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Alternative Fuel Trade Alliance to Hold Workshop in DenverThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 12:04PMDENVER - The next Alternative Fuel Trade Alliance Workshop will take place on September 9 in Denver. The training seminar will cover alternative fuel quality, infrastructure, available vehicles, safety, and environmental impact of propane, ethanol, biodiesel, and compressed natural gas.

Effort aimed at green energy to kick off with Longhorn footballThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:51AMWhen Longhorn football kicks off at home a week from Saturday, so will a brand-new marketing effort aimed at peddling, of all things, green electricity.

Naim: Maintain Buy, target price RM3.90Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:49AMMIDF Research has maintained its "Buy" call on Naim Holdings Bhd (5073)with target price unchanged at RM3.90, although it was reported that its unit, NCSB Engineering Sdn Bhd, together with Samsung Engineering Co Ltd, won a RM2.4 billion job from Petronas. "Until a clearer picture emerges, we are maintaining our forecast for financial year 2010 and financial year 2011," it said. The research ...

Easements provide flexibility for uses in Scrag Municipal ForestThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:47AM09/02/2010 By Lisa LoomisIn 2007, when Waitsfield was working out the logistics of accepting a donated parcel of land adjacent to the town's Scrag Municipal Forest, members of that select board asked the Vermont Land Trust for latitude in the easements so that it might be possible, in the future, to use the land for alternate energy.

Edible nanostructuresThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:47AM( Northwestern University ) Sugar, salt, alcohol and a little serendipity led Northwestern University researchers to discover a new class of nanostructures that could be used for gas storage and food and medical technologies. And the compounds are edible. The porous crystals are the first known all-natural metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) that are simple to make. Most other MOFs are made from ...

Independent Bud Chiles Drops Out Of Florida Gubernatorial RaceThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:41AMBud Chiles is dropping his independent bid in the Florida gubernatorial race and throwing his support behind Democrat Alex Sink in what will now be a two-way race.

New Mexico News Brief, Thursday, Sept. 2Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:33AMMore news from around the state:

CSP developer strategy: Clinching a deal with US utilitiesThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:32AMCSP Today examines how CSP projects can gain the critical edge over other renewable energy projects vying to sign power purchase agreements with US utilities.

Second act: From software to wind energyThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:32AMJim Maguire describes himself as being ahead of his time, and he's hardly bragging. In 2002, Maguire -- who managed software projects for large companies -- was consulting in Germany when he discovered "the next big thing."