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Wednesday 4 June 2008
Africa: Is Biofuel The Continent's New Oil? AllAfrica.com, Washington - African governments are increasingly looking to biofuel as a viable way to do this. According to Njeri Wamukonya, an energy expert with the UN Environment ... New Research Report from Energy Business Reports Discusses Biomass ... |
 New York Daily News | Beyond gasoline: Prices surge for oil-based goods Christian Science Monitor, MA - By Ron Scherer | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor New York - Besides gasoline, the Department of Energy calculates, there are 57 major uses of ... Oil, Gasoline Fall After US Fuel Supplies Rise, Demand Drops Oil price drop continues as US stocks swell Oil prices ease on gasoline supply boost |
 HispanicBusiness.com | Chairman Bernanke Delivers Remarks at Harvard University Washington Post, United States - I will focus my remarks today on two economic issues that challenged us in the 1970s and that still do so today--energy and productivity. ... Bernanke Says Rise in Price Expectations a `Concern' (Update4) Bernanke Links Education to Economic Equality Bernanke sees little sign of 1970s-style wage-price spiral UPDATE |
 HispanicBusiness.com | High oil trade margins could weed out speculators Reuters - "If they took it to 20 or 30 percent, you would have a shakeout," John Olson, co-founder of the Houston Energy Partners hedge fund, told the Reuters Global ... ATA Applauds CFTC Energy Market Initiatives Greenberger's Testimony: I-Banks Control the Energy Market Regulator commits to tracking futures volatility |
 The Associated Press | Puffin population declines off Scotland The Associated Press - ... feeding grounds as climate change reduces the plankton available in the North Sea, said Mike Harris of Britain's Center for Ecology and Hydrology. ... Puffin numbers plummet in UK's biggest colony Decline at biggest UK puffin site Report: puffin population declines on main Scottish breeding ground |
 PRESS TV | DTE Energy Chairman Applauds DOE Filing of Yucca Mountain License Earthtimes (press release), UK - DETROIT , June 4 -- The Department of Energy yesterday submitted its license application for the long-planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in ... US seeks the go-ahead for Nevada nuclear dump Energy Dept. files to build repository Energy Department moves ahead with its Yucca plan |
 Business Wire (press release) | Air New Zealand to test new biofuel Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Air New Zealand will become the first airline in the world to test second-generation biofuel when a jumbo jet takes to the sky this year powered by the oily ... Air NZ goes nuts for experimental biofuel Air NZ to Use One Million Barrels of Biofuel Annually by 2013 Jatropha plant's oil studied as biofuel for jets |
Air NZ embracing biofuels TVNZ, New Zealand - Air New Zealand is being held up as a world leader in its willingness to embrace biofuels. It is using International Environment Day to announce it plans to ... |
Feds approve $4 million in SoCal energy settlements San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Federal energy officials say they have approved more than $4 million in settlements over losses sustained in Southern California during the state's ... |
 Christian Science Monitor | The race for nonfood biofuel Christian Science Monitor, MA - High gas prices and politics push companies toward the ???holy grail??? of biofuel: cellulosic ethanol. Reporter Mark Clayton discusses the benefits of ... |
 Javno.hr | The biofuel solution guardian.co.uk, UK - It hasn't been a great year for biofuels so far. They had been sold as the solution - or at least one significant solution - to the problem of peak oil and ... Gas tank vs. dinner table: Impact of biofuels on global hunger ... Biofuels under fire at summit; agreement unlikely US, Brazil, other countries battle over biofuels at UN food summit |
Another spill at Teck Comino Eastern Washington Statesmen Examiner, WA - The Washington Department of Ecology was notified of the spill shortly after midnight. Teck Cominco officials said that the Columbia River, which is free ... |
New Generation Biofuels Holdings inks first sales contract EnergyCurrent, TX - HOUSTON, TEXAS: New Generation Biofuels Holdings, Inc. has entered into its inaugural biofuels sales contract with a subsidiary of Dynegy Inc. The contract ... |
 Earthtimes (press release) | HP in solar energy system deal Bizjournals.com, NC - Hewlett-Packard Co. and Xtreme Energetics said Wednesday they're cooperating on a solar energy system designed to generate electricity "at twice the ... HP, Xtreme Energetics agree to develop solar energy system - Update HP Licenses Transistor Tech To Xtreme Energetics Transparent transistors to boost solar cell efficiency |
Water users can tap cost-sharing program Omak Okanogan County Chronicle, WA - ... program to install metering devices and voluntarily report their diversions from the Columbia River, according to the state Department of Ecology. ... |
The truth about water wars Grand Coulee Star, WA - The state Dept. of Ecology is accepting comments on plans to push a little more water out of Lake Roosevelt for towns, industry, farmers and fish. ... |
 The Tech Herald | Biofuels under fire at summit; agreement unlikely MarketWatch - By Moming Zhou, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Biofuels came under heavy attack at the United Nations food summit from countries increasingly ... US, Brazil clash over biofuels while Amazon rainforest dwindles US doubts food summit to agree on biofuels UN food summit battles it out on biofuels |
 DigitalJournal.com | Hike In UN Food Aid, Urgent Need For Policy Guidelines On Biofuel ... AHN - In the same event, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon international policy guidelines on biofuel production was urgently needed as part of global efforts to ... UN increases food aid by $1.2bn |
 PhysOrg.com | US, Brazil clash over biofuels while Amazon rainforest dwindles Los Angeles Times, CA - "Participants at a UN summit in Rome on the world's food crisis differed this week over a key issue: how much the rush for environmentally friendly biofuels ... Brazilian president defends biofuels at UN food summit Lula defends biofuels and attacks ???absurd protectionism??? Fuel a factor at UN food talks |
African nations must be wary of biofuels-Annan Reuters South Africa, South Africa - By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent ROME, June 4 (Reuters) - African nations should be wary of growing biofuels on prime farm land or risk uprisings ... "Green revolution" needed in Africa The End Of Abundance: Food Panic Brings Calls For A Second ???Green ... Boost production to ease the food crisis, says UN chief |
Ecology director outlines lake plan Grand Coulee Star, WA - The state's Dept. of Ecology will hold a public meeting in an open house format in Coulee Dam June 16 to take comment on a plan to draw more water from Lake ... Lake rising fast |
 Earthtimes (press release) | A Natural-Gas High Forbes, NY - Thanks to the Warner-Lieberman bill's ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets and the lack of low-carbon energy sources in the short term, ... Media Pave the Way for Next President to 'Cap' US Energy Use Principles to guide energy policy  Comment by Dr. Frank Ackerman, Economist Tufts University & Stockholm Environment Institute |
Harvest Biofuels proposed ethanol plant still in works Forest City Summit, USA - GARNER - Construction on the 100-million-gallon Harvest Biofuels ethanol plant near Garner is still moving forward. ???I heard six weeks ago they got financed ... |
Biofuel: the petrol pump versus the dinner plate EnergyCurrent, TX - With declining oil supplies and record oil prices threatening to radically change the industrialized world's way of life, the option of increasing biofuel ... |
Global Ecology Corporation Completes Acquisition and Successful ... istockAnalyst.com, OR - Global Ecology President Peter Ubaldi said, ???The mobile version of our PureWater System is designed specifically to facilitate the delivery of clean water ... |
Global Ecology Corporation Completes Acquisition and Successful ... Business Wire (press release), CA - Global Ecology President Peter Ubaldi said, ???The mobile version of our PureWater System is designed specifically to facilitate the delivery of clean water ... |
Ecology director lauds project Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, WA - By Mary Hopkin, Herald staff writer The director of the state Department of Ecology called the Kennewick Irrigation District's pump exchange plan one of the ... The truth about water wars Another spill at Teck Comino Water users can tap cost-sharing program |
Pet Ecology CEO Provides Retail Channel Update Market Wire (press release) - "Pet Ecology's patented cat litter won the recent 'Best of the Best' award from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). ... |
EU defends sustainable biofuels policy as criticism mounts Forbes, NY - BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - European Commission spokesman Johannes Laitenberger on Wednesday defended the EU's biofuels policy, arguing that its impact ... EU to step up monitoring of retail market as food prices increase |
All hands to the pumps in biofuel race Yorkshire Post, UK - The increased use of biofuels, which are derived largely from recently-harvested plants such as oil seed rape in the UK and oil palms in more exotic ... Biofuels make useful villain for food crisis |
American Ecology Ranked 12th on BusinessWeek's List of "Hot Growth ... CNNMoney.com - American Ecology Corporation (NASDAQ: ECOL) today announced that the Company is ranked 12th on BusinessWeek's annual list of "Hot Growth" Companies, ... |
Turn conservatory into ecology centre Vancouver Courier, Canada - It would make a wonderful site for an ecology education centre, and could include an observation tower for raptors, which could provide lovely views of the ... |
??MO Supports Dikili Mayor With An Ecology Festival Biamag, Turkey - The activities will start with the announcement of the ??MO Report on the Situation of Environment on Wednesday June 4 and continue with the Dikili Ecology ... |
 Earthtimes (press release) | Best of the Wind Energy Industry Honored in Houston Environment News Service - HOUSTON, Texas, June 3, 2008 (ENS) - The American Wind Energy Association has announced the recipients of its 2008 Awards, paying tribute to a group of ... Siemens Energy picks Boulder for wind R&D center Successful wind confab in Houston points up Texas' growing role in ... Editorial: Conference spotlights state's wind prowess |
 MercoPress | Obama declares victory at raucous Xcel Energy Center rally Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Barack and Michelle Obama were greeted by the crowd at the Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday night. By BOB VON STERNBERG and MARK BRUNSWICK, Star Tribune By ... Sights on November Barack Obama declares victory in St. Paul: 'This is our time' Thousands jam Xcel Energy Center for tonight's Obama rally |