Modeled after DARPA, which is credited with inventing the internet, ARPA-E is supposed to reinvent the energy landscape.
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Whiskey Biofuel Created By Scottish Scientists Can Be Used In Conventional Cars
LONDON (AP) -- How about a whisky to go? Scientists said they have developed biofuel for cars from waste produced in distilling Scotch whisky. Researchers...
Xtreme Power to supply proposed unprecedented U.S. grid connector
"This project, which is the first of its kind, will allow customers to trade power across the interconnections and to take advantage of opportunities to buy lower...
U.S. Will Get Just 3,300 Nissan LEAFs Through March 2011
The Nissan LEAF is one hot ticket. From hand-raisers to pre-orderers, just about everybody wants to get their hands on a Nissan LEAF. Who can blame them? It will be the...
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Oil industry group to sponsor 'citizen rallies'
“Clearly, as an industry, we are doing more outreach than perhaps we have historically,” American Petroleum Institue President and CEO Jack Gerard said in a conference...
Rising Debate In Pakistan Over Whether Floods Are Due To Climate Change
Some are cautious about drawing firm conclusions about recent flooding, but most agree that patterns are changing.
More Coal! More than 30 traditional coal plants have been built since 2008 or are under construction
Emissions equivalent to putting 22 million more cars on the road.
Renewable vehicles start race in Switzerland
The 80-day, 18,650 mile race is sponsored by Google and the U.N. Environment Program.
Ga. scientists: Gulf oil not gone, 80% remains
The scientists say as much as 80 percent of the oil still lurks under the surface. The Georgia team said it is a misinterpretation of data to claim that oil that is...
At LA Fundraiser, Obama Expresses Need To Limit Carbon
"On energy, we're willing to compromise on a whole bunch of issues, but we've got to have a strategy that starts to limit carbon, because we want those...
Questions Linger as Shrimp Season Opens in Gulf
As the Louisiana white shrimp season opened, consumer confidence was the biggest issue facing the industry.
EPA seeks to regulate carbon from trucks, buses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. environmental regulators sent draft rules to the White House on Friday that would for the first time cut greenhouse gas emissions from heavy...
No deepwater drilling without environmental studies, says Obama admin
by Agence France-Presse. WASHINGTON -The Obama administration announced on Monday that it will grant no more permitsfor deepwater oil exploration without requiring studies...
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