Monday, scientists, youth, and coalfield residents came together to protest the coal industry’s destruction of our future in a global day of action. In Washington, DC, top...
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Amyris closes first day of trading at $16.50
Amyris, Inc. priced the initial public offering of 5,300,000 shares of its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market at $16.00 per share. The offering hit a high of $17.44...
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Toyota testing a Prius minivan?
Even though we've been hearing various rumblings across the interwebs for quite some time now that Toyota was hard at work crafting a mini-minivan version of its...
Wave power delivers electricity to US grid for first time
While wave power often seems like the poor cousin of the renewable energy world, and frankly doesn't have the practical potential of wind or solar power, tapping the...
Obama: Energy policy a top priority for next year
"One of my top priorities next year is to have an energy policy that begins to address all facets of our overreliance on fossil fuels. We may end up having to do it...
Study finds huge wind energy potential off Eastern U.S.
BOSTON (Reuters) - The densely populated U.S. East Coast could meet close to half its current electric demand by relying on offshore wind turbines, a study by an ocean...
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Duke Energy, University partner to turn hog waste to energy
Duke Energy and Duke University are partnering on a project to make electricity from hog waste.The $1 million system will be tested at a 9,000-head hog farm in Boonville,...
Conoco to reassess $30B Alaska-to-lower-48 pipeline project
Jim Mulva, chief executive of ConocoPhillips, said the company would reassess the economics of its project with BP to build a $30 billion pipeline linking Alaska to the...
Will Russia cooperate on Arctic oil ownership?
Russia's leaders have never been coy about their designs on the Arctic. In recent years, their message has been clear: We want a a big, fat slice of it, including the...
Adobe installs 1.2 MW of Bloom Boxes
If you've wanted to see a test case for the Bloom Energy Server, here it is. Adobe, the software giant, has installed 12 100-kilowatt solid oxide fuel cells, or...
Chavez: Venezuela studying nuclear energy program
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday that his government is carrying out initial studies into starting a nuclear energy program.
Scotland to get 100% green energy by 2025
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland should produce enough renewable electricity to meet all its power demand by 2025, First Minister Alex Salmond said Tuesday.
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