tax climate for the wind industry thanks to new legislation that will provide tax incentives for wind energy facilities and... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Regulators Decline to Call Carbon Dioxide a Pollutant | Arkansas environmental regulators have agreed that carbon dioxide is one of the main culprits of global warming, but have decided not to change rules that exclude it from their definition of air pollu... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Democratic National Committee - AD WATCH: McCain's 'Purpose' Ad Purposely Misleads | WASHINGTON , June 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Democratic National Committee: Today, John McCain's campaign released its latest misleading ad aimed at drawing att... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Reps. for renewables | Reps.) introduced legislation [PDF] yesterday to provide security for investments in the renewable-energy sector by guaranteeing rates for renewable-energy generation. The Renewable Energy Jobs and Se... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Siemens puts fuel-cell business up for sale | Siemens Power Generation said today it plans to sell its solid-oxide fuel cell business located in Churchill. The company said in a statement that the business, once part of the former Westinghouse El... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | We Energies to Install Pollution Controls at Oak Creek Plant | State regulators are letting We Energies install pollution controls at a coal-fired power plant some environmentalists want closed. The state Public Service Commission voted 3-0 Friday to allow the up... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | A clean energy company, or a less-dirty company? | Many think of it as a clean energy company, but the correct term would be a less-dirty or less-brown company. Coal has been hot-hot of late, yet for some reason the company has been unable to execute.... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Wind power components company all-or-none play | Alternative energy company looking for profits in 2009: AMSC. is a components company that has been public since before 1995. The company s two key operations are programmable power electronic convert... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | So while we're on the subject of electric cars ...Yes, you can convert your gas-powered ride to run on battery power. And yes, it would help to be mec | So while we're on the subject of electric cars. Yes, you can convert your gas-powered ride to run on battery power. And yes, it would help to be mechanically inclined (like my longtime friend Kevin, w... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Geopolitical Diary: Oil, Speculators and Politics | INTERNATIONAL. The US Congress held hearings Monday on the role that speculators play in shaping the oil market specifically, the role they play in driving prices up. Like most commodities, oil can ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | St Monica s Primary host Pope s adviser | Bishop Chris Toohey, of the Wilcannia-Forbes diocese in New South Wales, paid a visit to St Monica s Primary, North Parramatta. Bishop Toohey is a Vatican adviser on climate change and is the chairman... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Florida utility to build solar plants | Florida Power and Light will build the world s largest photovoltaic power plant. The plans include a 25 MW photovoltaic solar plant that will begin construction by the end of 2008, as well as a 75 MW ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Lawmakers tell firms to lower emissions further | Lawmakers tell firms to lower emissions further Not Enough: Legislators said that China Steel and Taipower s efforts to reduce their carbon emissions continue to lag far behind the amount that they em... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Vietnam wants a Houston consulate Prime minister, local leaders discuss ways to expand business | Jenalia Moreno Jun. 27, 2008 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- Vietnam's ambassador to the U. said his nation hopes to open a consul general's office in Houston soon. "We have ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Tornados for good, not harm | 2:21PM Filed under: Gadgets and Tech , News , Alternative Energy Wouldn't it be incredible if we could somehow harness the awesome power of a tornado and use it to power a city? Incredib. But one Can... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | 338) | PM Many of our tech-savvy friends the kind of folks who nurse along the beowulf clusters our climate models run on are scratching their heads over some cheeky shrieking that recently appeared in a... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Sanyo's Solar Ark: Word's Most Unique Solar Energy Museum | What is the Solar Ark ? In short, it is an inverted ark-shaped structure, garnished in photovoltaic panels. Inside the impressive 315m-wide, 37m-tall facility there is a Solar Lab - a museum of solar ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Entergy: $511M needed to replace nuke equipment | NEW ORLEANS - Entergy Louisiana LLC is asking state utility regulators to approve $511 million worth of equipment replacement at its Waterford 3 nuclear generating station in Taft. Louisiana Public Se... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | EPA Takes STAR-ring Role | 27, 2008 Sometimes a frequently talked about concern can be in the forefront of an industry, but such issues are given a much greater level of legitimacy when a government body takes action. That is ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Anheuser-Busch plans to keep non-beer divisions | St.3 billion takeover proposal, Anheuser-Busch outlined Friday morning its reasons for rejecting the Belgian brewer's offer, saying it plans to save more than $1 billion over the next four years and w... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | New Firm Pedals Solar | SAN FRANCISCO-While developers interest in adding solar technology to new buildings is rising, locally based Recurrent Energy was formed within the past two years to develop an ambitious program for ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Danish modern submarine captain | In July, I'm moving into the ground floor of a row house in Bushwick, Brooklyn, along with some friends. It'll be the first time I've lived with roommates in about seven years, but I'm really looking ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Finding Stocks at a Fever Pitch | The collective power of thousands of investing minds is the driving force behind Motley Fool CAPS , a leading investor intelligence community. Membership has actually grown to more than one hundred th... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | 'Purpose' - New McCain Ad | President2008 PublicFinancing DreamTicket BarackObama House election JohnMccain NewHampshire Democrats Republicans Iraq MccainVs.org BushAdministration environment HotSeat politics Independents polls ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Xanterra Constructing Tourism Industry's Largest Solar Pv System In Death Valley | Xanterra Constructing Tourism Industry's Largest Solar Pv System In Death Valley 6/27/2008 2:17:24 PM National park and resort concessioner Xanterra Parks & Resorts has just completed one of the larg... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | LETTER: Fishing tournament teaches lessons, creates memories | Polls. On behalf of the children and their parents, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to Eric and Carol Lepage of Lepage s Seafood and the Fall River Bowling Green Fishing Club for sponso... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | LETTER: Westport selectmen need to show greater respect | I, as a former Westport selectman, have been sitting back and watching our present Board of Selectmen, and I must say this board is very different than most. There is lots going on in the town, but yo... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Voodoo Energy: A Rather Preposterous Fraud | Listening to Obama's now old energy mantra today, I am amazed that it simply remains fossilized and unchanged--unlike his other 'evolving' positions on handguns, FISA, NAFTA, campaign finance reform, ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Stedwoo | How can we figure out how much potential electric car buyers are willing to pay for their battery-powered rides? Why not just ask them? That's what Liberty Electric Cars did at the recent Eden Project... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Utek's finds buyer for carbon capture subsidiary | CSMG Technologies Inc. of Corpus Christi, Texas, has acquired Carbon Capture Technologies , a Utek Corp. Carbon Capture Technologies holds an exclusive worldwide license to a composition and method fo... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Entergy: $511 M needed to replace nuke equipment | Entergy Louisiana LLC is asking state utility regulators to approve $511 million worth of equipment replacement at its Waterford 3 nuclear generating station in Taft, La. Public Service Commission app... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Build a Simple Solar Heater | After walking into my workshop one December morning and feeling a bone-chilling 10 degrees, I decided to install a heating system. Given the rising costs of propane and my family s environmental conce... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Buyer s Guide to Solar Heating | Are you freezing in the winter to keep your fuel bill down? Or paying an arm and a leg to stay warm? Either way, it s probably time to consider installing a solar hot-air system. There are several opt... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Carbon Counting Cheat Sheet | If you're concerned about climate change, and want to reduce carbon emissions, you might be surprised how easy it is to figure out how much carbon dioxide is produced by, say, driving to work. Sure, t... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Biofuel production on abandoned lands could meet 20% of global oil demand | Summary: Our study shows that there is clearly a potential for developing sustainable bioenergy, and we ve been able to identify areas where biomass can be grown for energy, without endangering food ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Judge extends restraining order against developer | Ilikai developer accused of misusing money [Honolulu]. 5 a temporary restraining order preventing developer Brian Anderson from selling off condominium units at the Ilikai hotel at a steep discount. D... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Sneaky, nasty, nationwide attack on solar power | Time to go all King-Arthur-and-Knights and do something about this. It's such an arcane bureaucratic maneuver, I don't know which levers apply. If some of the savvier Shakesvillians know, let us know ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | California Air Resources Board Issues Draft Scoping Plan on Implementation of California's Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) | California Air Resources Board Issues Draft Scoping Plan on Implementation of California's Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) . On June 26, 2008, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) issued a... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Idaho Power seeks to raise base power rates by almost 10 percent | Idaho Power is asking for permission to raise the company s base power rates by an average of 9.3 percent, and large commercial, industrial and irrigation rates would climb 15 percent. Two forces are... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | N-deal: Questions that baffle | Yet the costs the still-uncertain deal is exacting on India can be gauged from the self-induced federal paralysis, with a sulking Prime Minister withdrawing into a shell and senior ministers deferring... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS PICKS | ARTIFICIAL REEFS: Are artificial reefs good for the environment?: Proponents say they replenish the ecosystem. Some scientists aren t so sure ATOM SMASHER: Smashing the universe s mysteries , There s... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | MRV Consolidates Remote Power, Device & Sensor Management To Simplify Out-Of-Band Management Of Remote Wireless Sites | MRV Consolidates Remote Power, Device & Sensor Management To Simplify Out-Of-Band Management Of Remote Wireless Sites. announced the LX 4108T Remote Site Manager, described as one of the most complete... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | ZigBee Announces Availability Of Smart Energy Public Application Profile | June 27, 2008 The ZigBee Alliance announced public availability of its ZigBee Smart Energy public application profile. ZigBee Smart Energy is described as a ready-to-use solution offering utilities an... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Energy Control named best small business in U.S | CNL takes business award [Orlando]. Energy Control finds smart-grid partners [Albuquerque]. of Albuquerque has a received one of two Stevie Awards for the Best Overall Company in the U. The Stevie, or... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | World Bank gives US$15m energy grant to Argentina | World Bank gives US$15m energy grant to Argentina The Global Environment Facility s proposed US$15m grant to bolster energy efficiency in Argentina has been given the green light by the World Bank. Th... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Will you go solar? | Question: Would you consider installing solar electric panels to power your home or business? Why or why not? Readers' comments: . Had my home evaluated and the conclusion was that there were too many... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | HIRSH: McCain's 'Grown-Up' Presidency? | Just as I was about to write an item exploring John McCain's effective maneuvering on energy this week--it's good to see him finally getting down to nuts-and-bolts specifics --my NEWSWEEK colleague Mi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Global thin film production output to reach 3.5GW in 2010 | Six western states hit by BLM ban on solar farms pending environmental impact assessment - 27 June 2008 . In a new market research report from EuPD Research, global thin film production output will re... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Six western states hit by BLM ban on solar farms pending environmental impact assessment | Six western states hit by BLM ban on solar farms pending environmental impact assessment - 27 June 2008. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has put a halt on 125 applications for solar energy power plant... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Umicore to double germanium substrate production | Six western states hit by BLM ban on solar farms pending environmental impact assessment - 27 June 2008 . Umicore is to double the production of germanium substrates used for high-efficiency solar cel... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Casio Pathfinder PAW-1500T watch review | I m a mechanical man, but sometimes you need a sports watch to withstand the hard knocks associated with heavy activity like drinking at a bar and sitting on the back porch with a beer. I ve worn ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Solar Decathlon | Posted Jan 2nd 2008 11:52AM by Sebastian Blanco Filed under: Emerging Technologies , EV/Plug-in , Solar . I'll admit, I've got a lot of respect for Colin and Carrick McCullough. The father-son team ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton tie the political knot in Unity | Well, they did it , though it would have been quite the surprise if they hadn't after all the build up. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton shared the stage in Unity, New Hampshire, a few minutes ago and... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | WhiteFence Launches New Energy Blog | EnergyBabble Provides Consumers with Interesting Facts from the Energy World and Money-Saving Tips Houston, TX.com , the leading online marketplace for utilities and home services, announced the recen... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Freakiest Form of Alternative Energy: Tornadoes | Lifehacker Album Art. mega engineering , tornado , energy , alternative energy , Atmospheric Vortex Engine , louis michaud . One of the most terrifying, destructive forces in nature may help keep y... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Touted US Offshore Oil Drilling Expansion Hinges on High Prices | Energy producers are likely to need years more of high oil prices in order to develop any new reserves opened up by the lifting of offshore drilling restrictions. retail gasoline prices above $4 a gal... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Hotel Occupancy, Museum Layoffs, Solar Heaters | Hotel Occupancy Report State 74.2% Other Business Headlines: The Bishop Museum is down at least 14 positions, both management and non-management. And both the CFO and the general counsel have resigned... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Sony Bravia KDL-32V2000 | If you switch off at the plug you won't care about this Bravia LCD TV's low power consumption on standby, but you will baulk at the high power usage when it's on. Although the superior picture quality... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Queen to go green | THE Queen is to try to cut her spiralling fuel bill by resurrecting a 1 million scheme to supply Windsor Castle with hydroelectric power from the River Thames. With her numerous royal residences fac... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | "AES SONEL Celebrates Seven Years Of No Lost-Time-Accident " | By Joe Dinga Pefok AES SONEL's biggest power plant in the country, the Songloulou hydropower plant, Sanaga Maritime Division, on May 27, 2008, clocked seven years of operating with no Lost-Time-Accide... |