Archive for May 28th, 2009
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- California utilities owned by PG&E Corp. (PCG), Edison International (EIX) and Sempra Energy (SRE) led the nation in solar power generation last year, a solar industry group reported Thursday.
Source: www.nasdaq.com
Tags: Solar
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Energy baron T. Boone Pickens said Thursday the Great Lakes region has great potential for generating wind power, although he has no immediate plans to back up the assessment with his own money.
Source: biz.yahoo.com
Tags: pickensplan, tboonepickens, Wind
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff accused the government of playing guessing games with Canadians’ tax dollars Thursday as the political fallout widened from this week’s $50-billion deficit announcement.
Source: winnipeg.ctv.ca
Tags: Oil, oilprice
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Oil prices surged to a sixmonth high of 65 a barrel at one stage yesterday in New York on recovery fever after a sharp fall in US crude inventories and bullish comments from the OPEC oil cartel.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Tags: Oil, peakoil
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Mackinac Island — Texas oil magnate T. Boone Pickens is urging Michigan leaders to embrace alternative energy.
Source: www.detnews.com
Tags: pickensplan, tboonepickens, Wind
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
MACKINAC ISLAND America is reaching a tipping point when it comes to energy reform, Texas energy magnate T. Boone Pickens told a packed house Thursday at the Detroit Regional Chambers Mackinac Policy Conference.
Source: www.crainsdetroit.com
Tags: pickensplan, tboonepickens, Wind
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
MACKINAC ISLAND Texas oil magnate T. Boone Pickens is urging Michigan leaders to embrace alternative energy. Pickens joined Gov. Jennifer Granholm in an energy discussion today during the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual policy conference on Mackinac Island. He has invested heavily in wind energy in Texas and is lobbying U.S. politicians to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil. Without …
Source: www.lansingstatejournal.com
Tags: pickensplan, tboonepickens, Wind
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Texas oil magnate T. Boone Pickens is urging Michigan leaders to embrace alternative energy. Pickens joined Gov. Jennifer Granholm in an energy discussion Thursday during the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual policy conference on Mackinac Island.
Source: biz.yahoo.com
Tags: pickensplan, tboonepickens, Wind
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA [*] OBAMA: Thank you so much. (APPLAUSE) Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you so much. I’ve got some special acknowledges that I have to make. First of all, we’ve got some members of the congressional delegation of Nevada who are doing outstanding jobs not …
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Tags: obama, politics
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
KEYSER — A proposed 23-turbine wind farm on Green Mountain has won the support of Keyser officials.City Council unanimously endorsed the project this week. Councilman Dave Sowers said the wind farm would create jobs, generate tax revenue for the county an…
Source: dailymail.com
Tags: Wind
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