Archive for May 17th, 2009

Kalinga’s solar power is from Japan

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Kalinga province is receiving its solar power from an unlikely source - A Japanese renewable energy firm. Related posts: RP rising as a global geothermal power The Philippines could rise to become the number one geothermal… Smart nominated for Green Mobile Award Smart Communications is a nominee in the new “Green Mobile… Electric jeepneys conquers Makati City The electric-powered jeepneys …

Source: goodnewspilipinas.com

Text of Obama’s Notre Dame speech

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Text of President Barack Obama’s commencement address Sunday as the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., as delivered, as transcribed by the White House. The Rev. John Jenkins is the school’s president. The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh is Jenkins’ predecessor. Brennan Bollman is the class valedictorian.

Source: news.yahoo.com

Ford, Twin Cities Work On Electric Car

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

An electric car project is under way between Ford Motor Co., government officials and the Twin Cities.

Source: www.clickondetroit.com

Israeli PM, Obama have different views of conflict

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads into his first visit with President Barack Obama worried by U.S. overtures to Iran and Syria and under pressure to support a Palestinian state.

Source: news.yahoo.com

Twin Cities work with Ford on electric car project

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS - Twin Cities nonprofit groups and government officials are working with Ford Motor Co. and Xcel Energy to bring electric cars to the area.

Source: www.startribune.com

Netanyahu set to meet Obama for Mideast talks

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads into his first visit with President Barack Obama worried by U.S. overtures to Iran and Syria and under pressure to support a Palestinian state.

Source: news.yahoo.com

Some on left souring on Obama

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

When President Barack Obama speaks to the Notre Dame commencement Sunday afternoon, television cameras will search the sea of graduates, looking for turned backs and defaced mortar boards that abortion opponents will likely use to register their disagreement with the president.

Source: news.yahoo.com

A giant leap toward space-based solar power

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Pacific Gas & Electric has signed a contract to buy power from an ambitious start-up that plans to launch solar power collectors into orbit to back energy as radio waves. Pie in the sky? Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for decades has generated power for its customers by splitting atoms, burning natural gas and capturing the force of falling water. More recently, the San Francisco utility began …

Source: www.latimes.com

Contact seeks breather on Waikato wind farm

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Contact Energy is seeking a 12-month adjournment to an inquiry into its proposed 180-turbine wind farm on Waikato’s west coast.

Source: www.odt.co.nz

Obama Names Republican Governor Huntsman to Be Envoy to China

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

May 17 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama nominated Utah’s Republican Governor Jon Huntsman to be U.S. ambassador to China, the world’s most populous country and the biggest foreign owner of U.S. debt.

Source: news.yahoo.com