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Tuesday 11 March 2008
 RTT News | GE's Energy Bet Forbes, NY - The company announced Tuesday that it is shifting $5 billion into its GE Energy Financial Services unit over the next two years, to be earmarked for ... GE unit to invest US$5 billion overseas to meet energy demand GE Energy Financial Servies to invest $5 billion outside US by end ... GE to spend $5B in emerging markets |
 Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier | Clinton, Obama on Energy Legislation The Associated Press - WASHINGTON (AP) ??? Hillary Rodham Clinton has challenged rival Barack Obama on his record on energy policy, prompting Obama's campaign to counter that it was ... Hillary Clinton hits Barack Obama over energy policy |
Biofuels maker says airlines worried about survival, not CO2 Reuters UK, UK - Last month, a Virgin Atlantic jumbo jet flew from London to Amsterdam powered partly by biofuel. It was the world's first such commercial flight. ... |
 News & Observer | Progress Energy Files Plans For Florida Nuclear Plant Wall Street Journal - AP Progress Energy Inc. needs to build a nuclear plant in Florida at an estimated price of $17 billion to meet the growing demand for electricity, ... Progress Energy unveils $17B nuclear project Progress Energy applies to build two nuclear units Progress Energy Seeks Approval For Nuclear Power Plant |
Report: Clean energy growing rapidly Silicon Valley / San Jose ... Bizjournals.com, NC - Biofuels are the second largest sector, and growing faster than wind power. Wholesale sales of biofuels reached $25.4 billion in 2007, and are projected to ... CleanEdge report: Clean energy market expected to triple Renewables market seen topping $250 bln by 2017 Clean Tech Big Three Shoot Past $20B |
Brazil Petrobras, KiOR Sign Second-Generation Biofuel Accord CNNMoney.com - "Second generation biofuels don't compete with foodstuff plants," Petrobras said. The company's Cenpes research center has been studying the production of ... |
BioFuel Reports Year End Results Earthtimes, UK - DENVER, March 11 -- BIOFUEL ENERGY CORP. , a development stage ethanol production company, today announced its year end results. For the three months ended ... |
UN rights expert warns of risks of biofuels Swissinfo, Switzerland - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food says the production of biofuels violates basic human rights. Switzerland's Jean Ziegler said more ... Conflict of Interest: UN's Jean Ziegler made country visits to ... UN rapporteur: US embargo a major threat to human rights in Cuba |
 Daily Nation | Bamburi opts for biofuel use Daily Nation, Kenya - Cement manufacturer, Lafarge Group, will invest Sh1.4 billion across its East African operations to reduce carbon emissions over the next two years. ... |
Biofuels conference set for UA-Monticello Pine Bluff Commercial, AR - MONTICELLO, Ark. - A conference on biofuels is scheduled for later this month at the University of Arkansas at Monticello to provide a way for community ... |
Ecostore makes breakthrough in Australia New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Made for the ecology-conscious consumer, 'ecostore' laundry powder has gained a foothold in Australia's largest supermarket chain, Woolworths. ecostore ... |
 The Money Times | Energy Sector Roundup: Gas Prices Pumped Houston Chronicle, United States - 2008 AP NEW YORK ??? Following is a summary of top stories in the energy sector Tuesday afternoon. The Energy Department raised its forecast for the price of ... Oil ends at new high of $108.75; hits $109.72 earlier Oil price sets another record Gas Prices Rise to New National Record |
 The Associated Press | Obama Backs Green Energy in Pennsylvania The Associated Press - Obama repeated his call to spend $150 billion over 10 years to create "a green energy sector." He said it would "create up to 5 million new jobs, ... |
IBTI boosts biofuels training Ethanol Producer Magazine, ND - By Susanne Retka Schill A new biofuels training consortium aims to meet the demand for new ???green collar??? jobs, expected to reach more than 240000 full-time ... |
RTT News | GE unit to invest US$5 billion overseas to meet energy demand The Canadian Press, Conn. - GE Energy Financial Services will invest $5 billion outside the US in an expansion designed to meet rising global energy demand by the end of 2010. ... GE Energy Financial Servies to invest $5 billion outside US by end ... GE Energy Financial To Invest US$5 Bln Outside US By 2010 - Update GE to spend $5B in emerging markets |
 Earthtimes | Panda Energy to build power plant in Sherman Bizjournals.com, NC - Panda Energy Inc. said it will build, own and operate a 500-megawatt combined-cycle power plant in Sherman. Dallas-based Panda Energy said the natural ... Panda Energy to build natural gas fueled power plant in Sherman UPDATE 2-Panda seeks to build 500 MW natgas plant in Texas SUEZ Energy Resources NA Joins Texas Electricity Professionals ... |
 China Daily | UPDATE 2-China reshuffles energy sector, little change seen Reuters UK, UK - By Aizhu Chen and Emma Graham-Harrison BEIJING, March 11 (Reuters) - China on Tuesday unveiled a long-awaited reshuffle of its energy sector, setting up two ... China announces overhaul of energy agencies, management China sets up Energy Commission, also keeps bureau China sets up energy commission, also keeps bureau |
High Growth Reported for the World Biofuels Market Market Wire (press release) - Demand for biofuels will expand almost 20 percent per year through 2011 to 92 million metric tons, despite recent concerns about the impact of biofuels on ... BBI Biofuels Canada: Minister Lyle Stewart to Speak at the ... |
Danube water transport can be green - government, industry and ... MTI (sajt??k??zlem??nyek), Hungary - ... navigation, ecology, spatial planning, tourism and economics; and other stakeholders such as environmental NGOs and the private sector. ... |
 Calgary Herald | Rio says Energy America sale to start end April Reuters - L: Quote, Profile, Research) is set to kick off the sale of its Energy America unit around the end of April, the head of Rio's energy division said on ... Rio Energy unit sees strong 2008 profits Reuters Summit-Rio Tinto aims to double uranium output |
Biofuel makers cook up ideas for jets Dallas Morning News, TX - "With biofuels, the feedstocks issue is pretty daunting," explained retired Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, who once directed the Navy's research efforts in ... |
 Citizen | Oil prices surge on energy watchdog report Financial Times, UK - By Javier Blas in London Crude oil prices on Tuesday surged to a fresh all-time high near $110 a barrel as the International Energy Agency, the western ... International Energy Agency predicts continued high demand for oil ... Global Demand to Support Oil Prices China's oil reserve build-up adds to global demand |
 BBC News | Biofuels Tax Break in UK May Be Scrapped by Darling (Update1) Bloomberg - The government instead will rely on existing plans to require gasoline and diesel fuel to include 5 percent biofuel by 2010. ... Darling plans Labour's greenest budget yet |
Halifax boy wins prize for essay on ecology ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - By PAT LEE Staff Reporter According to his mom, Jack Nielsen is a conscientious environmentalist, always after them at home to do better on the recycling ... |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Property renovation: It's enough to drive you batty Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - It's vital to assess the ecology of a development first. Putting up bat boxes and creating a roof void big enough for bats costs less if done at the right ... |
 Mirror.co.uk | Floods in 2007 'not due to global warming' Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - But the report from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology says that although it was "remarkable in its extent and severity", statistically it could happen ... Climate change not behind 2007 floods Experts deny link between floods and global warming 2007 floods 'no link to climate' |
Rising Food Prices? Let Them Eat Biofuel Arab News, Saudi Arabia - Drought, high oil prices, population increases and the use of arable land to feed the biofuel industry have combined to produce a global food crisis. ... |
Biofuels pioneer vents fury at City as he quits Guardian, UK - Karl Watkin, founder of the biofuels pioneer D1 Oils, yesterday announced his departure from the company with a verbal broadside against governments, ... D1 Oils founder quits with attack on City Watkin goes down in biofuelled flames D1 Oils chief leaves with broadside |