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Analysis: Advanced biofuels roundup Washington DC (UPI) Apr 08, 2009 
With the economy tanking, federal officials are turning toward green energy as an economic and financial savior, and new biofuels are appearing increasingly attractive to legislators and industry for a number of reasons. More than a year ago, Congress passed a law requiring dramatic increases in biofuel production, ramping up national production from 8.5 billion gallons in 2008 to 36 b ... read moreAnalysis: Energy prizes spur creativity 
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 09, 2009Universities and businesses are teaming up around the United States to promote clean-energy ventures that get students out of the laboratory and into the business world, marketing much-needed solutions to the nation's energy woes. As concerns about dependence on foreign oil, climate change and fuel supplies rise, so have programs to help businesses and researchers develop new technologi ... more
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World is awash with oil: IEA
Paris (AFP) April 10, 2009The world is awash with oil despite a price rally but the glut is crimping investment in fields which will be needed when demand pulls out of a "relentless" plunge, the IEA said on Friday. The International Energy Agency cut its estimate for world demand growth this year because it no longer believed economic activity might pick up in the second half. "For the fourth time since last Octo ... more US firm investing billions in crisis-hit chip industry 
Singapore (AFP) April 9, 2009Despite the economic slump that has battered the semiconductor business, a new player from the United States' Silicon Valley technology belt is investing billions of dollars in a bid to catch the next wave of growth. lobalFoundries, formed in March, will focus on making next-generation chips, which it hopes will accelerate competition in a global foundry market dominated by Taiwanese and Si ... more Two EDF executives suspended over Greenpeace affair 
Paris (AFP) April 10, 2009Two senior officials at French state energy giant EDF have been suspended, the company announced Friday, the latest twist in allegations that EDF spied on environmental campaigners Greenpeace. Pierre Francois, the company's second highest security official, and his immediate superior Pascal Durieux, were being suspended "as a precautionary measure following an internal inquiry", said the com ... more  |
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Developer plans all-solar city
Fort Myers, Fla., April 11, 2009 A Florida developer says he wants to build a 19,500-home city powered entirely by solar energy. Babcock Ranch will be developed by Kitson & Partners on 17,000 acres northeast of Fort Myers, Fla. The developer said it will be the "first city on Earth powered by zero-emission solar energy," The Miami Herald reported Saturday. The city will include the world's largest photovoltaic ... more China says exports fell in March for fifth straight month 
Beijing (AFP) April 10, 2009China's vital exports fell 17.1 percent in March, their fifth straight monthly decline, the government said on Friday, but the drop was not as sharp as the previous month. The customs bureau data could provide hope that the impact of the world financial crisis on China's key export sector may be easing, but it was still too early to make a firm assessment, analysts said. "It certainly sh ... more China keeps Chavez close, but not too close 
Beijing (AFP) April 11, 2009Despite his gushing compliments this week, Beijing has been careful to keep Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at a distance as it tries not to jeopardise its relations with Washington, analysts say. On Thursday evening at the end of a 48-hour visit to Beijing, Latin America's leftwing leader-in-chief was at pains to underline the strong links between his oil-producing country and the world's ... more Bulgarian PM sets up emergency rubbish cell 
Sofia (AFP) April 9, 2009Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergei Stanichev on Thursday established a crisis headquarters to organise the collection of rubbish in the garbage-strewn capital Sofia in a sustainable manner. The decision by Stanichev was reached when the capital's wastebins overflowed for several weeks in March after the city, controlled by the rightwing mayor Boiko Borisov, the prime minister's chief political ... more |
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