The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $20 million to seven projects research, develop and demonstrate cutting-edge geothermal technologies. These projects are to...
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Transocean, US resolve dispute over key evidence
AP - A dispute between the owner of the oil rig that exploded and triggered the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the federal government over how a key piece of...
New Secretary of Energy Advisory Board hears score: Bureaucracy 1, Chu 0
Steven Koonin, the Department of Energy's (DOE's) undersecretary for science, had a blunt assessment today for efforts by himself and his boss, Energy Secretary...
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To Triple World Nuclear Power, MIT Calls for Research to 'Preserve Our Options'
There's plenty of uranium in the world to power a massive increase in new, efficient nuclear reactors of the traditional type, says a new report out today. That...
Automotive X Prize Won by 102.5 MPG Edison2 Very Light Car
The ultralight, internal combustion Edison2 Very Light Car gets 102.5 mpg and just won the Progressive Automotive X Prize.
Future cell phones could be charged by conversations
Korean researchers say a new nanomaterial can convert sound waves into electrical energy, and could be applied to cell phones or even loud highways to generate...
UN urges aviation sector to slash carbon emissions
United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres pushed the air transport industry on Thursday to curb emissions, stressing that it held "critical keys" to...
GE, steelworkers, green groups get behind renewable electricity standard
Twenty-one companies, think tanks, and trade and advocacy groups say Congress must pass a national renewable electricity standard this fall in order to stop the dramatic...
Obama Admin Report: Minimal impacts from drilling moratorium
The deepwater drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico has not increased unemployment in the region, says a new report from the Obama administration that counters the...
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Los Alamos evacuation ordered because of wildfire
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