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Monday 27 August 2007
`Dead-End' Austrian Town Fuels Tourism Boom With Green Energy Bloomberg - Now it's at the edge of a greener frontier: alternative energy. Gussing is the first community in the European Union to cut carbon emissions by more than 90 ... |
IJM Plantations to launch biodiesel module Malaysia Star, Malaysia - The biodiesel subsidiary, IJM Biofuel Sdn Bhd is a 60:40 joint venture between IJM Plantations and US company CTI Biofuels Malaysia LLC. ... |
Foreign investors urged to focus on energy saving China Daily, China - By Jiang Wei (China Daily) "China will strengthen restrictions on foreign investment in energy-intensive high polluting and low efficiency industries," ... |
Erosion threatening grain security China Daily, China - Soil erosion and degeneration will jeopardize the nation's grain security," Zhang Xudong, a soil expert with the Shenyang-based Institute of Applied Ecology ... |
Olympic Spirit Needed for Air Washington Post, United States - In part, the means to cope with air pollution has been a biofuel program. Brazil had started biofuel production in the 1970???s when oil prices skyrocketed, ... |
Farm Progress Show begins with an emphasis on biofuels WAND, IL - AP - August 27, 2007 6:14 PM ET CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Corn is expected to be front and center during the annual Farm Progess Show, which will get underway ... |
 Conde Nast Portfolio | Farm Progress Show begins with an emphasis on biofuels WQAD, IL - Prices are good for soybeans, too, another crop touted for its biofuel potential. Jungmann says 475 companies will display products ranging from multi-ton ... Farm Progress Show to begin in Illinois with an emphasis on biofuels |
 PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) | Energy Futures Rebound on Refinery Woes Forbes, NY - "The fundamentals for gasoline dictate a probe of higher prices," said Linda Rafield, senior oil analyst at Platts, the energy research arm of the ... Energy prices rebound as traders focus on shrinking gasoline ... Oil prices drop on profit taking Oil Rises, Pulled Higher by Gasoline, on Signs of Supply Drop |
 Seattle Post Intelligencer | Money for making power out of poop and other organic waste Seattle Post Intelligencer - The state Department of Ecology is offering grants up to $50000 for pilot or demonstration projects to promote "sustainable organic management" and up to ... |
Sempra Energy Names J. William Ichord Vice President of Government ... CNNMoney.com - Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) today announced that J. William Ichord has joined the company as vice president of government relations and will direct local, ... Southern California Gas Company, SDG&E, Pacific Enterprises ... |
Biofuels plant on hold Radio New Zealand, New Zealand - The Government wants biofuels to make up 3.4% of transport fuel sales by 2012. Project manager Howard Moore says the high New Zealand dollar, combined with ... LanzaFuels Biofuels Plant On Hold Plan to build ethanol processing plant now on hold |
Contact Energy profits down 15 per cent Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Contact Energy has reported a 15 percent fall in annual net profit to $239.6 million, from $280.9 million, as wholesale electricity revenues slumped and gas ... |
Study links greenhouse gas to changing ecology of global rangelands AFP - CHICAGO (AFP) ??? Rising carbon dioxide levels are almost certainly fueling the encroachment of shrubs on global grasslands, a trend that could eventually ... |
 Alalam News Network | IAEA publishes nuclear agreement with Iran USA Today - VIENNA (AP) ??? Iran on Monday offered some cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency in its probe of an alleged secret uranium processing ... Iranian plutonium issue solved - IAEA Iran 'resolves' plutonium issue Iran's 'nuclear policy on track' |
Husky Energy Paid Lobbyist $160000 Forbes, NY - AP 08.27.07, 5:13 PM ET Canadian energy producer Husky Energy Inc. paid Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP $160000 to lobby the federal government, ... Honeywell Paid Lobbyist $160000 Hess Paid Lobbyist $320000 |
Alternative energy companies join forces as $250M biorefinery goes up Bizjournals.com, NC - by Ty Young Two Arizona alternative energy outfits are joining forces to commercialize a patented technology to produce biofuel from algae. ... |
Energy prices rebound as traders focus on shrinking gasoline ... International Herald Tribune, France - Energy prices initially sagged Monday after a report on sluggish new-home sales knocked some wind out of Wall Street's run higher and renewed worries about ... Oil Rises, Pulled Higher by Gasoline, on Signs of Supply Drop Reformulated-gasoline rally boosts crude futures US GAS: Futures Drop, Bargain Buyers Help Pare Losses |
VIASPACE Executing on Clean Energy Product Strategy CNNMoney.com - VIASPACE established the VIASPACE Energy business unit to accelerate the growth of its fuel cell humidity sensor product line and direct methanol fuel cell ... |
PRB Energy Presents to the Energy / Oil & Gas Virtual Investor Forum CNNMoney.com - 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PRB Energy, Inc. , a natural gas exploitation and gathering company with development activities in the Rocky Mountain States ... |
Today???s Overview of Leading News & Views ??? 27 August 2007 Israel Hasbara Committee (subscription), NY - Biofuel is any fuel derived from recently living organisms or their byproducts, such as manure from cows. It is a renewable energy, unlike petroleum, ... |
Govt quotes energy study to push nuke deal Times of India, India - Its experts said that nuclear energy was the future because of its advantages over conventional sources of fuel. "Nuclear power will be cheaper than that ... |
Pacific Energy Resources Ltd. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc ... CNNMoney.com - ... the Offeror has acquired ownership and control of 6232307 common shares issued by Pacific Energy Resources Ltd. (the "Company") and warrants carrying ... Natural Gas Partners VIII, LP Reports Under National Instrument 62-103 |
Brussels Pushes Ahead on Energy Reform BusinessWeek - by Renata Goldirova The European Commission is set to push ahead with the idea that production and distribution channels need to be separated in energy ... |
$50000 grant to aid Beckett Point project Peninsula Daily, WA - On Friday, the news came through that a state Department of Ecology grant will help compensate the county for costs of the delay. The project was halted in ... |
Progress Energy CFO to Present at Lehman Brothers Conference CNNMoney.com - 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Progress Energy Chief Financial Officer Peter Scott will participate in the Lehman Brothers CEO Energy/Power Conference on ... Xcel Energy Presentation at Lehman Brothers Conference to Be ... Cameron to Present at Lehman Brothers Conference |
Foolish Forecast: Change at Energy Conversion Devices Motley Fool - By Rich Smith August 27, 2007 Tic-tac-toe, investors want to know: After missing consensus earnings estimates in each of the last two quarters, will Energy ... |
Simpson Tacoma Kraft, Department of Ecology will measure ... Tacoma Daily News, WA - These are the questions the Washington Department of Ecology and Simpson Tacoma Kraft Company, LLC will explore under a new partnership called the ... |
Pacific Energy Resources buys Forest Oil's Alaska assets Bizjournals.com, NC - Denver-based Forest Oil (NYSE: FST) sold the assets to Pacific Energy Resources Ltd. of Long Beach. The assets included subsidiary company Forest Alaska ... Forest Oil Closes Its Previously Announced Sale of Alaska Assets |
World conference on climate changes Makfax, Macedonia - "Climate changes already are harsh reality and massive hindrance to development", said Austrian Ecology Minister Josef Proll at the opening of the gathering ... |
Renewable energy group picks director Bizjournals.com, NC - The Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory on Monday announced David Hiller as the group's first executive director. Hiller is a former staffer to US Sen. ... COLORADO RENEWABLE ENERGY COLLABORATORY ANNOUNCES FIRST EXECUTIVE ... |
US DoE puts up $33.8m to support cellulosic biofuel Biofuel Review, UK - This biofuels effort focuses on production from non-food materials and agricultural waste ??? such as corn stover, switchgrass, and prairie grass. ... |
A Return to Day-ahead Energy Scheduling Computerworld, MA - Before that, a software system predicted how much energy the state needed for each day based on the weather forecast and other criteria. ... IT Retools California's Energy Market |
Display fetes 'mother of ecology' Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia is devoting a display to academy scientist Dr. Ruth Patrick, dubbed "the mother of ecology. ... |
Distributed Energy nails down financing deal Bizjournals.com, NC - Distributed Energy Systems Corp. reports it has closed its funding with Washington DC-based Perseus LLC. Under terms of the previously announced agreement, ... Distributed Energy Systems Completes 2nd Perseus Financing |
Germany's Verbio Mulls EUR 100 M Investment in Bulgaria Sofia News Agency, Bulgaria - Bulgaria: German company Verbio Vereinigte BioEnergie, the biggest biofuels producer in Europe, said on Monday it was considering plans to invest up to EUR ... |
Jatropha Plant Gains Steam In Global Race for Biofuels Truth about Trade & Technology, IA - In late June, oil giant BP PLC said it will invest $90 million in a joint venture with UK-based D1 Oils PLC, a biofuels start-up that's developing jatropha ... |
Universal Energy Corp. Spuds Louisiana Well CNNMoney.com - "It is exciting to tell stockholders such wonderful news," commented Billy Raley, CEO of Universal Energy Corp. Raley continued, "Success for Universal is ... South Sea Energy Announces Acquisition and Appointment of Board Member |
Growing Fuel AutoSpeed, Australia - So can biofuels help to significantly reduce CO2 emissions from motor vehicles? "Use of such fuels could turn out to be a big success, but this won???t ... |
PCs lead in energy wastage Australian IT, Australia - Emissions from ICT account for just 1.52 per cent of the total emissions from energy consumed. "While this percentage may not seem large when compared to ... Technology can lower gas emissions |
Drive for Energy Efficiency Creates Strange Bedfellows Seattle Post Intelligencer - I have a feature story on the front page of Energy Priorities this week about Trojan Battery Company and their record-setting investments in technologies ... |
The Iowa State Fair, America's Energy Future: Better Over a Bushel ... Huffington Post, NY - We have 160000 filling stations and only 1002 with ethanol/biofuel capability ??? Renewed interest and investment in our mass transportation system, ... |
It makes sense to become energy efficient The Age, Australia - Government figures show water heaters are by far the biggest consumers of household energy, accounting for 28 per cent of energy use in the home. ... Garrett's $6.5bn hot water bill |
 China Daily | China to spend $925 million on clean energy Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China will this year launch a fund with 7 billion yuan ($925 million) to spend on energy-saving projects such as efficient lightbulbs as ... China to reform power distribution Sulfur dioxide emission down in 1st half China pays to save energy |
Canadian Stocks Decline, Led by Energy Producers, EnCana Falls Bloomberg - 27 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian stocks fell, led by energy producers, as the price of crude oil declined. The Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index dropped 29.31 ... Canada's S&P/TSX Advances; Energy Companies, EnCana Gain |
Verbio AG to Invest 100 M EUR for a Biofuel Plant in Bulgaria international.news.bg, Bulgaria - The German Verbio AG (Verbio Vereinigte BioEnergie AG) is exploring the opportunities to invest 100 000 000 euro for the construction of biofuel plant in ... |
Acorn Factor, Inc. Germinates Strategic Alternative Energy ... CNNMoney.com - EnerTech Capital has reviewed over 11000 business plans in the alternative energy and cleantech fields since the creation of its first standalone fund in ... |
US Court of Appeals Affirms Air Permit for the Prairie State ... CNNMoney.com - Peabody Energy is the world's largest private-sector coal company, with 2006 sales of 248 million tons of coal and $5.3 billion in revenues. ... Namibia: Electricity From Solid Waste |
VeraSun Energy Names Patty Dickerson Director of Investor Relations CNNMoney.com - 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VeraSun Energy Corporation , one of the nation's largest ethanol producers, today announced that Patty Dickerson has been named ... |
H2Diesel Announces Appointment of Steven F. Gilliland to Board of ... CNNMoney.com - H2Diesel believes its bio-fuel can be used directly for home heating and power generation and also potentially as a motor fuel. The Company further believes ... |
 RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | Kazakhstan halts work at Kashagan oilfield MSNBC - Nurlan Iskakov, Kazakhstan's minister of ecology, said, "We have stopped work (at Kashagan) for three months???We have taken this unprecedented step because ... UPDATE 1-Kazakhstan suspends Kashagan for three months Kazakhstan Halts Oil Field Over Environment Concerns UPDATE 2-Kazakhstan suspends Kashagan oilfield for 3 months |
Distributed Energy Systems Completes 2nd Perseus Financing CNNMoney.com - Distributed Energy Systems also named two Perseus representatives to serve as directors in place of two senior company executives. ... |
Kenya: Energy Reforms Plan Under Way AllAfrica.com, Washington - Kenya is facing a huge energy crisis. With the economy starting to experience fast growth, the country will soon be unable to feed its demand for ... Heat Mining: Energy Underfoot |
 India Infoline.com | GMR Energy bags Himachal hydropower project Economic Times, India - SHIMLA: GMR Energy has been formally awarded a major hydropower project in Himachal Pradesh, after the company paid the state government Rs 820 million as ... GMR bags Bajoli Holi project from HP Govt GMR Infrastructure subsidiary receives 180 MW Bajoli Holi project |
Kenya: Virgin Bid to Use Biofuel Could Boost Energy Sector AllAfrica.com, Washington - The airline has scheduled a test flight on biofuel early in 2008, less than a year since June when Virgin Atlantic owner Richard Branson committed Sh210 ... |
Jatropha plant gains steam in global Checkbiotech.org (press release), Switzerland - (Wall Street Journal) - A hardy, but ugly green shrub thrives in India is being tapped for its energy rich seeds for biofuel production. ... |
How to cut your IT energy costs Rediff, India - US server energy consumption is more than twice what it was in 2000, the EPA's report says, and by 2011, it's expected to nearly double again. ... |
Greenpeace Protests Hong Kong Disneyland's Energy Management CNNMoney.com - HONG KONG (AP)--Environmental activists sneaked into a hotel at Hong Kong Disneyland and swapped light bulbs used in two lobby chandeliers with more energy ... Greenpeace protests Hong Kong Disneyland's poor energy management Green activists change HK Disney hotel's 'wasteful' lightbulbs Greenpeace Changes Hong Kong Hotel Bulbs |
 PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) | Oil prices drop on profit taking International Herald Tribune, France - The US Energy Department said in its weekly report last Wednesday that over the four weeks to Aug. 17 the country's gasoline demand averaged over 9.6 ... Oil steady as tightness in gasoline counters easing crude supply fears Oil sheds gains; holds near $71 on supply worries Gold, crude oil end week on high |
Alternative energy: It's not for everybody Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - I think alternative energy is a grand idea. I have fantasies about my country's deserts (I'm American) being covered by massive solar farms, and my nation's ... |
Stop Congress before it makes another big mess Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Today's fashionable energy alternatives are biofuels (such as ethanol) and windmills. Sure, these can provide some modest percentage of our motor fuel and ... |
Scientists sound alarm as black soil erodes in NE China Daily, China - Studies by the Northeast Institute of Geography and Agro-ecology under the CAS and the Heilongjiang provincial soil retention research institute show the ... |
How to cut energy use without sacrificing San Jose Mercury News, USA - It means saving energy by cutting back on miles driven or turning down the air conditioner a couple of degrees. But it doesn't require drastically altering ... |
Obama on energy for '08 Salon - 27, 2007 | In his two and a half years in the US Senate, Barack Obama has been active -- even hyperactive -- on matters of energy and the environment. ... |
It's not about ecology - it's about gardening Globe and Mail, Canada - But that's less to do with ecology than with gardening: the clearing, the allowance for light, for birds and plants, for a stillness pronounced by the ... |
Presentation shows state of recycling The Olympian, WA - LACEY ??? The Department of Ecology composts 11 tons of leftover lunches ??? right in the building ??? each year and workers take about 5.5 tons of compost to ... |
Wind power a key piece of growth for Duke Energy MLive.com, MI - Duke Energy Corp. plans to use its recently purchased Tierra Energy unit to build a wind-energy division in its unregulated business, seeing an opportunity ... |
Board to discuss Pittsboro Place News & Observer, NC - Lyle Estill, owner of the Piedmont Biofuels plant off Industrial Drive, had filed a protest petition against the development, which would have meant a 4-1 ... |
Mission Biofuels completes plant construction WA Business News (subscription), Australia - Perth-based biodiesel producer Mission Biofuels Ltd has completed construction of its 100000 tonnes per annum Biodiesel Plant at Kuantan Port, Malaysia, ... |
 OIL Marketer | Oil prices fall below US$71 a barrel on profit taking International Herald Tribune, France - The US Energy Department said in its weekly report last Wednesday that over the four weeks to Aug. 17 the country's gasoline demand averaged over 9.6 ... Oil rises as US housing figures boost optimism Oil sheds gains; holds near $71 on supply worries Oil Trades Near One-Week High on Improved US Economic Outlook |
 Aiken Standard (subscription) | Whit Gibbons to teach reptile seminar Aiken Standard (subscription), SC - Whit Gibbons and friends from hte Savannah River Ecology Lab will be the guests of honor in the September installment of the Birds & Butterflies 2007 Nature ... |
Business Goes on an Energy Diet Wall Street Journal - Companies use a big share of the world's energy. Here's how some of them are cutting back. By LEILA ABBOUD and JOHN BIERS Scientists and politicians are ... Sun's eco-czar is a new breed of executive |
Torrens Energy gets $3m geothermal grant The Age, Australia - A South Australian company plans to build new software to help locate geothermal energy sources after receiving a $3 million federal government grant. ... Grant boosts hot rock research in outback SA |
LanzaFuels Biofuels Plant On Hold Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand - LanzaFuels New Zealand Limited today announced that it has put its plans for local biofuels production plant on hold. LanzaFuels has been investigating the ... |
Heat Mining: Energy Underfoot BusinessWeek - by Vaughan Scully From Standard & Poor's Equity Research Many are in love with the idea of alternative energy. But there's yet to be an economical ... It can really make us powerful |
Effects of the Biofuel Boom BusinessWeek - And as more acreage is being planted with sugar cane, corn, and soybeans to make biofuels, other crops are being displaced, decreasing their supply and ... |
Blix backs nuclear energy ABC Online, Australia - Former chief United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix says more energy should come from nuclear sources to help reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. ... |