The United States Patent And Trademark Office (USPTO) has extended its Green Technology Pilot Program to accelerate the review of patent petitions for green technologies...
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Issa downplays prospect of Oversight Committee ‘climate-gate’ probe
Global warming skeptics eager to see ascendant House Republicans put climate science under the microscope might be disappointed in Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.).Issa – the...
Schwarzenegger pushes for regional climate change pact
In the year since an attempt for a global climate-change treaty failed, California has been trying a different strategy to reduce greenhouse ...
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Business leaders call for electric vehicle legislation
A coalition of business leaders today called for passage of a series of proposals that would provide tax credits for the purchase and production of electric vehicles. The...
Despite the odds, unions and environmentalists continue push for lame-duck passage of RES
A prominent coalition of unions and environmentalists called today for passage of a renewable energy standard during the lame-duck session, but offered few specifics about...
Tesla stock soars
Defying gravity, revenues, and profits, electric car maker Tesla Motor's shares hit a record high on Monday at close to $33. Tesla's stock started trending up...
Handful of energy items could see lame-duck light
Lawmakers return today for the start of what is expected to be a short and relatively unproductive lame-duck session (energy-wise, at least). Still, while the Bush era tax...
Climate science "under-reported" at 2009 U.N. summit
Reuters - Less than 10 percent of the articles written about last year's Copenhagen climate summit dealt primarily with the science of climate change, a study showed...
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We need "energy miracles," in at least five areas, and in each of these areas "we need at least two hundred crazy people who think their idea alone can...
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For a moment, re-imagine Aladdin as an engineer. He finds his magic lamp in an industrial park in Silicon Valley or Boston or the Research Triangle in Raleigh-Durham, and...
GE, NRG back Israeli water-to-energy startup
Turning wastewater – from cities or food processing plants – into electricity has always attracted investors fancy. Now an investor consortium of GE, NRG Energy and...
US boosts 'game-changer' 1366 solar technology in bid for global market share
Friday the DOE once again hammered home its view that solar’s promise is real, with a $150 million loan guarantee to 1366 Technologies, a Lexington, Mass.-based solar w
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The next-generation of technology to use compressed air for energy storage is on its way. One of the companies leading the way -- General Compression -- has raised another...
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New robot can sort recyclable material from industrial waste
A robot that automatically categorizes waste from construction and demolition projects could enable valuable raw materials to be recycled instead of ending up in landfill....
Google backs biofuels, via CoolPlanetBiofuels
Google Ventures has made its first biofuels investment. On Thursday afternoon the venture arm of the search giant announced that it has invested in a startup called...
Innovative silicon wafer manufacturing process nets 1366 Technologies $28.4 Million, including GE backing
1366 Technologies, a startup based on research conducted by solar Hall of Famer Ely Sachs, has landed $28.4 million in additional capital from GE Energy Financial...
PG&E’s 5MW wave energy project cancelled
A project that could’ve helped to advance wave energy development is now under the water. At least for now. The Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has suspended a 5-megawatt...
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