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'Green' buildings could slash CO2 emissions: report Vancouver, Canada (AFP) March 13, 2008 
Basic changes in building design and construction could slash greenhouse gas emissions by 35 percent in North America, said a joint Canada-US-Mexico report Thursday. The report, "Green Building in North America: Opportunities and Challenges," was released by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation at an environmental trade fair in this western Canadian city. Politicians and business ... read more |
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Investment For The Newberry Geothermal Project
Bend OR (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Davenport Power has announced that US Renewables Group and Riverstone Holdings have agreed to provide development capital for the Newberry Geothermal Project. The initial funds will be used to drill exploratory test wells to explore potential geothermal resource areas for underground geologic features that have the right combination of heat and water to produce steam. The Project, located ... more SC Johnson Commits To Additional Renewable Energy Source 
Racine WI (SPX) Mar 14, 2008The slow and steady churn of giant windmills at the Harvest Wind Farm in Michigan will help SC Johnson power 46 percent of its second largest North American manufacturing plant in Bay City, Mich. This initiative alone helps the company keep 29,500 tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere annually. The energy saved is comparable to the energy needed to supply 1,800 average homes a year, and ... more ORNL Study Shows Hybrid Effect On Power Distribution 
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 14, 2008A growing number of plug-in hybrid electric cars and trucks could require major new power generation resources or none at all- depending on when people recharge their automobiles. A recent Oak Ridge National Laboratory study, featured in the current issue of the ORNL Review examined how an expected increase in ownership of hybrid electric cars and trucks will affect the power grid depending on ... more Iranian envoy reassures Japan of oil supplies 
Tokyo (AFP) March 13, 2008Iran on Thursday reassured Japan, the top buyer of its oil, that it would continue to be a stable supplier despite fresh UN sanctions over the Islamic Republic's contested nuclear programme. The United Nations Security Council last week slapped a third set of sanctions against Tehran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, which the United States and Europe say is for nuclear armament. ... more Pennsylvania Begins Work On New Biorefinery 
Clearfield PA (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Governor Edward G. Rendell said that Pennsylvanias energy future begins in Clearfield with the groundbreaking for BioEnergy's new ethanol biorefinery, which will be Pennsylvanias first such facility and one of the largest in the nation when operational. The commonwealth offered $17.4 million in August 2006 to help launch the $265 million project, which, along with a companion research and ... more |
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Nigerian security officials said they discovered a complex oil-stealing scheme involving a secret oil pipeline through a militant camp and onto a private jetty. The pipeline was discovered running through the petroleum-rich Niger Delta and through a camp said to be led by the militant commander Ateke Tom. In an interview with the BBC, Tom denied playing a role in the illegal pipeline. ... more Analysis: Pentagon: Iraq oil laws stuck 
Washington, March 12, 2008A Pentagon report says four key oil-related laws in Iraq are "stalled" in political gridlock while gains in oil and power production could be lost. The quarterly report to Congress, "Measuring Security and Stability in Iraq," released Tuesday, said the law commonly known as the oil law is the furthest along the political process -- it made it to Parliament but is stuck in the Energy ... more Akeena Solar Signs Manufacturing Partnership With Kyocera 
Los Gatos CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Akeena Solar and Kyocera Solar have announced a strategic partnership to manufacture Andalay solar panels. Under the agreement Kyocera will manufacture Andalay solar panels utilizing Kyocera's high efficiency solar cells and will deliver 1.6 MW of panels to Akeena during 2008. Kyocera has also been named Akeena's preferred supplier for its commercial business. Andalay is the brand name for ... more LDK Solar Announces Near Sellout Of Wafer Capacity For 2008 And 2009 
Xinyu City, China (SPX) Mar 14, 2008LDK Solar has announced that based upon its current backlog of contracts, it has almost sold out 100% of its solar wafer capacity for 2008 and has sold more than 90% of its solar wafer capacity for 2009. The long-term nature of its contracts enhances LDK's visibility for its business. In preparation for the growth of its 2008 wafer production and as noted on its fourth quarter conference ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) March 13, 2008The Russian prosecutor's office has launched an inquiry into a paper and pulp mill suspected of polluting Lake Baikal, the world's largest freshwater reserve, officials said Thursday. Local prosecutors in Irkutsk have been ordered "to check the legitimacy of the activities of the paper and pulp mill," said the prosecutors in a statement. The Baikal paper and pulp mill is owned by Basic ... more Fuel-cell cars still far from showroom: Toyota 
Tokyo (AFP) March 13, 2008Work is moving ahead to build a next-generation eco-friendly car running on fuel cells but it will take years to make it commercially viable, the head of auto giant Toyota said Thursday. Japanese companies have been working to create a viable car running on fuel cells, which would produce electricity through a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, leaving water as the only by-product ... more Compound Removes Radioactive Material From Power Plant Waste 
Argonne IL (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Strontium 90 is a common radioactive by-product of fission in nuclear power plants. When extracted from the reactor along with other isotopes, a mixture created is made up of the radioactive material and inert ions like sodium and calcium. Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University have developed a compound that captures the radioactive ions ... more Bush administration tightens air pollution standards 
Washington (AFP) March 12, 2008The US Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it is tightening federal air pollution standards by setting more stringent ozone limits for the first time since 1997. "EPA today met its requirements of the Clean Air Act by signing the most stringent eight-hour standard ever for ozone, revising the standards for the first time in more than a decade," the EPA said in a statement. ... more
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