General Electric and the University of Wyoming announced Friday they have suspended plans to build a $100 million joint clean coal research facility near Cheyenne amid...
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N.R.C. lowers estimate of how many would die in meltdown
ROCKVILLE, Md. — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is approaching completion of an ambitious study that concludes that a meltdown at a typical American reactor would lead...
Data centers using less power than forecast, new report says
SAN FRANCISCO — Data centers’ unquenchable thirst for electricity has been slaked by the global recession and by a combination of new power-saving technologies, according...
Rep. Honda introduces bill to make gadgets more energy efficient
Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) will introduce a bill on Monday to make electronic devices more energy efficient.Honda's bill is attempting to take aim at the explosion of...
Russians look to Cuban offshore reserves
MOSCOW, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Russian oil company Gazprom Neft announced it was moving to develop four oil and natural gas blocks off the Cuban coast in the Gulf of Mexico.
BMW lays down its cards in electric car market
Car manufacturer BMW today unveiled its next wave of electric cars — the i8 sporty hybrid-electric coupe and a smaller i3 electric mini, both of which use a...
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