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Working Assets Wireless First US Mobile Company To Offer Solar Powered Charger San Francisco CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2007 
Working Assets Wireless has announced it is offering the Solio, the first solar-powered charger offered by a mobile phone company in the United States. The hybrid charger by Better Energy Systems accepts power from the sun or a wall socket, and is part of Working Assets' effort to help people make a difference for the environment and reduce climate change. For a limited time, the solar ... read more
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Analysis: Venezuelan energy chief fined
Miami (UPI) Aug 29, 2007 Venezuela's chief energy official, Rafael Ramirez, was fined recently for instructing employees at the country's state-run energy firm to support President Hugo Chavez, the latest in a series of developments that some experts say illustrates the president's quest to wrest full control of the sector. Last week Venezuela's National Election Council fined Ramirez nearly $9,000 for ... more Enerize And FiFe Batteries Partner Up On Li-Ion Batteries For HEV Applications 
Coral Springs FL (SPX) Aug 30, 2007Enerize and FiFe Batteries have announced a partnership to develop safe, low-cost, high-energy Li-ion rechargeable batteries for various applications including hybrid-electric vehicles (HEV). These batteries will feature advanced electrode materials based on new types of TiO2 used by FiFe Batteries, as well as high conductivity/high tap density MnO2 and low cost modified natural graphite ... more Oil Imports And Oil Prices Drive US To Increase Renewable Energy Capacity 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2007Faced with rising oil imports and mounting concerns over the environment, the U.S. and Canadian governments will undertake proactive initiatives to reduce their dependency on fossil fuels. In January 2007, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Clean Energy Act. When enforced, this legislation expects to transfer more than $14 billion from certain subsidies to investments in clean energy. ... more Mohawk Chosen To Help Primetime Emmy Awards Reduce Carbon Footprint 
Cohoes NY (SPX) Aug 30, 2007FOX and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences have gone "Green with Emmy" by partnering to produce an eco-friendly 59th Primetime Emmy Awards broadcast. This "Green with Emmy" campaign encompasses all Emmy events with the sole purpose of reducing the carbon footprint the Primetime Emmys have on the world's climate. However, if you tune in at 8:00 pm EDT on September 16, you might ... more Go Green Swimming Pools With Clear Water 
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Aug 30, 2007AquavidaPools.com is in full swing with a variety of Alternative and Low Energy Efficient products for pool owners looking to "Go Green". The benefits to Go Green are trendy but owners can now become less dependent on high output products using outdated technologies. "Almost every manufacturer has developed enhanced products with low Amperage or Solar pumps to decrease energy bills from ... more |
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Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Aug 29, 2007The U.S. Army has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) for the first phase of a program to demonstrate the maturity of all enabling technologies for a mobile, solid-state laser weapon system mounted on a ground vehicle. Called the High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD), the Army's goal for the system is to demonstrate the capability to effectively counter rockets ... more Greenhouse Gases Likely Drove Near-Record US Warmth In 2006 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 29, 2007Greenhouse gases likely accounted for over half of the widespread warmth across the continental United States in 2006, according to a new study that will be published 5 September in Geophysical Research Letters, a publication of the American Geophysical Union. Last year's average temperature was the second highest since recordkeeping began in 1895. The team found that it was very unlikely ... more UN's FAO asks for millions more to help Peru quake victims 
Rome (AFP) Aug 28, 2007The United Nations needs another 10 million euros (13.8 million dollars) in emergency aid for earthquake-hit Peru, where damage is worse than originally thought, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said Tuesday. "Some 13.8 million dollars are needed to help feed and restore the farming and fishing-based livelihoods of the affected population," the Rome-based agency said in a ... more US farmers at odds with government over weather 
Washington (AFP) Aug 27, 2007An annual US publication with a track record for accurately predicting the weather found itself at odds Monday with the government weather service over what winter is going to be like in the United States. The 191st edition of the US Farmers' Almanac, which goes on sale on Tuesday, predicts a colder than usual winter from Maine to normally warm Florida, in the eastern half of the United ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2007 The U.S. Department of Energy says it will allocate up to $33.8 million to support commercial production of cellulosic biofuels. The funding, officials said, will support development of enzymes -- a key step to enabling bio-based production of clean, renewable biofuels such as cellulosic ethanol. The funding, part of President Bush's Twenty in Ten Plan, seeks to displace ... more Seattle Green Building Programme Among Vendors Profiled Inside New Zero and Low Emission Buildings Report 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Aug 22, 2007Research and Markets has announced the addition of Zero and Low Emission Buildings to their offering. Essential research for anyone involved in reducing one of the major sources of carbon emissions - the construction and property industry. Buildings make a large contribution to the energy consumption of a country. It is estimated that, of the total energy generated in the industrialised world ... more Russia US To Sign Nuclear Power Cooperation Deal In Fall 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 29, 2007A senior Russian nuclear official said Tuesday that a deal is likely to be signed with the United States this fall on the civilian use of nuclear power. The document, initialed two months ago, envisages the transfer of fissile materials, and relevant installations and equipment. "We hope the document will be signed during the coming fall," said Nikolai Spassky, deputy head of the Federal Agency ... more Boeing Projects 70 Billion Dollar Market For Russia And The CIS 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 24, 2007Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will require 1,060 new airplanes worth about $70 billion over the next 20 years, according to Boeing's updated annual forecast for the commercial airplane market. The complete forecast, known as the Boeing Current Market Outlook, is available on the Boeing web. This year marks the first year that Boeing has published its forecast for ... more
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