"USPS Could Deliver America the Electric Car"
"Government researchers have confirmed the ideal testing ground for electric cars: the U.S. Postal Service. Now all they have to do is find the money to pay for it."
Source: SolveClimate, 09/08/2009
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"Natural Gas Hits a Roadblock in New Energy Bill"
The natural gas industry has been on a winning streak as the fuel has come into greater use, partly because of its advantage in fighting climate change. But raw political clout may help climate-warming coal steal gas' lunch money in the coming climate bill.
Source: NYTimes, 09/08/2009
"One Company Gets Lion's Share of $500M in Clean Energy Awards"
"One company has received more than half of $500 million in the first round of grants from a Recovery Act program that provides cash assistance to renewable energy production companies in place of earned tax credits."
Source: ENS, 09/04/2009
Enviros File Suit To Block Tar Sands Pipeline
"Less than two weeks after the State Department gave the go-ahead for a major new pipeline to carry Alberta oil sands crude into the United States, a network of environmental and Native American groups filed a lawsuit to stop it."
Source: NYTimes, 09/04/2009
"Clean Split: Duke Energy Leaves Clean-Coal Group"
"Duke Energy’s departure from the star-crossed American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity seems to have less to do with the viability of clean coal than with the viability of the groups that promote it."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 09/03/2009
"Google-Backed Geothermal Company Suspends Test Project"
"Geothermal startup AltaRock Energy Inc on Wednesday said it has suspended its demonstration project in California due to geologic anomalies."
Source: Reuters, 09/03/2009
"BP Finds Giant Oil Field Deep in Gulf of Mexico"
"BP announced on Wednesday the discovery of what it characterized as a giant oil field several miles under the Gulf of Mexico, but it may take years to assess how much crude can actually be recovered."
Source: NYTimes, 09/03/2009
Speculators Now Dominate Oil Futures Market: Study
A new study using CFTC data shows that speculators have come to dominate the oil futures market since Congress eased commodity regulations in 2000.
Source: SPX, 09/03/2009
"More Delays at Finnish Nuclear Plant"
"Areva, a French nuclear construction company, said this week that its project to build the world's most powerful reactor remained mired in delays and was over-budget by 2.3 billion euros, or about $3.3 billion."
Source: NYTimes, 09/03/2009
"As Hybrid Cars Gobble Rare Metals, Shortage Looms"
"The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements .... That makes Toyota's market-leading gasoline-electric hybrid car and other similar vehicles vulnerable to a supply crunch predicted by experts as China, the world's dominant rare earths producer, limits exports while global demand swells."
Source: Reuters, 09/02/2009
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