In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama highlighted his goal of making the United States the first country in the world to put one million advanced...
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Biden outlines three-part plan to have 1M advanced technology vehicles on US roads by 2015
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Researchers find, in cow stomachs, 30k new enzymes potentially valuable for biofuel production
You may have heard the proclamation before: The next generation of biofuels will be derived from cellulosic plant material. And, in theory, this makes sense. Whereas...
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ConocoPhillips, NRG, GE to put $300 million in new energy technologies
Well, that didn't take long. Two days after President Obama's 'Sputnik moment' call for cuttingoil industry subsidies and funneling investment into...
Colombia coal mine blast kills 20, regulator says
BOGOTA (Reuters) - An explosion at a small underground coal mine in northeast Colombia killed 20 workers on Wednesday, officials said, in the latest accident to hit Latin...
Court reverses New Mexico governor on environmental rules
The New Mexico Supreme Court’s rebuke to Susana Martinez, the state’s new governor was blunt. “No one is above the law,” the state’s chief justice, Charles W. Daniels,...
'GasLand' Oscar nod draws industry ire
When "GasLand," a documentary which details the environmental impact of a process called "fracking," came out, it created a public relations nightmare...
VW’s 261-MPG plug-in hybrid arrives in 2013
Volkswagen says the 261-mpg diesel-electric XL1 concept could see limited - very limited - production within two years.The Germans unveiled the super-efficient Volkswagen...
GM Ventures invests $7M in battery startup Envia
GM Ventures is now rapidly starting to invest its $100 million fund into auto innovations. This morning GM Ventures said it has pumped $7 million into battery startup...
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