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Friday 22 May 2009
Sunshine fuels algae blooms in state's fresh and marine waters Access Washington, WA The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) and many other jurisdictions are currently monitoring algae concentrations in waters across the state. Blooms are occurring right now in Anderson Lake and Lake Leland in Jefferson County, and in Waughop ... |
 Washington Post | Oil gains on dollar weakness CNNMoney.com Report showing China's demand for energy recovering also boosts prices. By Catherine Clifford, CNNMoney.com staff writer A bad economy and crumbling auto sales have created absurdly low prices for some truly great American cars. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) ... NYMEX-Crude near even in pre-holiday trade Crude Oil: Is the Bull Market In Black Gold Back? OPEC Poised to Stay the Course |
 Globe and Mail | International Energy Agency warns that investment cutbacks could ... Los Angeles Times, CA PARIS (AP) ??? Oil prices may return to "significantly higher" levels because companies have cut investment in the new production needed to match demand from fast-growing China and India, the International Energy Agency's chief economist said Friday. ... A stake through the heart of energy vampires IEA forecasts first electricity use decline since 1945 Global electricity demand expected to decline for first time since ... |
 Scientific American | Energy Star for Servers: Not Nearly Good Enough Reuters By Preston Gralla - Preston Gralla There's good news and bad news about the just-released Energy Star ratings for servers. The good news is that it exists. The bad news is that it doesn't go nearly far enough. The new EPA Energy Star program requires ... Seven Key Requirements for Servers to Earn the Energy Star Label EPA releases Energy Star server specification Energy Star for servers is merely a first step |
 New York Times | House panels will make haste on climate bill, Hoyer says New York Times, United States By DARREN SAMUELSOHN, Greenwire Expect another fast-paced month of committee action on a sweeping global warming and energy bill ahead of possible floor debate in late June or early July, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said today. ... Welch Hails Alternative Energy Bill Energy bill to combat climate change takes a leap forward Matheson sides with GOP on energy bill |
Climate bill amendment widens FERC enforcement power New York Times, United States By PETER BEHR, Greenwire An amendment to the House climate bill would vastly expand the enforcement power of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to cover manipulation not only in new climate emissions markets but across the entire range of FERC's ... Federal agency approves Exelon bid for NRG Energy FERC Authorizes Acquisition Of NRG Energy By Exelon Exelon receives FERC approval for hostile NRG bid |
 Washington Post | Carbon Emissions Down Thanks to Less Coal, Petroleum Reuters According to the Department of Energy, the economy grew by 1.1 percent, but emissions dropped by 2.8 percent. High gas prices during the summer convinced drivers to stay home or use mass transit more frequently, as tailpipe emissions sank 6 percent. ... US Carbon Emissions Fall by Most Since '82 This week in Congress: Republican energy amendment rejected Like economy, greenhouse emissions fell in '08 |
Research: Microbes are an option for ethanol, other biofuels Biomass Magazine, ND By Lisa Gibson Microbes may be a big player in the development of renewable fuels from cellulosic materials, researchers say, and experiments are being conducted into how they can be used to convert sugars to ethanol and mixed-generation fuels. ... |
Proposed biofuel refinery would reuse landfill waste The Marshall Democrat-News, MO By GEOFF RANDS/Staff writer Editor's note: This story is the fifth in a series examining the processes and products of a proposed biofuel refinery that may locate in Saline County. Attendees at the Saline Green Project town hall meeting Saturday, ... |
Miscanthus for biofuels sprouts up in Kentucky Biomass Magazine, ND By Lisa Gibson Kentucky saw its first biofuel Miscanthus planting last week, a 300-acre field in a nursery that will yield rhizomes for 6000 acres next year. Midwestern Biofuels is looking for farmers in a 50-mile radius of South Shore, Ky.,???into Ohio ... |
PHILLIPS BIOFUELS ANNOUNCES THE CREATION OF A BIOFUELS MARKETING ... Earthtoys (press release) Phillips BioFuels will provide biodiesel specific information to AltEnergyMag.com, The Alternative Energy Magazine, as AltEnergyMag continues to build the biofuels segment of their website. Phillips BioFuels today announced the creation of a biofuels ... Baystate Biofuels will open biodiesel terminal 1 week to go to Biofuels International expo & conference 2009 China Buys 27% of US Soybean Export in Past Week |
AMEC to work on Range Fuels biofuel plant EnergyCurrent, TX SOPERTON, GEORGIA: Engineering and project management company AMEC has been selected by Range Fuels, Inc. to help deliver its first commercial-scale cellulosic biofuels plant, located near Soperton, Georgia. AMEC is providing engineering and ... |
 Examiner.com | Duke Energy unit buys Pennsylvania wind farm Bizjournals.com, NC Duke Energy Generation Services is acquiring its first wind-power farm in the eastern United States, a 70-megawatt facility 95 miles north of Pittsburgh. DEGS is an unregulated subsidiary of Charlotte, NC-based Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE:DUK). ... Is Nuclear Power Renewable Energy? Duke Energy to acquire Pennsylvania wind farm Duke Energy gains on wind-power deal |
Biofuel groups raise concern about indirect land-use change SmartBrief, DC The US government could cripple the biofuel sector if it decides to include indirect land-use change in formulas that calculate and compare the amount of biofuel-related greenhouse gases with emissions from petroleum abroad, representatives from Growth ... |
Submitted by Tim Hanlon on Friday May 22, @04:34AM Slashdot Tim Hanlon writes "Biofuels continue to steal the spotlight when it comes to the search for a renewable, environmentally friendly replacement for crude oil. While that's understandable when considering the transport industry, crude oil is also used in ... |
Yingly Green Energy loses $21 million in quarter MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Yingly Green Energy Holding Co. /quotes/comstock/13*!yge/quotes/nls/yge (YGE 9.35, -0.76, -7.52%) on Friday said it lost $21 million, or 16 cents a share in its first quarter. Adjusted loss for the period totaled 9 cents a ... Yingli Green Energy reports 1st-quarter loss Yingli Green Energy Posts 1Q Loss; Cuts Sales View Yingli Green Energy Holding slips to loss in Q1 - Quick Facts |
Ethanol backers see risk in EPA fuel-study plan Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR BY ALAN BJERGA BLOOMBERG NEWS A US Environmental Protection Agency plan for measuring a biofuel's effects on land cultivation would curb investment in ethanol, industry representatives said at a congressional hearing Thursday. ... Grassley, Harkin worry about ethanol's future Ethanol industry testifies against indirect land use change at ... Ethanol Industry Testifies on Carbon Fuel Standards |
New campus focuses on ecology, environment The Southern, IL Participants will work with SIUC graduate students and local teachers to learn about ecology and their environment by experimenting, playing games, and doing all sorts of interesting activities, camp organizers say. Registration, which is on a ... |
 New York Times | Lawmakers seek greater benefits from clean energy projects Las Vegas Sun, NV The Renewable Energy Permitting Act, sponsored by Sens. Harry Reid and John Ensign, Reps. Dean Heller, Shelley Berkeley and Dina Titus, would set aside a portion of the rental fees that solar and wind companies pay to the federal government for the use ... Ernst & Young Release Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices Energy companies to Obama: Break loan logjam Vilas Baburao Muttemwar, 60 MoS (Independent Charge) of New and ... |
Country Ecology: Magnolia warbler Conway Daily Sun (subscription), NH Dave Eastman also broadcasts ???Country Ecology??? four times weekly over WMWV 93.5 fm. As Vice President of the Lakes Region Chapter/ASNH, he welcomes you to monthly programs at the Loon Center in Moultonborough. Contact him at: cebirdman@hotmail.com. |
 Earthtimes (press release) | 2nd APS solar plant may surpass target set for green energy Arizona Republic, AZ 22, 2009 12:00 AM Arizona Public Service Co. is teaming with a defense company and private-equity firm to build another solar-power plant west of Phoenix that could help it surpass state-imposed alternative-energy requirements. The $1.5 billion plant, ... Solar energy comes home at last Arizona utility plans new solar thermal plant Starwood, Lockheed team up to provide solar thermal power to ... |
Ecology fines Ritzville landowner for burning ties Ritzville Adams County Journal, WA The Washington Department of Ecology issued $610163 in penalties of $1000 or more in the first three months of 2009. Ecology fined John E. Edward Jr. and Betty J. Faure of Ritzville $3000 on March 10 for burning railroad ties near Ritzville in November ... |
 Chicago Tribune | Governor Gregoire Calls for Reducing Greenhouse Gases KNDO/KNDU, WA Department of Ecology leaders say greenhouse gases are having a drastic affect on the environment, and now Governor Gregoire has signed an executive order to do something about it. The order the Governor signed Thursday includes aspects of a climate ... In the News: Gregoire in Charge Gregoire orders state agencies to cut greenhouse-gas emissions Chris Gregoire asks Legislature then goes around it |
 Voice of America | Which Is Better???Biofuels or Bioelectricity? BusinessWeek By Darren Quick Running vehicles on biofuels such as ethanol reduces CO2 emissions and offers a way to lessen the world's reliance on oil. While this sounds great from an environmental perspective, the energy required to produce the biofuel and the ... Study Finds Biomass Electricity Tops Corn-Based Ethanol as ... Greater Transportation Energy and GHG Offsets from Bioelectricity ... |
Grassley Introduces Companion to Peterson's Bill to Protect ... Hoosier Ag Today, IN The bill would ensure the biofuels industry isn't penalized for the Environmental Protection Agency's use of non-scientific data when determining greenhouse gas emissions. Grassley says he'll bring the issue up every chance he gets, calling it obvious ... |
 New York Daily News | Gov. Palin vetoes $28M in federal stimulus money The Associated Press Sarah Palin on Thursday became the only governor to turn down federal stimulus money for energy efficiency, a move that legislators called "disappointing" for a state with some of the country's highest energy costs. In announcing the veto of $28.6 ... Palin rejects energy stimulus money from feds Gov. Palin vetoes $28M in federal stimulus money Palin signs budget bills; includes stimulus veto |
Ecology fines Snoqualmie for wastewater violations Seattle Post Intelligencer The state Department of Ecology has fined the city of Snoqualmie $24500 for violating clean-water standards at its wastewater treatment plant. Ecology officials say the city didn't promptly tell the agency of problems that began in December and ... Snoqualmie fined for Wastewater Treatment Plant Violations |
Ethanol industry sees havoc in land-use formula Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US biofuels industry would be hamstrung if government regulators choose to use unfair and untested formulas that hold it responsible for greenhouse gases from crops overseas, ethanol groups said on Thursday. ... Ethanol Industry Reps Concerned By Land-Use Provisions Ethanol backers see risk in EPA fuel-study plan Grassley, Harkin worry about ethanol's future |