Archive for December 15th, 2009

Tesla Offers Test Drives at Climate Summit

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

COPENHAGEN — Tesla Motors hosted test-drives and led informational sessions about electric vehicles last week during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Denmark.

Source: www.automotive-fleet.com

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: A simple economic picture and how it hits home

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

The Obama administration announced last month their intention to sell Israel the sophisticated bunker busting bombs that could conventionally knock out the underground nuclear sites in Iran .

Source: www2.scnow.com

Obama Says Energy Efficiency Upgrades Will Boost Jobs

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama said giving homeowners and small businesses incentives to make buildings more energy efficient would meet dual goals of creating jobs and cutting emissions.

Source: www.bloomberg.com

Punjab gets first commercial solar power plant

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Chandigarh, Dec 15 : India’s first 2 MW commercial solar power plant was Tuesday inaugurated in Punjab’s Amritsar district by Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah.

Source: www.newkerala.com

GM’s Chevy Volt Dancers Make Fox News, Become Full-Fledged PR Nightmare [Ad Watch]

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

GM’s Chevy Volt LA Auto Show marketing song and dance disaster we’ve reported on the past few days just became a much bigger deal. It’s now the lead story on Fox News. We totally called this one….

Source: jalopnik.com

India’s first 2-mega watt solar power plant inaugurated in Amritsar

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

By Ravinder Singh Robin, Amritsar, Dec.15 : Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday inaugurated country’s first commercial 2 mega watt Solar Power Plant in Punjab’s Amritsar District. The plant is proposed to be further expanded to 5 MW.

Source: www.newkerala.com

50 reasons why global warming isn’t natural

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

A British newspaper today published “100 reasons why global warming is natural”. We take a quick look at the first 50 of its claims, and debunk each one

Source: feeds.newscientist.com

QuantumSphere and University of South Florida Achieve Critical Milestone in Solid State Hydrogen Storage

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

SANTA ANA, Calif. — QuantumSphere, Inc. and the University of South Florida today announced that they have exceeded the 2010 Department of Energy goals for solid state hydrogen storage.

Source: biz.yahoo.com

Mayor’s £60m electric car scheme

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

London’s mayor pledges every Londoner will be no more than a mile from an electric car charge point by 2015.

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

SOLVAY CELEBRATES BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR ITS SUSTAINABLE AND PROFITABLE GROWTH IN ITS INNOVATION …

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

(ITnews) - (Hugin) - December 15th, 2009 (For immediate release) SOLVAY CELEBRATES BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR ITS SUSTAINABLE AND PROFITABLE GROWTH IN ITS INNOVATION TROPHY 2009 Solvay Group distinguished ten innovations during the Solvay Innovation Trophy ceremony yesterday at Solvay’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Source: www.itnews.it