Archive for ‘Industry Buzz’
California cows start passing gas to the grid
March 4th, 2008
Imagine a vat of liquid cow manure covering the area of five football fields and 33 feet deep. Meet California’s most alternative new energy.
Popularity: 13%
Seeking cleaner future, world turns to renewable energy
March 4th, 2008
Investment in renewable energy skyrocketed in 2007, but such sources still provided just a tiny fraction of the world’s power, researchers said Tuesday on the sidelines of an international renewable energy conference in Washington.
Popularity: 12%
Oil Prices Climbing Across Country
March 3rd, 2008
Gas prices are creeping up, and Marylanders are feeling the pain as they pay an extra 19 cents per gallon on average.
Popularity: 10%
Gazprom cuts gas supply to Ukraine
March 3rd, 2008
Ukraine’s state energy firm, Naftogaz, says the reduction is not significant and will not have an impact on consumers in Ukraine. A Gazprom spokesperson said deliveries had been reduced by 46 million cubic meters per day but Ukraine’s state energy firm, Naftogaz, said that supplies had been reduc…
Popularity: 11%
How High? Gas Inches Toward $4 A Gallon
February 29th, 2008
Gas prices are quickly approaching record levels in Southern California.
Popularity: 3%
Taking Post-Heart Attack Meds Increases Survival, Mercury Exposure From Broken CFL Light Bulbs, SSRI Antidepressants Only Benefi
February 28th, 2008
In a study of over 4,000 patients who suffered a heart attack, those who took none of their prescription medicines following discharge from hospitals were 80% more likely to die during the first year following the event when compared to those who…
Popularity: 9%
Virgin flies biofueled jet
February 25th, 2008
Virgin Atlantic carried out the world’s first flight of a commercial aircraft powered with biofuel on Sunday in an effort to show it can produce less carbon dioxide than normal jet fuels.
Popularity: 3%
Judgment call : Should you choose a bottle or can when you need to quench your thirst?
February 17th, 2008
Judgment call : Should you choose a bottle or can when you need to quench your thirst?
Popularity: 3%
Feds nip state efforts to slash mercury
February 16th, 2008
While arguing in court that states are free to enact tougher mercury controls from power plants, the Bush administration pressured dozens of states to accept a scheme that would let some plants evade cleaning up their pollution, government documents show.
Popularity: 4%
Project Energy: Future Of Solar Power Looks Bright
February 16th, 2008
Homegrown energy isn’t just good for our environment; it can actually be a moneymaker for our families
Popularity: 4%
Gas Field Unlocked After Decades
February 11th, 2008
Exxon has developed a technology that will enable drillers to tap into one of the largest natural gas fields in the country
Popularity: 4%
Oppose state greenhouse gas laws
February 10th, 2008
General Motors Corp. CEO Rick Wagoner urged a group of auto dealers Saturday to lobby against individual states trying to set their own limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
Popularity: 4%
Shopping For Homes? Look For These Green Features
February 10th, 2008
The Twin Cities Builder’s Association has agreed on some new “green-conscious” standards called Greenstar
Popularity: 3%
Biofuels may promote, not slow, global warming
February 9th, 2008
The US rush to plant more corn for biofuel is already being blamed for soaring food prices. Now, two new US studies show that cultivated biofuel crops may actually increase instead of decrease the carbon emissions that ethanol and other biofuels were supposed to reduce.
Popularity: 3%
Ethanol may add to global warming
February 8th, 2008
The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday. The study challenges the rush to biofuels as a response to global warming.
Popularity: 4%
