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Gennaro makes city cleaner and greenerThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 2:11PMCity Councilman James Gennaro, left, speaks about his new legislation at the Metro Terminal Corporation’s diesel plant in Brooklyn. The bill would promote the use of alternative fuels.

Obama Expands Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target for Federal OperationsThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 1:38PMWASHINGTON - President Obama announced July 20 that the federal government will reduce greenhouse gas pollution from indirect sources, such as employee travel and commuting, by 13 percent by 2020.

RedChip Visibility Initiates Research Coverage on Viridis EnergyThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 1:25PMORLANDO, Fla. -- RedChip Visibility, a division of RedChip Companies, Inc., has initiated coverage on Viridis Energy Inc. , a renewable energy company operating in the biomass market.

E.ON backs Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind AcceleratorThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 12:40PMAndrew Charlesworth, BusinessGreen , Thursday 29 July 2010 at 18:31:00 Now there are eight investors E.ON is the latest investor to join the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) . The five founding members of the OWA - DONG Energy; RWE Innogy; ScottishPower Renewables; SSE Renewables and Statoil – were recently joined by Mainstream Renewable Power and Statkraft. E.ON joining the party ...

Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are 12 Times Support for Renewables, Study ShowsThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 12:28PMGlobal subsidies for fossil fuels dwarf support given to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power and biofuels, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said.

Secretary Chu Announces Six Projects to Convert Captured CO2 Emissions from Industrial Sources into Useful ProductsTuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 3:11PMWashington, D.C. - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today the selections of six projects that aim to find ways of converting captured carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industrial sources into useful products such as fuel, plastics, cement, and fertilizers.

Pushed Along by Wind, Power Storage GrowsTuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 3:05PMUtilities are developing batteries to smooth the flow of the intermittent sources of power, like wind farms.

New BP CEO Calls Gulf Spill 'Wake-Up Call'Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 3:01PMAmerican Robert Dudley will become BP's first non-British CEO, the company said Tuesday as it reported a record quarterly loss and set aside $32.2 billion to cover costs of the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Ending weeks of speculation, BP confirmed that Tony Hayward will step down on Oct. 1 as the London-based company seeks to reassure both the public and investors that it is learning ...

Dudley: Spill a "Wake-Up Call" for Oil IndustryTuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 3:00PMAmerican Named to Head BP Says Company to Review Operational Safety; Priorities Are Cementing Well, Restoring Gulf