When President Obama in his State of the Union address called for one million electric cars to be on the road by 2015, skeptics scoffed. But in a report released Tuesday,...
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Biofuel maker Gevo shares rise in market debut
AP - Shares of biofuels and renewable chemicals maker Gevo Inc. made their debut on the market above the company's expected IPO price.
EPA administrator faces down GOP critics
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson faced down her Republican critics on Wednesday, defending her agency’s efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions as critical to the...
House spending panel would cut billions from research agency requests
The spending panel in the House of Representatives has proposed billion-dollar cuts in the proposed budgets of the National Institutes of Health and the Department of...
US corn reserves hit lowest level in 15 years
AP - U.S. reserves of corn have hit their lowest level in more than 15 years, reflecting tighter supplies that will lead to higher food prices in 2011. Increasing demand...
Palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources vows to spare Indonesian rainforest
The world's second biggest palm oil company has agreed to halt deforestation in valuable areas of Indonesian forest, bowing to pressure from western food processors...
Buffalo, NY bans hydraulic fracturing
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The city of Buffalo, New York, banned the natural gas drilling technique of hydraulic fracturing on Tuesday, a largely symbolic vote that demonstrates...
EPA releases draft plan for fracking study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. environmental regulators issued a draft plan on Tuesday outlining how they will determine whether a technique for drilling natural gas harms...
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Obama to propose electric vehicle rebate plan
President Obama’s budget request will call on Congress to pass legislation offering consumers a rebate of as much as $7,500 for purchasing electric vehicles.The rebate...
Top Dems call on House GOP to eliminate oil industry tax breaks
Top Senate Democrats are calling on House Republicans to agree to a plan to eliminate oil industry tax breaks as a means of reducing the deficit.The proposal comes as...
A123 supplies 20 MW battery for 'hybrid power plant' in Chile
Lithium ion battery company A123 Systems today said that it will supply a 20-megawatt battery for grid storage in northern Chile, one of the larger projects to use...
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