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Wednesday, April 11th, 2007CNNMoney.com reports today that ConocoPhillips, a US based oil company, is calling for mandatory national regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. In doing so, ConocoPhillips is the first US based oil company to call for this legislation.
“James J. Mulva, the chairman and chief executive of ConocoPhillips, announced the change at a meeting with reporters in [...]
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AquaCell Technologies to Acquire SolCool Air Conditioner company
Monday, April 2nd, 2007In a press release issued today, AquaCell Technologies, Inc announced that they have entered into an agreement to acquire GPM, Inc, the manufacturer and patent owner of the SolCool, the world’s only stand-alone solar powered air conditioner.
‘Roger Pruitt, inventor of the SolCool air conditioner and President of GPM said, “The move from prototype model to [...]
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USA Today: States work to reduce global warming
Sunday, March 25th, 2007USA Today details some of the actions that US States are doing on their own and collectively to reduce greenhouse gases and reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
“But not all states are on board. No states in the South and only a handful in the Midwest have formed coalitions to reduce global warming even though those [...]
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New Alternative Energy Ideas in Florida
Monday, February 19th, 2007Florida has $15 million in grant money available for alternative and renewable energy projects - this money was made available as part of its 2006 Energy Act passed last spring. When lawmakers passed the Act, they expected to get about 75 proposals, but so far, 180 proposals are waiting to be reviewed [...]
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A Carbon Neutral Superbowl?
Saturday, February 3rd, 2007According to a “Greening the Superbowl” article in Forbes, this year marks the third try for the NFL in offsetting greenhouse gas emissions at the superbowl. In this years matchup between the Bears and the Colts, the NFL expects to be carbon neutral. The NFL is buying enough renewable energy certificates from [...]
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Report: Renewable Energy could deliver 50% of the world’s energy needs by 2050
Monday, January 29th, 2007A report just out by the European Renewable Energy Council and Greenpeace International provides a global energy strategy that would cut CO2 emissions by almost 50% over the next 43 years. This strategy outlines ways to achieve renewable energy supplies delivering 70% of the global electricity supply and 65% of the global [...]
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Time Magazine - A Tour of the Energy Future
Friday, January 26th, 2007Time Magazine has a really neat article online that lists some of the more cutting edge projects going on in the field of alternative energy. It seems that MIT has taken a bunch of its smartest scientists and created an Energy Research Council to “declare war on the energy crisis.” [...]
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Mileage From Megawatts: Study Finds Enough Electric Capacity To ‘Fill Up’ Plug-in Vehicles
Thursday, December 14th, 2006There have been concerns about what happens when plug-in hybrids become a reality - will the pollution just shift from cars to power plants due to the need to build more plants with higher capacity? A new study from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory shows that even if all the cars and light [...]
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Energy saving Hydro-charger to be launched in New Zealand
Saturday, December 2nd, 2006In a recent press release, Renewable Energy New Zealand is claiming that New Zealand company Vision Energy will shortly launch a “breakthrough device that can be retrofitted to any internal combustion engine to save fuel and reduce carbon emissions.” The Hydro Fuel System Hydro-charger was developed by US companies Global Energy Options [...]
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USA Today - rundown on US States’ alternative energy legislation
Friday, November 24th, 2006USA Today has a short article detailing some of recent proposed legislation going on in various US states to increase the use of alternative energy.
The states mentioned include California, New Mexico, Oregon, and Colorado.
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