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Monday 27 April 2009

Obama Vows Big Outlays for Research - New York Times


BBC News
Obama Vows Big Outlays for Research
New York Times, United States
Mr. Obama's plan includes fulfilling commitments dating from the Bush administration to double the budgets of the National Science Foundation, the science office of the Department of Energy and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. ...
Obama promises major investment in science The Associated Press
Obama Pledges Major Investment in Scientific Research Voice of America
Obama vows to increase US research spending to 3% of GDP Computerworld
CQPolitics.com - msnbc.com
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Scientist at Work: Anna Dornhaus - New York Times


New York Times
Scientist at Work: Anna Dornhaus
New York Times, United States
To understand what is really going on in a colony of ants or bees, Dr. Dornhaus, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona, tracks the little creatures individually ??? hence the paint and the numbers. ...
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Husky Energy 1Q Net Dn On Lower Output, Prices >HSE.T - Wall Street Journal


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Husky Energy 1Q Net Dn On Lower Output, Prices >HSE.T
Wall Street Journal
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.T) said its first-quarter earnings fell, hurt by reduced global economic activity that has directly impacted commodity prices and the demand for energy. The oil and gas company had net income of C$328 million, down from C$888 ...
Husky Energy profit shrinks Globe and Mail
Earnings drop 63% at Husky Energy Calgary Herald
Husky Energy Reports 2009 First Quarter Results SYS-CON Media (press release)
MarketWatch (press release) - Reuters
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Southwestern Energy swings to loss - MarketWatch


Southwestern Energy swings to loss
MarketWatch
Southwestern Energy shares fell 2.8% to close at $33.47 ahead of the report. We welcome your thoughts, stories and information related to this article. Please stay on topic and be respectful of others. Any inappropriate posts will be removed and may ...
Southwestern Energy posts loss in 1Q Forbes
Southwestern Energy slips to loss in Q1 - Quick Facts RTT News
Southwestern Energy Announces First Quarter 2009 Financial and ... MarketWatch (press release)
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Oil Declines for First Time in a Week on Concern Over Swine Flu - Bloomberg


Straits Times
Oil Declines for First Time in a Week on Concern Over Swine Flu
Bloomberg
???It would be bad for the economy if the swine flu were to impact the travel and tourism sectors,??? said Michael Fitzpatrick, a vice president for energy at MF Global Ltd. in New York. ???There's been an overreaction to the outbreak. ...
Oil falls below $49 amid uncertain outlook The Associated Press
Oil falls on worries swine flu may halt economic recovery MarketWatch
Oil falls 3% on flu outbreak CNNMoney.com
Stock Watch - Commodity Online
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California Adopts Low-Carbon Fuel Standard - Transport Topics Online


California Adopts Low-Carbon Fuel Standard
Transport Topics Online, Virginia
CARB said that to produce the more than 1.5 billion gallons of biofuels that will be needed, more than 25 new biofuel facilities will have to be built, creating more than 3000 new jobs, mostly in the state's rural areas. Production of fuels within the ...
California rules to reduce fuel emissions 10% by 2020 Energy Efficiency News
California Wants 20% cut in transport pollution Fair Home
Ethanol Standards Take Bite From Corn Wall Street Journal
CanadianDriver - TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk
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US Small-Caps Lower As Fincl,Energy Cos Pace Declines - Wall Street Journal


US Small-Caps Lower As Fincl,Energy Cos Pace Declines
Wall Street Journal
Energy and materials companies were also lower as further spread of the disease could affect demand globally. Decliners included Bristow Group (NYSE), down 1.65, or 7.1%, at 21.61, and RTI International Metals (NYSE), which slid 1.20, or 7.5%, ...
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Swine Flu and Meat Industry - Institute for Public Accuracy (press release)


Times Online
Swine Flu and Meat Industry
Institute for Public Accuracy (press release), DC
Davis' other books include "City of Quartz," "Ecology of Fear," "In Praise of Barbarians" and "Planet of Slums." His most recent piece states: "The Mexican swine flu, a genetic chimera probably conceived in the fecal mire of an industrial pigsty, ...
Video: Prepared for swine flu WLUK
Q & A with Rob Dorit: the Lowdown on Swine Flu Smith College Gr??court Gate
The swine flu crisis lays bare the meat industry's monstrous power guardian.co.uk
DigitalJournal.com - Huffington Post
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Web Extra ??? Biofuel created out of Duke Point - Ladysmith Chronicle


Web Extra ??? Biofuel created out of Duke Point
Ladysmith Chronicle, Canada
Kris Obrigewitsch, vice-president of corporate development, ICC, said the company has been working on liquid biofuels for the past several years. ???The funding from the BC government is a real big shot in the arm for us. It's going to allow us to take ...
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U to host international biofuels seminar - Minnesota Daily


U to host international biofuels seminar
Minnesota Daily, MN
Helena Chum, a research fellow in the Renewable Fuels and Vehicle Systems Directorate at the US Department of Energy , will speak about advanced biofuels and efforts between the United States and Brazil to collaborate, according to a release. ...
A&WMA Schedules Biofuels Webinar EP Magazine
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UK biofuels target increased carbon emissions - study - African Energy News Review


UK biofuels target increased carbon emissions - study
African Energy News Review, South Africa
A new study suggests that the UK government's scheme to introduce biofuels as a way to cut carbon emissions from road transport has led to extra emissions equivalent to putting 500 000 more cars on the road. The study by environmental watchdog group ...
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Algae to biofuel technology hits the media - Checkbiotech.org (press release)


Algae to biofuel technology hits the media
Checkbiotech.org (press release), Switzerland
... Mr Eckelberry explained OriginOil's inherently eco-friendly production process by elaborating that nothing goes unused in an algae production system ??? that is, the process not only purifies dirty water, digests carbon dioxide and produces a biofuel ...
originoil Annouces One-Step Algae Harvesting Method SustainableBusiness.com
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FERC chairman sees himself leading us march toward energy efficiency - New York Times


FERC chairman sees himself leading us march toward energy efficiency
New York Times, United States
When he first joined the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 2006, the lights in his office suite were considered a very efficient system, state of the art when installed a dozen years earlier. But they still were not efficient enough for him. ...
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Atlas America, Atlas Energy Announce Merger - Update - RTT News


Atlas America, Atlas Energy Announce Merger - Update
RTT News, NY
(RTTNews) - Fossil-fuel producers Atlas America Inc. (ATLS: News ) and Atlas Energy Resources LLC (ATN) announced Monday the signing of a definitive merger agreement, under which a newly formed subsidiary of Atlas America would merge into Atlas Energy, ...
Atlas Energy Resources, LLC Investor Investigation PRLog.Org (press release)
Atlas America to Merge with Atlas Energy Resources Comtex Smartrend
Atlas America, Atlas Energy sign final merger agreement Trading Markets (press release)
Bizjournals.com - Forbes
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Jay's Take: Schools Need Energy More than Experience - Washington Post


Jay's Take: Schools Need Energy More than Experience
Washington Post, United States
Such principals pick new teachers not so much on their experience, but on their energy and focus and imagination. The data show that after the one or two tough initial years in the classroom, when teacher effectiveness in general is not very good, ...
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Feds, Mayors Group Announce Plans for Clean Cities - Reuters


Feds, Mayors Group Announce Plans for Clean Cities
Reuters
Among the technologies that can be funded are anything from natural gas and biofuels to plug-in hybrid and fuel-cell power sources for a range of vehicles. Some of the funds can also be applied to public awareness and training programs around ...
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AP Moller-Maersk And Boeing May Partner on Biofuels - World Energy Alternatives News


AP Moller-Maersk And Boeing May Partner on Biofuels
World Energy Alternatives News, MA
This week, Germany passed its biofuels law with revised tax and blending mandate... AE Biofuels has signed a strategic agreement to supply biofuels to Pearson Fuels... The US House Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on RFS on May 6 to review. ...
Moller-Maersk and Boeing working together on biofuels bunkerworld (subscription)
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Building Sector Needs to Reduce Energy Use 60% by 2050 - Environmental Leader


Environmental Leader
Building Sector Needs to Reduce Energy Use 60% by 2050
Environmental Leader, CO
A new study on energy efficiency in buildings (EEB) indicates that the global building sector needs to cut energy consumption in buildings 60 percent by 2050 to help meet global climate change targets. According to The World Business Council for ...
Builders Urge Green Building Subsidies Greentech Media
Skanska-Sponsored Global Study Shows That Energy Use in Buildings ... Business Wire (press release)
Building must change to meet energy targets Builder and Engineer
Mother Nature Network - EurActiv
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University of Michigan dean joins science council - Chicago Tribune


University of Michigan dean joins science council
Chicago Tribune, United States
She is a widely recognized expert in climate-change science and ecology who heads the Ann Arbor university's School of Natural Resources and Environment. Bierbaum holds a doctorate in evolutionary biology and ecology. She served as associate director ...
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Homeland Security Capital subsidiary opens new office - Bizjournals.com


Homeland Security Capital subsidiary opens new office
Bizjournals.com, NC
Safety and Ecology Corp. has opened a new office near Pittsburgh to develop services with new and existing industrial and private sector clients. The subsidiary of Arlington-based Homeland Security Capital Corp. removes hazardous nuclear materials for ...
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Bright Future With Solar Lanterns For India's Poor - Science Daily (press release)


Bright Future With Solar Lanterns For India's Poor
Science Daily (press release)
Their study, looking at the benefits of solar lanterns on the livelihoods of village communities in Western India, as well as sustainable use of the environment, has just been published online in Springer's journal Human Ecology. ...
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An Open Letter to President Obama on Biofuels - RenewableEnergyWorld.com


An Open Letter to President Obama on Biofuels
RenewableEnergyWorld.com, NH
by Ben Thorp, Butch Johnson and Masood Akhtar Many individuals, universities and companies have been working diligently to help create renewable biofuels to meet the strategic needs of our country. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the ...
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Beyond Fossil Fuels: Sanjay Pingle on Biofuels - Scientific American


Scientific American
Beyond Fossil Fuels: Sanjay Pingle on Biofuels
Scientific American
What technical obstacles currently most curtail the growth of biofuels? What are the prospects for overcoming them in the near future and the longer-term? For plant oil???based biofuels, such as jatropha, the main obstacle is the lack of research and ...
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A key energy industry nervously awaits its 'rebirth' - New York Times


A key energy industry nervously awaits its 'rebirth'
New York Times, United States
By PETER BEHR, ClimateWire One of the biggest question marks in the nation's energy and climate policy is the future of nuclear power. In the past, the United States has made a major commitment to it. The US nuclear power industry is the world's ...
Congressman Joe L. Barton, NRC Chairman Dale Klein to Deliver ... Business Wire (press release)
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Class on 'Coral Reef Ecology, Littoral Zone, Marine Invertebrates' - Honolulu Advertiser


Class on 'Coral Reef Ecology, Littoral Zone, Marine Invertebrates'
Honolulu Advertiser, HI
MA'ALAEA, HI -- The public is invited to enroll in a two-day class on "Coral Reef Ecology, the Littoral Zone and Marine Invertebrates" that will be offered by the non-profit Pacific Whale Foundation on June 6 and 7. The class will take place at Pacific ...
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Norfolk Southern lays off 13 at WVa yard - Daily Press


Norfolk Southern lays off 13 at WVa yard
Daily Press, VA
By AP WILLIAMSON, W.Va. - With railroad traffic slowed by the ailing economy, Virginia-based Norfolk Southern Corp. has laid off 13 employees at its rail yard in Williamson. Spokesman Robin Chapman said Monday the workers will be indefinitely ...
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Research and Markets: An Introduction to Mathematical Models in ... - Business Wire (press release)


Research and Markets: An Introduction to Mathematical Models in ...
Business Wire (press release), CA
This book is a first step to addressing these difficulties, providing a broad introduction to the key methods and underlying concepts of mathematical models in ecology and evolution. The book is intended to serve the needs of undergraduate and ...
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DARPA looks into biofuel for jets - Renewable Energy Focus


DARPA looks into biofuel for jets
Renewable Energy Focus, UK
A research programme at the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking into biofuel for US military jets. In an effort to reduce the military's reliance on imported oil, DARPA is exploring ways to convert so-called ???yellow grease ...
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American Ecology Recognized by Norfolk Southern Corporation for ... - Market Wire (press release)


American Ecology Recognized by Norfolk Southern Corporation for ...
Market Wire (press release)
BOISE, ID--(Marketwire - April 27, 2009) - American Ecology Corporation ( NASDAQ : ECOL) announced today that it is a recipient of Norfolk Southern Corporation's Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award for 2008, based on its excellent safety record in ...
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Washington State Seeks Public Help to Clean Puget Sound - Environment News Service


Environment News Service
Washington State Seeks Public Help to Clean Puget Sound
Environment News Service
OLYMPIA, Washington, April 27, 2009 (ENS) - Carrying millions of pounds of toxic contaminants each year, stormwater is the biggest urban water quality threat in the rainy state of Washington, the state Department of Ecology has determined. ...
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The Journal Report - Wall Street Journal


Wall Street Journal
The Journal Report
Wall Street Journal
WSJ: A lot of people seem to have given up on biofuels, thinking that low oil and gas prices make them less competitive, and it's still very difficult to mass-produce them. Yet in February BP invested in a $45 million venture with Verenium to build a ...
Fuel for Thought: BP talks down electric vehicles Wall Street Journal Blogs
BP US Pres Sees 'Parallels' Between Challenges In US, Russia Wall Street Journal
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Braddock Businessmen Hitch Wagon to Biofuels - istockAnalyst.com (press release)


Braddock Businessmen Hitch Wagon to Biofuels
istockAnalyst.com (press release), OR
Apr. 26--The added parts near the engine don't look like much -- a tank here, some heated fuel lines there -- but they have become a way of life for Colin Huwyler and Dave Rosenstraus. The two men behind Fossil Free Fuel in Braddock estimate their ...
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