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  • Shell profits rise by third to £2.7bn Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:48AMShell's results underline the sudden switch in momentum between the firm and its rival BP, triggered by the Gulf catastrophe Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell put beleaguered rival BP in the shade today with a 34% hike in second-quarter profits to $4.2bn (£2.7bn). The forecast-beating performance in an "uncertain" economic climate came as Shell unveiled a 5% increase in production and ...
  • Excerpts from Kapihan sa Senado with Sen. Loren Legarda Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:22AMJuly 29, 2010. On Committee Chairmanships If you will recall in all the Congresses, including 2007, it really takes one or two weeks para mag-organize ng mga bagong committee chairmanships. Sa Lunes hangang Miyerkules siguro ay maaayos na lahat ang mga chairmanships hanggang mga memberships ng mga committees...
  • University Park church lets the sun shine in Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 4:42AMKim McDowell is pastor at University Park Church of the Brethren, which had solar panels installed on its roof in May by a town-based renewable energy group.
  • Elpida, Japan Tobacco, Kyocera, Murata, Nissan Motor, Sony: Equity Preview Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 4:40AMThe following companies may have unusual price changes in Japanese trading tomorrow. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of the latest close. The information in each item was released after markets shut unless stated otherwise.
  • Liquidation will not hit Cardenden green projects Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 4:29AMA CARDENDEN company formed to promote renewable energy projects across the UK has gone into voluntary liquidation. (29/07/2010 09:23:23)
  • XL Group board loses director Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 2:59PMDUBLIN—Tom Hutton has stepped down from the board of directors of XL Group P.L.C., the insurer said Tuesday.
  • Summer of innovation Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 2:15PMGillette received its first wind farm Monday, thanks to a group of the nation’s rising engineers: Campbell County teenagers.
  • Biodiesel storage tips for improved fuel performance Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:28AMALTOONA -- Fill your diesel tank to the brim to keep fuel in good condition.
  • Ethanol plants could go bust without federal mandates, ag economist says Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:27AMLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Ethanol producers have friendly government policies to thank for the current boom in the corn-based alternative fuel and will need more help from Washington to keep from going belly up in a few years, says a new study.
  • Iowans push back firmly against critics of ethanol Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:24AMDES MOINES --- Rising food prices have emboldened critics of ethanol and provoked a firm pushback from Iowa leaders.
  • Commissioners oppose proposed transmission lines Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 9:14AMA process that began last fall by Lone Star Transmission is coming to a head in Austin next week and the Erath County Commissioners' Court is taking a stance against the proposed transmission line, which runs through several central Texas counties, including Erath.
  • 15 new power stations wait in the wings Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 7:16PMUp to 15 new coal-fired power stations, generating the equivalent of half NSW's electricity needs, could still go ahead under the Labor policy the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, says will ensure we ''never again have a dirty power station built''.
  • UPDATE: NextEra 2Q Net Jumps 13% On Margin Growth, Beats View Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 10:35AMUPDATE: NextEra 2Q Net Jumps 13% On Margin Growth, Beats View
  • The top ten: what everyone was talking about this week. Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 9:21AMOptimism surged in the ranks of those fighting HIV/AIDS with news of the first success in a 15-year search.
  • Labor's climate plan draws flak Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 9:20AMThe Gillard government has been accused of leaving its climate change policy to a 'giant focus group' and proposing pointless power station regulations.
  • Tiana signs pact with Korea Power Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 9:47AMMumbai, July 20 : Tiana Power Projects on Tuesday announced its strategic alliance with the Korean government, by entering into a Memorandum of Cooperation Agreement with KOPEC (Korea Power Engineering Company).
  • Walking tour Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 9:45AMNEGAUNEE - Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment Director Rebecca Humphries has spent the last few days touring the Upper Peninsula, talking with staff and the Western Upper Peninsula Citizen Advisory Council.
  • Program to test whether data motivates energy conservation Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 4:11PMBGE pilot to test whether competition with neighbors promotes lower energy use Starting this summer, some Marylanders will have a new way to keep up with the Joneses — on saving energy, and money.
  • Braley joins ethanol tax credit debate Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 10:32PMU.S. Rep. Bruce Braley , D-Iowa, said Friday he is open tochanges in the existing existing ethanol tax credit but only if themoney goes to projects that would increase demand for the renewablefuel.
  • Iraqi Veterans Join Environmentalists in the Oiled Gulf Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 8:47PMIf gas was still cheap in America it was in part because the U.S. military was paying to keep some level of stability in the Middle East. Oil had its hidden costs for the U.S.--one of which was the blood of young American soldiers.
  • WindIngen locates wind turbine service company in Fort Collins Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 5:53PMNorthern Colorado continues to build its renewable energy reputation as this month a new wind turbine service company called WindIngen located in Fort Collins.
  • US-ENVIRONMENT Summary Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 3:47PMWoolly mammoth hunters helped change climate
  • R-Power overturns US barrier on Sasan UMPP Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 2:39PMReliance Power (R-Power) has managed to get a change of mind from the Export-Import Bank of the US (Ex-Im Bank), on the latter’s decision just three weeks earlier to refuse finance for the Sasan ultra mega power project in Madhya Pradesh.
  • The Green Grids PUE Seen as Preferred Industry Metric Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 2:14PMJuly 15, 2010 -- The Green Grid announced on Thursday that the Power Usage Effectiveness metric, which it published in 2007, has now achieved industry alignment specific to recommendations on how to measure PUE in dedicated data center facilities.
  • ABB Invests $20M In Smart Grid Technology Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 1:11PMStake in smart grid communications provider, Trilliant, expands access to unified communications for grid distribution, automation, demand management and metering infrastructure, said ABB.
  • Is the U.S. battery business for real? Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 1:00PMPresident Obama is once again stumping for stimulus at one of his favorite spots: a plant that makes batteries for electric cars.
  • Growth Energy Proposes Fundamental Shift in America's National Fuel Policy Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 12:15PMWASHINGTON, DC July 15, 2010; Growth Energy, a coalition of U.S. ethanol supporters, today called for the redirection and eventual phasing out of government support for ethanol in return for a level playing field – infrastructure investments that will create competition in the fuels market and give consumers true freedom to choose their fuel.
  • Workshop to Address Impact of Renewables on Utility Operations Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 12:11PMIntegrating Renewables into the Generation Mix: Challenges and Unknowns," a one-day workshop to be held in Reno, Nevada on September 13, will explore how green-energy requirements may adversely impact operation and maintenance of the nation's electric power system assets.
  • Rabobank and SolarCity Announce Project Financing for Solar Projects, and Six New Solar Installations in California Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 12:01PMNEW YORK & FOSTER CITY, Calif.----Rabobank and SolarCity today announced a collaboration on a range of new solar projects. Rabobank is providing project financing for numerous solar projects across SolarCity’s service areas.
  • Green energy unit is a national ‘first’ Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 11:54AMCONSTRUCTION work has been completed on a ground-breaking “green” energy plant at brewing and leisure retail company Adnams’ distribution site outside Southwold.
  • EPA public meeting in Denver focuses on fracking Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 7:08PMDENVER (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday was holding the second of four public meetings to gather comments about an upcoming study of how drinking water might be affected by a method of extracting natural gas.
  • EPA public meeting in Denver focuses on fracking Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 6:05PMThe Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday was holding the second of four public meetings to gather comments about an upcoming study of how drinking water might be affected by a method of extracting natural gas. The decades-old process _ called hydraulic... Drinking water - Natural gas - United States Environmental Protection Agency - Environmental Protection Agency - United States
  • Aquino should rethink strategy vs rebels Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 9:47AMWASHINGTON DC - The Philippines is expending a lot of political capital in Washington DC to help fund its internal wars.
  • Renewables Roundup - OE July 2010 Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 4:36PMAWS Ocean Energy began testing a 1/9th scale prototype of its new AWS-III wave energy device; A2Sea landed a contract from Vattenfall to transport 30, 5MW RePower turbines from Belfast harbour; Xodus Group rolled out demos of its Xrisk management tool at the UK’s All Energy 2010 conference in May . . .
  • Team devises technique to predict dust storms with infrared satellite Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 10:14AMResearchers based at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a method for predicting dust and sandstorms that uses infrared satellite images to determine when conditions are ripe for the destructive phenomena, a technique that could be implemented globally and that the research team used to forecast a 2008 New Mexico dust stor -- the area's largest in decades -- two days beforehand.
  • New study contradicts negative perceptions of menopause Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 10:13AMNew research from the University of Sheffield has found that social and psychological factors have the biggest influence upon women's sexual behaviour during the menopause, rather than biological changes such as declining hormone levels.
  • Maternal diet and genes interact to affect heart development Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 9:58AMA pregnant mother's diet may be able to interact with the genes her unborn child inherits and influence the type or severity of birth defect according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust and the British Heart Foundation (BHF). The study, published in the journal Human Molecular Genetics, suggests that mothers who eat a high fat diet before and through pregnancy could be inadvertently ...
  • Conservation Law Foundation asks PUC to halt Deepwater-NatGrid power hearing Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 9:52AMWARWICK – An environmental group wants the R.I. Public Utilities Commission to stop a hearing key to the advancement of an offshore wind farm. In papers filed with the PUC Tuesday, the Conservation Law Foundation Rhode Island chapter called the process unconstitutional.
  • Tesla: Pedal-to-the-metal IPO makes Piper investors happy Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 9:29AMTesla Motors Inc. made one of the biggest Wall Street splashes so far in 2010 when its Tuesday IPO closed with shares trading 41 percent above their opening price.
  • Commissioners oppose proposed transmission lines Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 9:13AMA process that began last fall by Lone Star Transmission is coming to a head in Austin next week and the Erath County Commissioners' Court is taking a stance against the proposed transmission line, which runs through several central Texas counties, including Erath.
  • Flurry of Acquisitions in Australia’s Energy and Mining Sectors Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 2:42AMThere has been a flurry of acquisitions of Australian companies by their Asian neighbors, the Financial Times reported , partly attributed to a revised minerals tax introduced by the new government. China remains interested in access to global energy and mining sectors.
  • Bill opens up IREA meetings Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 12:33AMWhen Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signed House Bill 1098 June 11, cooperative electric associations throughout the state became required to increase transparency by the governing boards.
  • Why are we still in Afghanistan? Monday, July 5, 2010 @ 11:45PMGeneral Stanley McChrystal was recently relieved of his job as the top U.S. general in Afghanistan after being quoted in Rolling Stone magazine as dissing members of President Obama’s staff.
  • Inventors Asked To Help Oil Clean Up Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 1:08PMInventors' ideas are being used in an effort to try and clean Florida beaches of the oil that has begun to creep up into the sand. According to a report by the Associated Press (AP), 18 U.S. and Canadian inventors displayed their inventions to save Florida's beaches Thursday in a high-stakes "clean'off" under the critical gaze of evaluators. They were selected from over 400 other inventors who ...
  • Ministers' meet ends without decision on caste census Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 10:02AMA Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting on caste-based census today did not take any decision on the issue and decided to meet again soon.
  • Congressional inaction stymies biodiesel industry Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 1:22AMNEWTON -- Semi-trucks roll across the scales here, but that traffic makes this biodiesel plant the exception rather than the rule. This is an industry that has put on the brakes and is waiting at a congressional stoplight.
  • NextEra Now Trades as NEE Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 8:54AMNew ticker symbol for NextEra.
  • New Australian PM vows to revive carbon debate Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 8:12AMSYDNEY (Reuters) - New Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard moved to revive a stalled carbon trading scheme on Thursday, pledging more consultation with industry and voters to win support for an issue that has split the nation.
  • Autodesk Inventor Helps West Hills Construction Deliver Renewable Energy Solutions Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 7:30AMSAN RAFAEL, Calif.----Autodesk, Inc. has named West Hills Construction, Inc., as the June Autodesk Inventor of the Month for its successful use of Autodesk Inventor to deliver energy efficiency, management, storage and distributed generation solutions.
  • Industry says Wyoming wind taxes tops in Rockies Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 7:39PMCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming taxes on the wind energy industry would be the highest among Rocky Mountains states if all of Wyoming's pending taxes take effect, according to a new analysis by an industry group.