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Virgin Launches First Bio-Diesel Train For Europe London (AFP) Jun 07, 2007 
Europe's first train powered by bio-diesel went into service here Thursday with Britain's next prime minister Gordon Brown on board for its maiden journey. Finance minister Brown travelled on the Virgin Voyager train which left London Euston station for Llandudno on the north Wales coast.
The train has been modified to run on a blended fuel which is 20 percent environmentally-friendly bio- ... read more
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Calpine Geysers Announce Five-Year Geothermal Energy Deal
San Jose CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2007Calpine Corporation, the nation's largest renewable, geothermal power provider, has announced the launch of a five-year, multi-million dollar green power program designed to increase power production by up to 80 megawatts at the company's Geysers geothermal operations in northern California. The program includes a new, two-year multi-rig drilling program to expand steam production and iden ... more PSEG To Replace 1300 Vehicles with Hybrids To Help Curb Carbon Emissions In New Jersey 
Newark NJ (SPX) Jun 08, 2007Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE and G) unveiled plans to reduce its carbon emissions by more than 81,000 tons by replacing 1,300 vehicles with hybrids and making changes in other areas of its corporate fleet. During the next decade, the utility will invest in hybrid cars and light trucks, hybrid bucket truck prototypes, electric-drives and alternative fuels in an effort to reduce ha ... more Nordic Windpower Launches Lower Cost Wind Turbines For US Markets 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2007Nordic Windpower has released the Nordic N1000 turbine for North American markets, and available in 2008. The turbine is based on a ten-year record of trouble-free operations in Sweden and is the result of a 30-year, $75 million investment in R and D and value-engineering by the Swedish government and European Union. "Nordic Windpower is excited to launch its global business in North Ameri ... more White Paper Outlines Concerns About Rapid and Unregulated Growth Of Wind Industry 
Dallas TX (SPX) Jun 08, 2007Booming growth in the U.S. wind energy industry creates special responsibilities for wind farm developers as large utility-grade wind turbines are increasingly placed closer to population centers, according to a recent white paper published by Dallas attorney Trey Cox. In his paper, the partner from Dallas' Lynn, Tillotson and Pinker, outlines key strategies for wind-farm developers to help insu ... more Airtricity Officially Opens 124 MW Forest Creek Wind Farm in West Texas 
Austin TX (SPX) Jun 08, 2007Airtricity North America, a leading international renewable energy company, has officially opened its 124 megawatt wind farm at Forest Creek, West Texas. The facility will generate enough electricity to power more than 35,000 homes and avoid the emission of 225,000 tons of greenhouse gases. TXU Wholesale, a subsidiary of TXU Corp., will purchase the electricity generated by the wind farm which e ... more |
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Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jun 08, 2007Wild relatives of sugarcane hold genes that could be bred into commercial sugarcane varieties in Australia to help increase sugar production. Imported from China by the BSES-CSIRO Plant Industry Joint Venture for Variety Improvement, clones produced from crosses between sugarcane and three wild relatives of sugarcane are now available to Australian sugarcane breeding programs. This cooper ... more Putin's State Of Mind 
Washington DC (UPI) June 06, 2007The reasons behind Vladimir Putin's increasingly hostile attitude toward the Bush administration are becoming clearer. To understand them in their proper context, imagine the United States and its allies had lost the Cold War. NATO has collapsed. Next thing we know capitalism collapses, along with America's two political parties. In their place springs a one-party system, known as USA ... more Amazon State Adopts Law To Promote Forest CO2 Abatement Projects 
Manaus, Brazil (AFP) June 05, 2007Brazil's sprawling Amazon state on Tuesday enacted the country's first law to fight global warming by selling carbon credits from communities that limit deforestation and environmental degradation. The law creates a "jungle fund" or "forest scholarship" that "rewards jungle communities for protecting their habitat and reducing deforestation," said Amazon Governor Edouardo Braga. ... more Zimbabwe Forests Under Threat While Cambodia Censors Logging Report 
Harare (AFP) June 06, 2007Israel Thebe points in despair to dozens of fresh stumps that have appeared overnight in the heart of Mukuvisi Woodlands, on the outskirts of Harare. "It takes a good 50 years for a tree to grow fully," said the forestry manager. "This took place in just one night." Mukuvisi has long been a popular destination for day trips by schoolchildren from the Zimbabwean capital who are able to catch a ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) June 06, 2007Malaysia, a leading palm oil producer, sought Wednesday to dispel concerns in Europe that palm oil plantations endanger tropical forests. Malaysia and Indonesia are leading a campaign to fight environmentalist claims that the plantations destroy vast swathes of tropical forest, pushing endangered animals like the orangutan towards extinction. After describing such claims as "disinformation ... more New Solar Homes Outpace The Market 
San Jose CA (SPX) Jun 07, 2007For eight communities in the Whitney Ranch residential development in Rocklin, Calif., outside Sacramento, an average of 1.9 homes have sold each month since 2006. A ninth community, Grupe Homes' Carsten Crossings, stands out with more than twice as many sales, or an average of 4.6 homes sold per month over the same time period. Four miles down the road in West Roseville's West Park residential ... more Castle And Cooke To Build Hawai'i Largest Solar Farm On Lana'i 
Lana'i City HI (SPX) Jun 07, 2007Castle and Cooke announced that it has signed a contract through its subsidiary, Lana'i Sustainability Research, LLC, to build the largest solar photovoltaic farm in Hawai'i and the fourth largest in the United States. The 1.5-megawatt solar farm will be built on a 10-acre site in south Lana'i by SunPower Corp., a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency, commercially available solar ... more Airlines Pledge Emissions Cuts But Warn EU Curbs Could Jeopardise Sector 
Vancouver (AFP) June 05, 2007Leaders of the world's airline industry said at their annual meeting that airlines will strive to be more "green" and aim for zero carbon-dioxide emissions by 2050, but skeptics question whether the goal is realistic. "I don't have all the answers, but I'm sure research can find the way to achieve zero percent in 50 years. This is realistic," Giovanni Bisignani, director general of the Internati ... more
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