Archive for July, 2009

Nissan to Reveal New Non-Hybrid Electric Car in L.A… Well, Kinda

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Nissan is withholding the name and exterior design of their new electric car until tomorrow night. Here you can see a test drive in Japan for functionality’s sake inside their current Tilda model (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) As the sun sets and dusk prevails over the city tomorrow night, Nissan will be unveiling their new fully electric car (not a hybrid) in Los Angeles and other West Coast cities. …

Source: laist.com

New Jersey Based PSE&G Aggressively Pursuing Solar Power

Friday, July 31st, 2009

(Trenton, 7/31/2009) New Jersey based utility PSE&G announced plans to put thousands of solar panels on utility poles to generate electricity. The company also said it will build some larger solar installations. Those projects will double the amount of solar power in the state.

Source: www.wbgo.org

Franken feuds with T. Boone Pickens

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Five years after he put his money behind the Swift Boat ads that helped tanked John Kerry’s presidential campaign, Senate Democrats gave T. Boone Pickens a warm welcome at their weekly policy lunch Thursday. 

Source: news.yahoo.com

Abortion policy proposed by Rep. Lois Capps passes in the House Energy and Commerce Committee

Friday, July 31st, 2009

WASHINGTON — The House Energy and Commerce Committee resumed work Thursday on major health ca

Source: www.sanluisobispo.com

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet: Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Friday, July 31st, 2009

This Week’s Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Push for Peace in Israel SI Analysis: The Obama administration is making a concerted effort to restart peace…

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Let’s talk about Baluchistan!

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Now that the prime minister has put into his mouth what should have been firmly planted on the ground, if the Pakistanis insist on talking to us about self-determination for Kashmir, lets then also talk self-determination for Baluchistan.

Source: news.rediff.com

Farmers win go-ahead for 98ft wind turbine

Friday, July 31st, 2009

A FATHER-and-son team are leading Bury’s green revolution — by building a 98ft-high wind turbine on their farm.

Source: www.burytimes.co.uk

‘More upgrades will hike the Gorshkov’s price’

Friday, July 31st, 2009

A consummate Russian diplomat, Vyacheslav Trubnikov is returning home this week after having served as serving as Russia’s ambassador to India for nearly five years. The period has seen several highs and lows in the bilateral relationship, including the building of the first civil nuclear power plants by Russia and nagging problems over defence spares and equipment. Edited excerpts from an …

Source: news.rediff.com

Kuwait’s oil minister optimistic prices will rise, says OPEC compliance over 80 percent

Friday, July 31st, 2009

KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait’s oil minister says he is optimistic oil prices will rise as demand for fuel increases in the fall and winter. The Kuwait News Agency also quotes Sheik Ahmed Al Abdullah Al Sabah as saying Thursday that compliance by OPEC members with recent production cuts was over 80 percent.

Source: www.washingtonexaminer.com

Pickens: Nebraska might get his wind generators

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Texas billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens has hundreds of big wind turnbines coming and no place to put them. He might put them up in Nebraska or Wisconsin or someplace else, he told CNN reporter Ali Velshi July 8.

Source: www.northplattebulletin.com