Oil Nears $70 Barrel
"Oil prices on Thursday set a new high for the year, buoyed by a weaker dollar and the first drop in unemployment since January."
Source: AP, 06/05/2009
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"Tight Credit Markets Becalm Minnesota Wind Industry"
Development of wind power in Minnesota is being frustrated by a clogged up capital market.
Source: MinnPost.com, 06/02/2009
"What’s Next for the Chevy Volt?"
GM is saying that despite its bankruptcy the plug-in hybrid Volt still has the greenlight for a 2010 launch. But does it?
Source: Reuters, 06/02/2009
"Green Promise Seen in Switch to LED Lighting"
A new technology called LED lighting promises more savings in greenhouse emissions and longer appliance life than compact fluorescent bulbs -- at a price.
Source: NYTimes, 06/01/2009
"California Fires up Laser Fusion Machine"
Energy Secretary Chu and CA Gov. Schwarzenegger today will dedicate the National Ignition Facility, a mammoth laser device designed to explore fusion energy.
Source: Guardian, 05/29/2009
Most Undiscovered Oil in Arctic: Geologists
"The most likely place for oil in the Arctic is off northern Alaska in the Chukchi Sea, the researchers report. But conservationists warn of drilling in the fragile environment."
Source: LA Times, 05/29/2009
"Global Energy Demand Seen Up 44 Percent By 2030"
"Global energy demand is expected to soar 44 percent over the next two decades with most of the demand coming from developing countries such as China and Russia, the U.S. government's top energy forecasting agency said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 05/28/2009
"Baltimore Biofuel Plant Heats Up"
"The thick, milky white liquid looks like Elmer's glue, though it's greasy to the touch. It has a sweet, alcohol smell. It's not your father's heating oil, to be sure. But it will do the same job, says Cary J. Claiborne, and a lot more cleanly.
Claiborne is president and chief executive officer of New Generation Biofuels, a Florida-based startup that's producing fuel from vegetable and soybean oil at a small production plant it set up this year in southern Baltimore.
Source: Baltimore Sun, 05/26/2009
"Wind Power Gets Urban Friendly"
From a design award-winner to a model that uses the updraft on a roof,
small residential wind turbines are getting smarter and sexier.
Source: Globe & Mail, 05/25/2009
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