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• The Ethanol Mandate to Nowhere(Thanks George, for the wonderful nonsense of wishful thinking)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 173
  Under the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA), the EPA is required to make a determination by November 30 of each year about the projected volume of cellulosic ethanol that will be available in the next calendar year. If the projected volume is less than volume mandated by the 2007 EISA, the EPA is ...
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• Renewables Sector Impact of the Economic Downturn Detailed in a New Report

  
  Energy Business Daily — Authority: 427
  Energy Business Reports (http://www.energybusinessreports.com), a leading publisher in the energy industry, provides a detailed guide on the impact of the economic downturn on the renewables market. The report, “Impact of the Economic Downturn on the Renewables Sector,” offers an in-depth analysis of the ...
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• Could denying bedroom privileges save the planet?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  There will be a record number of side events at the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month, but one woman’s one-woman show could give the delegates, most of whom will be men, the incentive they really need to agree a new global warming treaty. In “ The Boycott “, Kathryn Blume plays ...
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• Latte Links (11/22)

  
  Caffeinated Thoughts — Authority: 142
    Some miscellany for a rainy Sunday evening (here in Des Moines anyway): Des Moines Register: Iowa poll shows Obama approval rating below 50% (not good in a state that overwhelmingly went for him) CQPolitics: Rating Change: Iowa GOP Gets Serious About Boswell Challenge (HT: Dave Price ) The Iowa ...
  2 days ago

• Energy Independence for Ireland

  
  Greenme: Sustainable Living Blog — Authority: 128
  As a film technician, for me the most noticeable impact of climate change in Ireland has been the increasing wind speeds – in the past 18 months I’ve been on two commercials that were closed down because it was too windy to shoot; that had never happened to me in the previous 15 years. However, there are may be ...
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• ENERGY: Do we have enough uranium for the proposed nuclearization of energy sources?

  
  The Conservation Report — Authority: 415
  “Counting on new nuclear reactors as a climate change solution is no more sensible than counting on an un-built dam to create a lake to fight a nearby forest fire.” — Peter Bradford, former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission member Like coal, natural gas, and oil, uranium is a nonrenewable resource. ...
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• Pragmatic or Preposterous? Proposed Coal Gasification Research Facility Ignites Controversy in Shenandoah Valley

  
  Blue Ridge Outdoors - Outdoor Sports and News — Authority: 133
  Standing before a mostly-full meeting room at the community center, J.C. Powell emphasized the benefits of a clean coal research facility proposed for an empty tract of land on the edge of town:It will create dozens of good jobs. It will further the cause of American energy independence. It will combat global warming ...
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• Obama Talks Job Growth While Killing Good Jobs

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 512
  During an interview that aired yesterday on Fox News Channel, President Barack Obama told Fox’s Major Garrett that his focus remains on job growth.  If he’s honest about wanting to keep Americans working, he should take note of the testimony of Mike Carey, president of the Ohio Coal Association, delivered before ...
  5 days ago

• Waste to energy. Ecoenergy. Biogas. Donetsk, Ukraine.

  
  Biotech — Authority: 128
  EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB has reported the commencement of construction work for a waste to energy facility in Donetsk, Ukraine.According to a Release from EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB; Alexander Lukyanchenko, Mayor of Donetsk City, Ukraine, has said:“The plant in Donetsk is the first plant of such kind built in the ...
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• A Common Sense Political Agenda For A New Conservative and Libertarian Party: American Citizens Alliance Party (ACAP)–A CAP On Government Spending, Taxes, Debt and Regulations!

  
  Pronk Palisades — Authority: 433
  The following is a first draft of a political agenda for a new political party that would appeal to both conservatives and libertarians that now vote for candidates of the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, and other political parties: 1. Job Creation: reduce the tax and regulation burden of small and medium ...
  6 days ago

• By Force or a Lure Will You Drive an Electric Car?

  
  New Energy and Fuel — Authority: 421
  Monday Nov. 16 saw The Electrification Coalition in Washington D.C. to persuade the government to pull the financial levers for an electric car revolution.  The coalition seeks a goal made with 75% of light duty vehicles to be electric powered by 2040.  The group’s forecast is their goal would essentially end ...
  6 days ago

• On the Hunt for Cheaper Algae

  
  New Energy and Fuel — Authority: 421
  A major potential from algae is they could change the energy source of fuels from the ancient fossil fuels to current account renewable fuels.  That goal has two Kansas State University engineers assessing systematic production methods that could make the costs of algae oil production more reasonable. Algae ...
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• Genome Sequenced for Ethanol Producing Yeasts

  
  New Energy and Fuel — Authority: 421
  Scientists from Duke University with colleagues from Brazil led by Lucas Argueso have analyzed the genome structures of bioethanol-producing microorganisms , uncovering genetic clues that will be critical in developing new technologies needed to implement production on a global scale. Researchers at Stanford ...
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• New Life for the Old Tokamak

  
  New Energy and Fuel — Authority: 421
  From two different places the old tokamak confinement method has gotten a new lease on life.  Well, its life is set by the ITER effort paid for by governments across the planet with tens of billions of dollars.  It might make one cringe or celebrate, depending on one’s view towards the basic tokamak concept to ...
  1 week ago

• Renewable Energy Myths Exposed In New Industry Report

  
  Energy Business Daily — Authority: 427
  Leading energy publisher examines common misconceptions about renewable energyEnergy Business Reports, a leading publisher of energy industry reports, is pleased to announce the availability of its new report “10 Renewable Energy Myths Revealed.”  This complimentary report examines ten common misperceptions about ...
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• The Facts: On world stage, coal is U.S. strength

  
  Behind the Plug — Authority: 127
  As economic development in China and India soars – along with their energy appetite – so does worldwide competition for energy, making it ever more important that we use our domestic resources as efficiently and judiciously as possible. We’ve talked...
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• Sunlight and Water to Hydrogen and Electricity

  
  New Energy and Fuel — Authority: 421
  Chemist Daniel Nocera of MIT made news by trying to mimic photosynthesis, and improve on it. The idea seems simple: split water into hydrogen and oxygen with sunlight, and then recombine them which releases the energy in a fuel cell when the power is needed.  The goal is to do both these things cheaply.  Nocera has ...
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• ‘We’ve got to get back into the business of making stuff’

  
  Behind the Plug — Authority: 124
  The lack of government investment in energy research is increasing the risk to national security and hindering the creation of breakthrough energy technologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Susan Hockfield told Bloomberg News last week. As we approach Veterans Day,...
  2 weeks ago

• Auto Execs Urge Government to Tax Fuel up to $8/Gallon to Increase Fuel Efficiency

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 570
  Source: Daily Tech > CEO at leading parts supplier: “Energy independence…ultimately means that fuel has to be more expensive” It’s no secret that when gas prices dropped early in the year and with the recession in full swing, hybrid sales saw their first drop in years.  Faced with tough new fuel ...
  2 weeks ago

• Climate Change Denial: Where It Counts, Its Not Going Up

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 719
  George Monbiot is beside himself. He writes in his post Death Denial: "There is no point in denying it: were losing. Climate change denial is spreading like a contagious disease. It exists in a sphere which cannot be reached by evidence or reasoned argument; any attempt to draw attention to scientific findings is ...
  2 weeks ago

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