The price of rare earth metals, used in items raging from computer hard drives and wind turbines to plasma televisions and smartphones, has more than doubled to record...
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Oil dives to 4-month low as IEA announces injection of 60 million barrels of emergency crude stocks
NEW YORK, June 23 (Reuters) - Oil prices tumbled 6 percenton Thursday after the world's biggest consumers releasedemergency oil reserves for the third time ever, a...
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U.S. seeks exemption to EU aviation CO2 plan
But EU says it won't back down on plan to penalize greenhouse gas emissions from planes taking off and landing in the European Union. The plan is part of its efforts to
All Dem amendments to House drilling bill rejected
The House Wednesday evening rejected all 10 Democratic amendments that were offered to legislation aimed at easing offshore oil and gas drilling permitting process at the...
Report: U.S. and EU close to establishing joint standards for plug-in vehicles
The U.S. and the European Union are close to establishing joint standards for plug-in vehicles, according to Automotive News (sub. req.). During a speech in Washington,...
Fisker starts posting jobs at re-commissioned Delaware plant
Fisker Automotive is posting job openings at the re-commissioned Wilmington, Delaware plant. The plan for 2011 will encompass the hiring of about 120 employees. This...
Gore: Obama lacks `bold action' on global warming
Former Vice President Al Gore is doing what few environmentalists and fellow Democrats have done before: criticizing President Barack Obama's record on global warming.
Google hits $780M in total clean energy investing after adding SoCal wind farm
Google has emerged as one of the most aggressive clean power investors in 2011, and has now invested over $780 million into clean power projects and technologies. The...
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