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Monday 22 June 2009
Ecology Youth Corps gears up for summer litter pick-up Access Washington, WA Each summer, teens aged 14 to 17 work four-week paid stints in the Ecology Youth Corps (EYC). Statewide, 200 teens are gearing up to clean litter from freeway shoulders and interchanges. The EYC will perform about 40 percent fewer hours of cleanup ... |
Chesapeake says it has cut 50 jobs in OKC office The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ??? Chesapeake Energy Corp. acknowledged on Monday that it has laid off employees at its corporate office. The independent natural gas producer said in a statement Monday that it "eliminated less than 50 positions of over 3300" at its ... |
 Siliconrepublic.com | Smart Grid Bubble? Heck No. Home Energy Management Bubble? Yep Reuters From my perspective,, there is one clear area of the smart grid that is seeing too much investment from venture capitalists, specifically ??? home energy management tools ??? but much of the smart grid investments coming from IT firms and the federal ... IBM: IBM Forms Green Sigma(TM) Coalition |
Noble Energy CFO To Retire; Search For Successor Begun >NBL Wall Street Journal Noble Energy Inc. (NBL) on Monday said Chief Financial Officer Chris Tong will retire Aug. 1 to spend more time with his family and pursue personal interests. The oil and gas producer said a search for his successor will begin immediately. ... Noble Energy CFO to retire Noble Energy's CFO Chris Tong To Retire - Update Noble Energy Announces Executive Departure |
US Small-Caps Close Lower; Energy, Materials Pace Move Wall Street Journal From there, energy and metals prices declined throughout the session, and in turn spurred declines for oil and materials companies. Small-caps were among the most hard hit as their more volatile, less liquid nature makes them a riskier investment in a ... |
Hawaii Green Party founder dies Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI He was well-known for teaching courses in both the politics of Hawaii and ecology of Hawaii. He also served as president of Hawaii Clean Elections and vice president of the Hawaii Coalition Against Legalized Gambling. Rohter is survived by a wife and ... UH Political Science Professor Ira Rohter Dies Ira Rohter, political science professor at UH-Manoa, dies |
Ira Rohter, political science professor at UH-Manoa, dies Honolulu Advertiser, HI He said he regularly taught courses in the Politics of Hawaii, Political Ecology and Development,Environmental Politics, and alternative futures. His graduate seminar (POLS 646F), "Political Ecology and Development," examined the emerging fields of ... UH Political Science Professor Ira Rohter Dies Hawaii Green Party founder dies Co-Chair Of Hawaii Green Party Dies |
 Environmental Leader | US climate fix to cost consumers $175 a year: CBO Reuters By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Climate change legislation pending in Congress would cost US households only about $175 annually in higher energy and consumer prices, far less than the $3100 "burden" opponents have claimed would result, ... CBO: Climate bill costs to be modest. CBO says climate bill won't be costly |
Energy bill nears vote in House; what's in it for consumers? MiamiHerald.com, FL By Renee Schoof WASHINGTON ??? How much will it cost the average American household to reduce the US share of global warming pollution and shift to cleaner sources of energy produced at home? If Congress passes a law that puts the country on a path to ... House Climate Bill Remains in Holding Pattern American Solutions Launches New Television Ad To Stop Waxman ... No more committee action on climate |
 Seattle Times | Cellulosic Ethanol and Advanced Biofuels Investments Alternative Energy Stocks, Canada There's much excitement about second generation biofuels made from cellulosic feedstocks and algae, be they cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel, biocrude, or electricity from biomass. There will be winners, but they may not be the technology companies. ... Washington state must not delay biodiesel goals |
 WWJ | Ford to receive Energy Department loans The Detroit News, MI US Energy Secretary Steven Chu will travel Tuesday to Dearborn to announce the agency has approved Ford Motor Co.'s request for billions in federal loans to help fund the development of new, fuel-saving vehicles and technologies, according to several ... Ford reportedly to receive Energy Dept. loans AP source: Ford to get loan from development fund Ford to win retooling loans |
 MiamiHerald.com | US Stocks Slide Paced By Energy, Materials Cos, Banks Wall Street Journal By Peter A. mckay and Geoffrey Rogow Broad-based selling across the globe spilled into the US stock market Monday, with energy and materials sectors in the lead due to a sharp drop in commodities prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently was ... US Stocks Lower At Midday; Energy Sector Leads Decline |
 WHO-TV | State gets $32.8 million to cut energy usage Detroit Free Press, United States By CHRIS CHRISTOFF ??? FREE PRESS LANSING BUREAU ??? June 22, 2009 Michigan will receive $32.8 million in federal grants to reduce energy consumption in homes and businesses, US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced Monday. ... Energy secretary announces $16 million for Iowa VIDEO: US energy secretary's BC visit Energy Boss Chu Visits WaterFurnace |
Biofuels do well as jet fuel, Boeing says OregonLive.com, OR by The Oregonian Good news for the struggling biofuels industry: The plant-derived fuels perform favorably as jet fuel, a study by Boeing and others in the aviation industry has concluded. In the Northwest, Imperium Renewables is banking on jet fuel to ... Biofuel Takes Flight CO Praises Results Of Biofuel Test Flight 60% Slash in Emissions During Jatropha Test Flight |
 Radio Iowa | US Sen. Harkin: More than $16 million in clean energy funding IowaPolitics.com (press release), IA WASHINGTON, DC ??? Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today applauded Energy Secretary Steven Chu's decision to grant more than $16 million in federal dollars to the state of Iowa to support energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. ... Low Carbon Communities of the Americas programme launched Energy secretary announces $16 million for Iowa |
 www.worldbulletin.net | Sibir Energy Reappoints CEO Wall Street Journal By JACOB GRONHOLT-PEDERSEN Oil producer Sibir Energy PLC on Monday said it has reappointed Stuard Detmer as chief executive at the request of OAO Gazprom Neft as factions within Russia's government battle for control of the Russia-focused oil company. ... Gazprom Neft Grows Warmer to Russneft, Stays Cool on Sibir Gazprom, eying deals, may raise $1B in bonds Gazprom Neft reverses Sibir's leadership reshuffle |
 Center For American Progress | House Climate Bills's Annual Average Household Cost Is $175, CBO Says New York Times, United States A blog about energy, the environment and the bottom line. The CBO report studied only the cap-and-trade provisions of HR 2454, a major climate bill that Democratic leaders expect to bring to the floor early next month for a vote on final passage. ... US climate fix to cost consumers $175 a year: CBO CBO: Climate bill costs to be modest. CBO: Pollution Cuts Cost Little |
Chatham University expands biology program Bizjournals.com, NC The new offering will include courses on plant development, geographic information systems, soil science, wetlands ecology and biostatistics. Internships and field seminars will be included. Chatham also offers a human biology track for its biology ... |
 Financial Times | Ethiopia: Africa Takes Closer, But Still Wary Look at Biofuels Ethiopian Review, DC A conference underway in Addis Ababa is brimming with ideas for resolving the "food versus fuel" controversy that doomed earlier biofuel projects. Thinkers and visionaries from all over the world are congregating in the Ethiopian capital for the second ... Ethiopian PM underlines biofuels as crucial for combating climate ... |
Biofuel production, agribusiness top Manila-Brasilia agreements BusinessWorld Online, Philippines Brazil has become a voice for the special challenges of a developing nation as well as innovator in biofuels," President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said upon arriving in Recife, Brazil Monday, according to a Palace dispatch. She said the agreements would ... RP, Brazil to sign 2 agriculture agreements Philippines: pgma's four-day state visit to Brazil focuses on ... |
Database On Tiny Plant Will Help Scientists Create Better Crops ... Science Daily (press release) ScienceDaily (June 22, 2009) ??? A tiny plant with a long name (Arabidopsis thaliana) helps researchers from over 120 countries learn how to design new crops to help meet increasing demands for food, biofuels, industrial materials, and new medicines. ... |
Concerns over biofuel rules Delta Farm Press, NE With hearings on biofuels coming fast and furious, the Renewable Fuels Association has offered a preview of its approach to the EPA proposed rulemaking for the Renewable Fuel Standard. During a press conference in early June, the biofuel advocacy group ... |
Clean Energy Fuels to offer 6M common shares Boston Globe, United States Clean Energy Fuels Corp., a natural gas provider, said Monday it will sell six million shares of common stock in a public offering. Underwriters can buy an additional discounted 900000 shares within 30 days from the day of the final prospectus for the ... Clean Energy to offer up to 6 mln shares Clean Energy to Issue Common Stock Clean Energy Fuels Announces Follow-On Public Offering of Up to ... |
 Scientific American | Newly Uncovered Enzymes Turn Corn Plant Waste into Biofuel Scientific American By Steven Ashley CORN STOVER: The remnants (or 'stover') of corn after it's harvested can be a good source of biofuel, especially when combined with the right enzymes. "Visualize three tons of moldy bread." It's not the most appealing image, perhaps, ... Other views: Ethanol key part of energy policy Renewability for sustainable ethaol production |
New Generation Biofuels Signs Letter of Intent with Instituto ... PR Newswire (press release), NY Under the terms of the letter of intent, ICE will evaluate NGBF's biofuels, leading ultimately to the potential licensing of NGBF technology and to the construction of its own biofuel production plants employing NGBF's process in Costa Rica for use in ... Market Report -- In Play () ICE Offers More Cellular Lines Beginning Today |
Florida plant to explore biofuels by-products Southeast Farm Press However, in the race to replace our dependence on petroleum with biofuels, these valuable by-products are often overlooked. The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Buckeye Technologies Inc. and Myriant Technologies LLC ... |
Rex Energy enters JV with Williams, shares down Reuters June 22 (Reuters) - Shares of oil and gas company Rex Energy Co (REXX.O) fell as much as 21 percent after it announced the sale of 50 percent of its Marcellus shale properties in Pennsylvania to Williams Co Inc (WMB.N). "Although this asset sale is in ... Rex Energy, Williams Sign $33M Deal To Develop Marcellus Shale Williams' signs Marcellus joint venture with Rex Energy Williams, Rex Energy enter into Marcellus deal |
Polish Ecology Leader Polish Market, Poland It is the 12th competition for the prestigious title of Polish Ecology Leader organized by the Polish Minister of the Environment for the best solutions in environment protection in Poland. 94participants have entered for this year's competition. ... |
 The Sun | Plants 'talk' to warn each other of threats Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom The research, which is published in the journal Ecology Letters, showed that plants are "capable of more sophisticated behaviour than we imagined," Prof Karban added. The Prince of Wales was widely mocked by gardeners for saying that it was "very ... Boffins say plants can talk CHARLES IS RIGHT...PLANTS DO CHAT WITH EACH OTHER |