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Renewable Energy News, Headlines and Latest Stories on Yahoo! News
Renewable Energy News, Headlines and Latest Stories on Yahoo! News
The boss of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Scotland warns the next 18 months may be much tougher for the economy than the past 18.
Sort By:INTERVIEW: Berggruen Sees Hard Road Ahead To Revive Karstadt
INTERVIEW: Berggruen Sees Hard Road Ahead To Revive Karstadt
Facebook under fire over energy use
Social networking site under fire over intention to run giant new data centre mainly on coal-powered electricity Social networking website Facebook is coming under unprecedented pressure from its users to switch to renewable energy. In one of the web’s fastest-growing environmental campaigns, Greenpeace international says at least 500,000 people have now protested at the organisation’s intention …
Fossil fuels may soon be history
ENGLEWOOD — The world is poised to wean itself off fossil fuel consumption, but when it happens is a matter of debate.Chris McWhinney and Dave Erbaugh hope their company, Millennium Reign Energy, is a major part of the process.
Local company promotes alternative fuel packages
ENGLEWOOD — Chris McWhinney grew up on a farm in Eaton, learning how to fix equipment by trial and error. He didn’t know a thing about electricity.Dave Erbaugh was about four years behind him in school, but they knew each other’s siblings. Eventually, McWhinney, 48, went into the financial services business, and Erbaugh, 43, went to Sinclair Community College to learn how to repair television …
Tax office questions over solar profits
SOLAR energy is a hot topic judging by the reaction my recent column received, and even Bob Katter is extolling the virtues of renewables.
Watching — and opposing — every step SDG&E takes
Q&A: Bill Powers, an electrical engineer. is hired by community groups, governments and companies to provide expert testimony on power issues. He says that SDG&E’s focus on new power lines is wrongheaded, and its strategy of getting solar and wind power from far away is destructive.
Ban Stresses Protection For The Vulnerable
Fiscal prudence and measures to protect the vulnerable can be implemented at the same time, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, urging richer countries not to abandon their commitments to helping poorer nations to alleviate poverty and boost social development.
Fleet of robots designed to clean up oil
Scientists at MIT have created Seaswarm, which uses super- absorbent ‘nanofabric’ to suck up slick on the surface of the ocean. It’s too late for the gulf spill, but it offers promise for cleaning up future slicks. Want to clean up an oil spill? There’s a robot for that. A team of scientists at MIT have developed a fleet of oil-absorbing robots — Seaswarm — that clean the ocean by collecting oil …
Bureau of Land Management extends public comment period
LAKE COUNTY Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has extended the public comment period for the proposed Walker Ridge Wind Park to be located on BLM land on the border of Lake and Colusa counties. The public is invited to attend upcoming scoping meetings scheduled in Lake and Colusa counties.
A Developer Builds in Solar Power
At River Pointe, a community in Manchester, N.J., solar technology that earns energy credits is a standard feature in each house.
Three Polk Co. schools to try solar power
Three Polk County schools are getting the chance to harness power from the sun and save some cash while doing so.
HURON, S.D. (AP) – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Scott Heidepriem (HY’-duh-prim) says South Dakota has not done enough under Republican Gov. Mike Rounds to promote the use of renewable fuels or encourage the growth of wind energy.
Labor Secretary Asserts ‘There Are Jobs Out There’
A Friday op-ed from labor secretary Hilda Solis tries to strike a delicate balance. At USA Today, Solis attempts to acknowledge the bad unemployment rate, point to how far we have come, encourage workers to retrain, and assert that “there are jobs out there.” That’s a tough set of points to make while hitting the right tone, particularly on a day when a terrible July jobs report is released. Did …
Three Schools to Get Solar-Power Systems
BARTOW | The forecast is sunny for three Polk County schools.
Q&A: Ajay Mathur, Bureau of Energy Efficiency
The first phase of the perform, achieve & trade (PAT) mechanism, flagship of the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE), is expected to start from April 1, 2011.
Cleaner Air – CO2 Scrubbing with AlgaeRunning Out of Water: The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve Our Most Precious ResourceWater for LifeLandfill Gas: Fuel of the future?Facebook faces campaign to switch to renewable energy.Reid: Energy Bill Pushed to Lame-Duck SessionWind Power Could Result in Higher Workplace Fatalities, Heritage Study ShowsFeds fail to use land for solar power.
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