01/09/2009
Brazil May Shut 15 Gas Turbines Before Bolivia Talks (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil may close 15 natural-gas-fired power plants tomorrow, reducing use of the fossil fuel in favor of cheaper hydroelectric power amid a gas dispute with Bolivia.
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01/08/2009
TVA spill: 2 more groups seek tougher coal regulations (Knoxville News Sentinel)
Two more environmental groups today weighed in on the Kingston fossil fuel plant disaster by calling for stricter federal regulations on water quality and coal waste.
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01/08/2009
Obama's push for alternative energy (ZDNet)
Today President-elect Obama was specific in his call for more spending on energy conservation and on production of alternative, not-fossil-fuel-based, energy. Some items on the Obama wish list for his hoped-for stimulus plan: double alternative energy production in three years, construct a smarter electric grid to reduce waste, spending on insulation and other conservation moves. Obama wants to ...
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01/08/2009
Alternative energy speaker coming to Portland (Ionia Sentinel-Standard)
PORTLAND - His farm is powered by windmills, he heats his water with solar energy and he's driven across the United States of America in a neon green ‘91 Dodge Dakota fueled by biomass. And he hasn't used a drop of fossil fuel in four years.
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01/07/2009
Bio-ethanol to Replace 10% of Fossil Fuel Transport Consumption by 2010 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Asia is critically dependent on energy imports as they only produced 35% of their oil requirements in 2006. This makes the region very vulnerable to rises in energy prices and the last two years have brought hardship to many nations.
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01/07/2009
Solar Electric Cars Invade Hollywood (Wired News)
Universal Studios plans to replace 300 fossil-fuel burning, carbon-spewing vehicles with solar electric runabouts.
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01/08/2009
The Public Eye: 10 Progressive Policies Whose Time Has Come (The Berkeley Daily Planet)
1. Tax the Looters. During the last eight years, the rich and powerful profited while everyone else struggled to keep their heads above water. Bush fellow travelers typically made their money at the expense of the common good; for example, by selling fossil fuel and sub-prime mortgages.
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01/06/2009
Green revolution: still possible amid deep recession? (The Christian Science Monitor)
Economic retreat could hamper green investment – but it could also spur a drive to move economies away from fossil-fuel dependencies.
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01/06/2009
Diesel 'Bio-Bugs' deliver pizzas and economy for Moosejaw (Wisconsin Dells Events)
From fish fry Friday frying oil to fossil fuel free bio-diesel, the Moosejaw Pizza and Dells Brewing Co. got creative this summer while trying to find a way to keep down delivery costs amid rising fuel prices.Although the situation doesn't seem as dire now that gasoline prices are under $2 and diesel fuel is less than $2.50 a gallon, that wasn't the case this summer.In Wisconsin the average ...
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01/01/2009
'World can halt fossil fuel use' (Pretoria News)
Oslo - The world could eliminate fossil fuel use by 2090 by spending trillions of dollars on a renewable energy revolution, the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and environmental group Greenpeace said on Monday.
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