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Entries Tagged as 'green+energy'

Gassing Up With Garbage

July 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Waste-to-fuel efforts continue.
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Secret report: biofuel caused food crisis

July 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian.
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Tags: world+bank · biofuels · global+warming · green+energy

After Avalanche, Juneau Is Quick to Embrace Green

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

When an avalanche cut off a power transmission line and electric rates increased 400%, Juneau cut it’s electricity usage by nearly half in three weeks. Wow.
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Tags: alaska · global+warming · green+energy

Turning Glare Into Watts

March 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Solar thermal energy generation resurges in the Southwest
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Scientists Would Turn Greenhouse Gas Into Gasoline

February 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

The Los Alamos proposal does not violate any laws of physics, and other scientists have independently suggested similar ideas.
There is, however, a major caveat that explains why no one has built a carbon-dioxide-to-gasoline factory…
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Tags: science · global+warming · green+energy

Energy Dept. Might Drop Support for FutureGen Power Plant

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Energy Secretary Samuel P. Bodman told lawmakers yesterday that the Bush administration might drop its support for a $1.5 billion coal-fired power plant designed to store greenhouse gases underground, citing mounting cost estimates and other possible technologies.
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Tags: coal · global+warming · green+energy

Startup Says It Can Make Ethanol for $1 a Gallon, and Without Corn

January 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

No pilot plant yet, but, oh, how I want to believe in the promise of cellulosic ethanol!
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Tags: cellulosic+ethanol · green+energy

Local Seattle meets Kyoto global-warming targets

October 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Pretty impressive, but only a start.
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Tags: seattle · global+warming · green+energy

Generating Power From Kites

October 27th, 2007 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Very cool, if it works.
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Tags: kites · green+energy

Costs Surge for Building Power Plants

July 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Nuclear and coal plants less attractive, but renewable energy also hurt.
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Tags: global+warming · green+energy · business