Bio-diesel film not to everyone's tastes at Sundance
Park City, Utah (AFP) Jan 23, 2008
Activist Josh Tickell has been using and promoting bio-diesel for about 10 years as an alternative to fossil fuels, helping America lessen its dependence on foreign oil.
In his documentary film "Fields of Fuel," premiering at the Sundance Film Festival this week, he outlines the historical origins of and the political constructs that support petroleum use.
As well, he presents the benefi ... read more
Europe's polluters warn of high price for EU green plan
Berlin (AFP) Jan 23, 2008
Europe's big polluters accepted an EU plan to drastically cut emissions of the gases that cause global warming while expressing concern on the cost and impact on jobs.
Pressure groups said the targets did not go far enough and would be a threat to the world's poor. Industry groups said meanwhile they went too far.
Under the European Commission proposals, Britain, France and Germany will ... more
Analysis: Brazil strikes gas again
Miami (UPI) Jan 23, 2008
Brazil's energy fortunes appear to keep growing with the discovery of a new gas field right next door to a bounty of undersea oil found last year, officials at state-run Petrobras announced this week.
Officials said the exact amount of natural gas contained in the Jupiter gas field offshore Rio de Janeiro remains unknown. However, it is estimated to be about the same size as the Tupi oi ... more
Bush pushes US-Turkey nuclear cooperation
Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2008
President George W. Bush has green-lighted a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Turkey, saying that private-sector proliferation worries have been addressed, the White House said Wednesday.
Bush on Tuesday sent the US Congress a July 2000 agreement, signed by then-US president Bill Clinton, that would clear the way for transfers of nuclear know-how to Turkey's planned civilian atomic sec ... more
China, India among worst environmental performers: study
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 23, 2008
European countries and some Latin American nations topped an environmental scorecard released Wednesday in Davos, way ahead of the United States and emerging economies like China and India.
Switzerland, host of the annual World Economic Forum gathering, led the list of top environmental performers compiled by experts at Yale and Columbia universities in the United States.
Three northern ... more
Outside View: Russia-Bulgaria energy moves
Moscow (UPI) Jan 23, 2008
Several energy agreements were signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Bulgaria last week, including on the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline and the Belene nuclear power plant.
Despite pessimistic forecasts, the sides also signed an agreement on the South Stream project.
The South Stream gas pipeline, proposed by Russia's Gazprom and Italy's Eni, will run f ... more
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ENERGY TECH
EU sets national renewable energy targets for 2020
ENERGY TECH
Brussels steers EU nations to clean energy targets
ENERGY NEWS
World Energy Conducts North America's First Online Auction For Carbon Emissions Compliance
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Boosting Europe's Growth And Jobs By Meeting Climate Change Commitments
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 24, 2008
The European Commission has today agreed on a far-reaching package of proposals that will deliver the European Council's commitments to fight climate change and promote renewable energy. The proposals demonstrate that the targets agreed last year are technologically and economically possible and provide a unique business opportunity for thousands of European companies. These measures will dramat ... more
Spire Semiconductor Announces Solar Concentrator Cells
Bedford MA (SPX) Jan 24, 2008
Spire announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Spire Semiconductor, will provide dedicated, large-scale contract design and manufacturing capabilities to manufacturers of solar concentrator cells within its 50,000 square foot facility in Hudson, New Hampshire.
Spire Semiconductor develops and manufactures custom high-efficiency gallium arsenide (GaAs) solar cells and specializes in high ... more
Brazil's biofuel industry welcomes EU climate change package
Sao Paulo (AFP) Jan 23, 2008
Brazil's sugarcane industry -- the main pillar in the country's biofuel sector -- hailed the European Union plan unveiled Wednesday to cut greenhouse emissions by boosting ethanol use in transport.
The European Commission goal of having 10 percent of transport fuels coming from biomass (crops that can be processed to produce ethanol) by 2020 was "a sensible approach," the Brazilian Sugar Can ... more
TrendSetter Solar Products Increases Importation Of Its Evacuated Tube Solar Hot Water Collectors In 2008
Fairhaven CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2008
TrendSetter Solar Products announced it is stepping up importation of its new Evacuated Tube Solar Hot Water Collectors into the United States. The Company received the first full twenty-foot container of its new collector in the U.S. last week. The new evacuated tube collector has begun to ship to projects primarily based on the West Coast.
The Company has placed orders for one container ... more
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CLIMATE SCIENCE
EU to unveil climate plan amid industry, national hostility
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Analysis: Promising aid program faces cuts
WOOD PILE
Forests Could Benefit When Fall Color Comes Late
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Bank of China denies subprime worries as trading suspended
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 22, 2008
Trading in Bank of China was suspended here Tuesday pending a major announcement, but the bank denied reports that it would post massive losses over assets linked to US subprime mortgages.
The suspension came after Hong Kong media reported China's third-largest bank could announce a significant writedown in 2007 on its 7.95 billion US dollars of investments in subprime-related securities. ... more
Naples under 3,500 tonnes of garbage as strike endures
Rome (AFP) Jan 22, 2008
Just over 3,500 tonnes of uncollected garbage still clogged the streets of Naples on Tuesday -- slightly down from 7,100 tonnes last week, when the army first began intervening in the strike.
The southern Italian city and surrounding region has been under mounds of rubbish since landfill sites reached capacity and garbage collectors refused to continue their work.
At the origin of the es ... more
China electricity supplier warns of power crisis: report
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 23, 2008
China's biggest electricity provider has asked the government to help ensure coal supplies and avert a looming power crisis, state media reported on Wednesday.
The State Grid Corp issued the call for help after stockpiles of coal, which provide about 70 percent of China's power needs, had dwindled to a week's supply in recent days, the China Business News said.
The supply crunch was caus ... more
France's Areva ready to bid for two reactors in South Africa
Paris (AFP) Jan 22, 2008
A consortium led by French nuclear giant Areva is preparing to bid for two third-generation atomic reactors to be built in South Africa, a spokesman for the group said Tuesday.
Areva, construction and communication conglomerate Bouygues and electricity giant EDF have teamed up with South African engineering firm Aveng for the project, with a formal offer to be made to Pretoria at the end of ... more
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SOLAR DAILY
Bella Energy Installs One Of America Largest Retrofit Solar Electric Systems
ENERGY TECH
WWF calls for moratorium on oil exploration in Arctic
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Fog causing high dust levels in Bulgaria: environmental agency
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