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Senate Panel Expands Gulf Offshore Leasing [1]

"The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved expanded oil and gas leasing today in the eastern Gulf of Mexico in a bipartisan vote that would upend a 2006 compromise with Florida senators that provided their state at least a 125-mile buffer in most areas until mid-2022."
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [5], 06/10/2009

"Jon Wellinghoff, Obama’s Energy Futurist" [6]

Jon Wellinghoff, the new chairman of FERC, will have enormous influence in a time when the United States' energy future is at a crossroads.
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Christian Science Monitor [7], 06/09/2009

"Algae Could Become Reliable Jet Fuel Source" [8]

"Seawater algae -- a cousin to pond scum -- may someday become a significant source of fuel for military jets and airliners...."
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
Source: Dallas News [9], 06/08/2009

GM Ambivalent on Volt [10]

As bankrupt General Motors fights for survival, the company is ambivalent about trading in its love for gas-guzzling muscle cars for gas-sippers or the plug-in Chevy Volt.
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: WashPost [11], 06/08/2009

Biodiesel: A Noble Experiment, But There's Much To Consider [12]

 

By NAOMI LUBICK

Willie Nelson recently graced the front of The New York Times business section in a laudatory story focusing not on the singer's gambling debts or tax evasion, but rather his latest money-maker: BioWillie Diesel.

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Oil Nears $70 Barrel [13]

"Oil prices on Thursday set a new high for the year, buoyed by a weaker dollar and the first drop in unemployment since January."
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
International [14]
Source: AP [15], 06/05/2009

Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization [16]

 

 Climate change scientist paints a stark and vivid picture

THE WINDS OF CHANGE: CLIMATE, WEATHER AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CIVILIZATIONS By Eugene Linden 
Simon & Schuster, $26

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Climate Change [17]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Consumer [20]
Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Studies [22]
Food [23]
Forests [24]
Health [25]
Government [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Journalism & Media [28]
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"Tight Credit Markets Becalm Minnesota Wind Industry" [29]

Development of wind power in Minnesota is being frustrated by a clogged up capital market.
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Source: MinnPost.com [31], 06/02/2009

"What’s Next for the Chevy Volt?" [32]

GM is saying that despite its bankruptcy the plug-in hybrid Volt still has the greenlight for a 2010 launch. But does it?
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Reuters [33], 06/02/2009

"Green Promise Seen in Switch to LED Lighting" [34]

A new technology called LED lighting promises more savings in greenhouse emissions and longer appliance life than compact fluorescent bulbs -- at a price.
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [35], 06/01/2009

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