Archive for ‘Energy’
President Bush Asks OPEC To Keep Oil Prices Low
January 15th, 2008
President Bush has traveled to Saudi Arabia to meet with OPEC to plea the United States’ case for keeping oil prices low.
Popularity: 3%
Toyota battle turns electric
January 14th, 2008
Toyota Motor Corp likely to claim the title of world’s biggest automaker later this month from General Motors Corp Monday threw down the gauntlet to GM in a race for the next “green” car.
Popularity: 7%
Harmarville Co. Gets Grant For Alternative Fuel
January 14th, 2008
A company in Harmarville received a grant to develop a more efficient way to develop fuel from alternative sources;
Popularity: 5%
German company building solar factory in ABQ
January 14th, 2008
GERMAN-BASED ‘SCHOTT A-G’ WILL BREAK GROUND ON THE FACTORY NEXT MONTH. THE COMPANY WILL BUILD A 200- THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT PLANT IN THE MESA DEL SOL AREA. THE 500- MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY SHOULD OPEN IN 2009 AND COULD CREATE UP TO 15-HUNDRED JOBS. ‘i’m very excited about this. When we land companies like schott, I mean, this is a homerun …
Popularity: 2%
Eco-Car Just Down The Road
January 13th, 2008
A prototype for an “extreme hybrid” car that runs for 40 miles at 60 m.p.h. on battery power alone is on exhibit at Detroit’s International Auto Show.
Popularity: 5%
Follow Germany on renewable energy, Clinton says
January 12th, 2008
Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton wants America to follow Germany’s lead — and her own — in using environmentally friendly fuel sources and making homes and buildings more energy efficient.
Popularity: 5%
Calif leaders voice EPA frustrations
January 11th, 2008
A panel of outraged state and environmental leaders met Thursday to examine why the federal government won’t let California and 16 other states regulate emissions from cars, trucks and SUVs.
Popularity: 4%
First-Ever Ice Runway in Antarctica
January 11th, 2008
Australian scientists landed on an ice runway in Antarctica, officially opening a new air link between Australia and the white continent. The Airbus A319 became the first passenger aircraft to land on the 2.5-mile long Wilkins Runway.
Popularity: 2%
Say Tata to costly cars
January 10th, 2008
India’s top vehicle maker Tata launches the world’s cheapest car to a packed audience at the Auto Expo 2008 in New Delhi after years of anticipation and criticism from environment groups that it will add to already overcrowded roads.
Popularity: 6%
Britain starts new push for nuclear power
January 10th, 2008
Britain gave the go-ahead to a new generation of nuclear power stations on Thursday, setting no limits on nuclear expansion and adding momentum to atomic energy’s worldwide renaissance.
Popularity: 3%
Olsen Gremlins
January 9th, 2008
Frito Lay tries to go green, PRT isn’t what gave you that rash, and the Olsen twins slaughter small animals.
Popularity: 5%