The world's biggest offshore windfarm will be opened officially today off the UK coast but less than 20% of the $1.4 billion (£900m) investment in the project has...
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California voting on nation's most aggressive energy standard
AP - The state with some of the nation's most ambitious clean energy standards was poised to go even further Thursday. Regulators were deciding whether to require...
Landrieu (D-La.) to block OMB nominee unless oil drilling ban lifted
The senator's pledge to hold up the nomination of Jack Lew represents a dramaticescalation of Landrieu’s fight against the moratorium.
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Chinese threat on rare earth minerals could revitalize U.S. mines
Action is heating up in the world of rare earth minerals. China has blocked exports of rare earths to Japan over a fishing dispute between the two countries. Earlier this...
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Befuddled: Meg Whitman opposes both Prop 23 and AB 32
In an attempt to ensure that California has neither an old-energy nor new-energy economy, Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has announced her opposition to...
Deep sea oil drilling ban rejected by European nations
OSLO, Norway - Oil-producing countries on Thursday rejected a German proposal for a moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Northeast Atlantic that reflected...
Collins blames Obama for inaction on energy, climate
A key Senate centrist Republican courted by the White House this Congress on climate and energy legislation criticized President Obama for not doing enough to get a...
DuPont speeds up forecast for $1 billion in solar sales
Cheered by "continued explosive growth" in the market for solar energy gear, the chemicals titan says it will hit the $1 billion sales mark in 2010, ahead of...
Solar roadways could help the power grid while fixing crumbling pavement
A revolutionary idea that converts existing roadways into a national solar power grid is up for a major cash prize. Scott Brusaw is working on a project to encapsulate...
Hawaii builds hydrogen infrastructure with GM
Islands are often targeted for experiments, many of them social and/or scientific. Take Hawaii, which will soon be the site of an ambitious plan for the first viable...
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GM, Nissan seek applications for used vehicle batteries
Major automakers are looking for new ways to drive down the cost of batteries for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. GM and Nissan, which will both start selling...
Kevin Costner pitches emergency oil spill plan to Congress
AFP - Kevin Costner told US lawmakers Wednesday that clean-up operations during the BP oil disaster were a "tangled mess," as the Hollywood star urged Congress...
Fourth major California solar plant a go
The California solar power gold rush continued unhindered this week as the state’s Energy Commission unanimously voted in its fourth large scale solar thermal plant in as...
Cambridge, MA streetlight powered by dog poop
Cambridge, Massachusetts seems to be doing a lot of cool things these days. Besides the yoga parking tickets, they have also recently installed a work by conceptual artist...
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