Decatur IL (SPX) Sep 08, 2009 - General Wesley Clark, Co-Chairman of Growth Energy, has called on the United States Congress and the White House to take action to dramatically enhance the market transparency of the nation's fuel supply by requiring a national standard of country of origin labeling (COOL) for fuel.
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Sep 08, 2009 - For the first time in its 31-year history, the world's largest rally competition, formerly known as Paris-Dakar, will include in its 2010 edition a category in which competing vehicles will run on ethanol.
Mclean VA (SPX) Sep 08, 2009 - Dynamotive Energy Systems and BlueLeaf are pleased to provide a mid-season report for the second year of the BlueLeaf commercial farming field trial begun and reported in 2008. The findings further support the economic potential for CQuest Biochar as soil enhancer.
Pleasanton CA (SPX) Sep 08, 2009 - Fulcrum BioEnergy has announced that it has successfully demonstrated the ability to economically produce renewable ethanol. This milestone - achieved at the company's TurningPoint Ethanol Demonstration Plant - confirms the second of the two new technologies that Fulcrum will use for the large-scale production of transportation fuel from garbage that would otherwise be landfilled.
Ann Arbor, Mich. (UPI) Sep 8, 2009 - A University of Michigan study shows a population shift to the warmer and more moderate climates of the U.S. west and southwest has reduced energy demand.
Lane, Okla. (UPI) Sep 7, 2009 - A U.S. Agriculture Department researcher in Lane, Okla., says he has discovered a way to turn watermelons into ethanol.
Algona IA (SPX) Sep 04, 2009 - Thousands of cities across the country have what it takes right now to turn their community green and put Americans back to work. The opportunity to capitalize on government stimulus funds is short.
Paris (UPI) Sep 4, 2009 - Paris is planning to introduce a carbon tax -- a controversial move that could significantly boost energy efficiency behavior in France.
Sacramento CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2009 - New research shows that climate change in California will make power plants, transmission lines and other portions of the state's energy infrastructure vulnerable to flooding, fires and other disasters, according to leading scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Mexico City (UPI) Sep 4, 2009 - Mexican President Felipe Calderon called for reform in the country's oil industry Wednesday amid falling oil production.
Asheville NC (SPX) Sep 04, 2009 - In the heart of Asheville lies the Villages at Crest Mountain, an innovative community setting itself apart by implementing the latest in green building technologies and sustainable site design strategies, making it the most comprehensive and sustainable development in Western North Carolina.
Bellingham WA (SPX) Sep 04, 2009 - Results of a thin film laser damage competition at the SPIE Laser Damage Symposium (formerly Boulder Damage) this month will provide perspective on how the industry is doing with the development of high laser resistance coatings.
Brasilia (AFP) Sept 3, 2009 - Brazil is poised to become one of the 21st century's great powers, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told AFP, as he fended off international criticism of its role as a conciliator in dealings with Iran and Venezuela.
Kisangani, Democratic Republic Of Congo (UPI) Sep 3, 2009 - The seemingly endless civil war over the mineral riches of the Democratic Republic of Congo seems likely to escalate because of a major oil strike and a plan to build the most powerful hydroelectric dam ever conceived.
Houston (UPI) Sep 3, 2009 - BP's announcement of a new giant oil field in the depths of the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico and a series of other recent major finds offshore are setting the stage for geopolitical shifts in Central and South America but also raising key questions about the future map of world oil supplies, analysts said.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 2, 2009 - The leader of Abkhazia said Wednesday he had ordered the destruction of any Georgian ship violating the de-facto sea borders of Georgia's rebel region in a growing row over shipping in the region.
