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New Farm Bill Boosts Critical Clean Energy Investments

Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 - Today Congress overrode the Presidents veto of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, also known as the Farm Bill. The new legislation includes a significant clean energy development component -- improved and new programs for wind power, advanced biofuels, energy efficiency, solar power and new energy crops for cleaner energy from Americas farmers, ranchers and rural businesses.

Jun 3, 2008

Progress Energy Nears 100th Anniversary

Raleigh NC (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 - When Progress Energy predecessor Carolina Power and Light was formed a century ago, the company's customers - including 983 in all of Raleigh - paid a base rate of $1 per month minimum or 15 cents per kilowatt-hour, with discounts for prompt payment.

Jun 3, 2008

Trilogy By Shea Homes Showcases Green Homes At Nationwide Eco Expos

Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 - Trilogy by Shea Homes, the country's first national green home builder, will host free Eco Expos in eight of their Active Lifestyle communities beginning May 25th. As part of the demonstration of how to live green, Trilogy will be giving away a Toyota Prius hybrid car with each home purchased between May 17th and June 15th, 2008.

Jun 3, 2008

Wood Shutters Add Sustainable Touch To Eco-Friendly Interior Design

Ontario CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 - For generations, interior wood shutters have added value to a home, provided privacy and helped control temperatures. Today, wood shutters are one of the most eco-friendly window treatments available.

Jun 3, 2008

US lawmakers brace for fight with Bush, big oil on climate change bill

Washington (AFP) June 2, 2008 - US lawmakers braced Monday for a fight to push a sweeping climate change bill through the Senate, as President George W. Bush threatened to veto it and other opponents railed that it was economically unsound.

Jun 2, 2008

Analysis: Nigerian militants plan attack

Abuja, Nigeria (UPI) Jun 01, 2008 - Nigeria's leading militant group warned that it is planning a full-scale attack on military bases and petroleum production centers in the oil-rich Niger Delta to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the president's inauguration.

Jun 1, 2008

Oil shock brings cheer at last to EU’s carbon market

Paris (AFP) June 1, 2008 - After slumping to prices that had made it a near-laughing stock, the European Union's carbon market, the Emissions Trading System (ETS), has been given a useful boost by, of all things, oil.

Jun 1, 2008

Rising fuel costs hit remote Marshalls atoll

Majuro (AFP) June 1, 2008 - The global surge in fuel prices has dealt the former capital of the Marshall Islands a painful blow -- a halt to its 24-hour electricity supply, an unusual service for such a remote atoll.

Jun 1, 2008

Analysis: Gas prices likely to keep rising

Washington (UPI) May 30, 2008 - For Americans experiencing sticker shock at the gas pumps, the major question is when oil prices will drop. A year ago oil cost $62 a barrel, while at the beginning of the Bush presidency it cost $20. What happened?

May 30, 2008

Analysis: Iraq government shakes oil union

Erbil, Iraq (UPI) May 30, 2008 - The Iraqi government has moved, demoted or fired more than a dozen people within the southern Iraqi oil sector this month as domestic and international union officials decry their treatment.

May 30, 2008

American Electric Power Issues RFP for Renewable Energy Resources

Columbus OH (SPX) May 29, 2008 - American Electric Power has issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking long-term purchases of up to 300 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy resources.

May 29, 2008

Analysis: BP’s rough ride in Eurasia

Washington (UPI) May 29, 2008 - While most consumers worldwide at a time of record high gas prices would find it difficult to work up sympathy for a major oil company, British Petroleum's dolorous experiences in Russia are enough to give the most hardened driver pause.

May 29, 2008

Demand for biofuels boosting food prices

Rome (UPI) May 29, 2008 - The United Nations said food prices are being pushed higher by weather-related crop shortages and high demand for biofuels.

May 29, 2008

Florida Installing Advanced Network Of Smart Meters From Silver Spring Networks

Juno Beach FL (SPX) May 29, 2008 - Having successfully tested an initial 50,000 new 'smart meters' earlier this year, Florida Power and Light Company recently began deploying a second 50,000 units to its customers in Broward County, Fla.

May 29, 2008

GE And Schlumberger Sign Alliance Agreement To Advance A Total Carbon Solution

GE Energy has signed a carbon sequestration alliance agreement with Schlumberger Carbon Services to accelerate the use of "cleaner coal" technology.

May 29, 2008

GreenHunter Energy Subsidiary Executes First Biodiesel Tolling Agreement

Grapevine TX(SPX) May 29, 2008 - GreenHunter BioFuels, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of GreenHunter Energy, has signed a two-year biodiesel toll processing agreement with a third party specifically related to the Company's new biodiesel refinery located at the GreenHunter Renewable Fuels Campus in Houston, Texas.

May 29, 2008