Miami (UPI) Mar 12, 2008 - U.S. sanctions against Venezuela over its alleged support of a leftist Colombian rebel group would cripple its oil industry and cause a worldwide spike in already record-high oil prices, experts say.
Beijing (AFP) March 12, 2008 - The developed world should go on a climate change diet rather than lecture China over its rising greenhouse gas emissions, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Wednesday.
Hong Kong (AFP) March 12, 2008 - As Western fashion brands look to Asia to provide cheap skilled labour, two Hong Kong-based designers are bucking the trend.
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 12, 2008 - Gulf Ethanol will meet this month with several Central American ethanol producers to negotiate the conversion of existing plants to cellulosic feedstocks. Demand for cellulosic ethanol is high in these countries. Gulf will provide the technology, engineering and installation of cellulosic technology to the plant owners and will share in the profits of each plant.
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Mar 12, 2008 - Silverado Green Fuel is at the forefront of one of the U.S.'s highest priorities in domestic energy supply and security, namely coal-to-liquid fuel. Silverado Green Fuel is very much a team effort. stated Garry L. Anselmo, Silverado President and CEO. There have been discussions between our own Technology, Engineering and Management Team and the State of Mississippi, and we are of one mind to go forward with planning for a larger scale commercial plant. Silverado Green Fuel is now being market and demand driven.
Plymouth Meeting PA (SPX) Mar 12, 2008 - Lithium Technology has announced that it will market an advanced lithium-ion battery for pitch control systems of wind generators, a rapidly growing global alternative energy source. The ultra-high power battery, developed in conjunction with HARTING Technology Group for a 2.5 megawatt (MW) class wind power generator was successfully tested in a wind park in Germany. In just the first two months of this year, LTC has received orders for 12 wind power generator projects.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 12, 2008 - The chairman of the US House Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee told a Platts Energy Podium event in Washington on Tuesday that he supports a greenhouse gases (GHG) cap-and-trade system that would provide nearly all emission credits for free to electric utilities, oil refineries and other industrial operations.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2008 - Rentech has announced it is expanding its initiative to produce synthetic biofuels from garbage, often referred to as municipal solid waste (MSW). Rentech, having developed, patented and licensed clean-energy technology for over a quarter-century, will pursue projects in large municipalities to convert garbage that otherwise would be buried at landfills into ultra-clean, biodegradable jet fuel, potentially meeting the needs of local airports and communities.
Tokyo (AFP) March 12, 2008 - Sony Corp. said Wednesday it will soon sell a record deck that plugs into a computer to let vinyl collectors convert their analogue recordings into digital form.
College Park MD (SPX) Mar 12, 2008 - University of Maryland research that started with bacteria from the Chesapeake Bay has led to a process that may be able to convert large volumes of all kinds of plant products, from leftover brewer's mash to paper trash, into ethanol and other biofuel alternatives to gasoline.
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 11, 2008 - As Congress considers capping carbon emissions, industry representatives say the plan could wipe out the U.S. economy unless the playing field is leveled between domestic and imported goods.
Brussels (AFP) March 11, 2008 - EU leaders will meet from Thursday with environmental policy high on the agenda, amid fears that Europe's tactics to cut greenhouse gas emissions may just export jobs and pollution abroad.
Pocatello ID (SPX) Mar 11, 2008 - Idaho Governor C.L. Butch Otter and Roger W. Chase, Mayor of the City of Pocatello, have announced that Nordic Windpower has selected Pocatello, Idaho, as the site for its new turbine manufacturing facility for the North American market. Nordic Windpower plans to create more than 160 new technical, engineering, and administrative jobs at the new Idaho-based facility, with additional positions at the company's operational centers in California and the UK.
Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2008 - With or without a new oil law, Iraq will sign deals with international oil companies aimed at boosting production, the top Oil Ministry spokesman said.
Ottawa (AFP) March 10, 2008 - Canada on Monday unveiled new environmental rules requiring future oil sands companies to capture and store carbon, and a ban on new construction of dirty coal burning power plants, both as of 2012.
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Mar 10, 2008 - Coming on the heels of the recent massive blackout in Florida which left millions without power, the fourth annual Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Conference is dedicated to finding cheaper and more reliable ways to deliver electricity to customers in an era where the nation's power grid is overtaxed with ever greater demand.
