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Renewable Energy Investment Market Sets Sights On 50 Billion Dollars By 2011 New York NY (SPX) Nov 28, 2007 
With an anticipated investment value of $25 billion this year, following on the heels of a stellar 2006 in which investments tripled, Renewable Energy Investment in the U.S., a new report from market research firm Packaged Facts, projects that the rapidly emerging renewable energy (RE) investment market could skyrocket to nearly $50 billion by 2011.
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The Plan To Destroy OPEC
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2007Venezuela's Hugo Chavez says he wants to send oil to $200 a barrel. Robert Zubrin has a plan to stop him. In his just released book, Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil, Zubrin, an American aerospace engineer known previously primarily for his inventive approach to Mars exploration, lays out the strategy. To say the book is remarkable, would be a severe unders ... more Where Does Stored Nuclear Waste Go 
Hanford WA (SPX) Nov 28, 2007Millions of gallons of hazardous waste resulting from the nation�s nuclear weapons program lie in a remote location in southeastern Washington state called Hanford. Beneath this desert landscape about two million curies of radioactivity and hundreds of thousands of tons of chemicals are captured within the stratified vadose zone below which gives rise to complex subsurface flow paths. Thes ... more India slams new UN recommendation on carbon cuts 
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 27, 2007India on Tuesday slammed a recommendation in a new report from the UN Development Programme that urges developing countries cut carbon emissions by 20 percent over three decades starting in 2020. The report released in Brazil on Tuesday on fighting climate change said global warming could have apocalyptic consequences for the world's poor and also said richer countries need to cut greenhouse ... more Interview: KRG minister on Iraq oil beef 
Washington (UPI) Nov 27, 2007 Iraqi Kurdistan's oil minister, Ashti Hawrami, begins his U.S. tour of political and business leaders from Washington to Texas a hot item with international oil companies, but with icy relations with his counterpart in Baghdad. He has signed around 20 oil deals with international oil companies, most after the national oil minister labeled them illegal. Hawrami blames Baghdad for ... more Biodiesel Could Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2007A CSIRO report released confirms that using pure biodiesel or blending biodiesel with standard fuel could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector. Biodiesel can be manufactured from any product containing fatty acids, such as vegetable oil or animal fats. The report, The greenhouse and air quality emissions of biodiesel blends in Australia assesses the emission levels and envir ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Nov 28, 2007Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed and tested a laser-based ranging system to assess the performance of automobile collision warning systems. Researchers in industry and at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will be able to use the NIST technology to accelerate the development and commercialization of safety systems that alert drivers t ... more Light At End Of The Tunnel Could Be Generated By Solar Energy 
Verona NJ (SPX) Nov 28, 2007"Green mortician," Bob Prout has turned his funeral home into a model for green energy production and now, people from all over the state of New Jersey and even the nation, are coming to see him. Prout was recently recognized by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) as one of only eight NJ businesses and organizations for leadership and innovation in creating clean energy solutions th ... more Stanford Community Goes Solar, Collectively 
Foster City CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2007Leading solar installer SolarCity announced the completion and overwhelming success of its Stanford community solar program -- its first collective solar purchasing program tailored exclusively to the needs of a community other than a municipality. Forty-one faculty, staff and other Stanford-affiliated families joined the company's group-based purchase program, which raised 193 total kilow ... more Rocklin Becomes The First ClimateSmart City 
Rocklin CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2007Joined by the Mayor, city staff, community leaders and local elementary school students, Pacific Gas and Electric Company today announced that the City of Rocklin, located in Placer County, is California's first municipality to officially enroll in the voluntary ClimateSmart program. By joining, the City of Rocklin will offset more than 1.6 million pounds of carbon dioxide every year or more tha ... more |
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2007The Modern Group, Australia's biggest home improvement company is getting ready to give "solar power to the people". The Australian owned company, established in 1979, is adding Solar Energy Solutions to its existing Eco-conscious product range which includes rainwater tanks, Kool Kote paint and Enviroblind window roller shutters, and hopes consumers all around the country will get onboard to do ... more Commentary: New geoeconomic paradigm 
Washington (UPI) Nov 26, 2007 In Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and the Far East, the correlation of geoeconomic forces appears to be moving against the United States. And greed, the Rh-negative bloodstream of democratic capitalism, is what triggered a global subprime mortgage fiasco, which, in turn, pushed the dollar right off its pedestal. Wall Street's largest banks lost $50 billion, with Citigroup ... more China, France sign climate change pact 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 26, 2007Chinese President Hu Jintao and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday oversaw the signing of a bilateral pact on the fight against climate change. China and France "recognise the impact of climate change for the survival and development of humanity and recognise the importance and the urgency to fight against climate change and to put in place sustainable development," said the ag ... more Climate chief cautiously optimistic over key Bali meet 
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 26, 2007The head of a Nobel-winning panel of climate scientists was cautiously optimistic Monday about progress being made at a key UN global warming conference in Indonesia next month. Country delegations will be meeting on the island of Bali from December 3-14 to break a deadlock on negotiations for intensifying cuts in the world's carbon emissions five years from now. Intergovernmental Panel ... more
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