Archive for March 22nd, 2010

Interior lawyer: U.S. lacks sustainable energy policy

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

A high-ranking Department of the Interior official told a group of environmental lawyers this week that the United States lacks a sustainable energy policy at a time when a perfect storm of climate change, jogs and energy security are converging.

Source: www.sltrib.com

Toronto

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

–The key element in the batteries that power cell phones, personal computers and other digital gadgets, lithium is now poised to take to the highways as more electric cars are developed, according to the president and CEO of Lithium One, Inc.

Source: www.kitco.com

Minister tries to ease fears over ‘peak oil’

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Lord Hunt calls UK industrialists together to discuss government response to any early onset of decline in global oil production Lord Hunt, the energy minister, is to meet industrialists in London tomorrow in a bid to calm mounting fears about the disruption that could follow a sudden shortage of oil supplies. In a significant policy shift, the government has agreed to undertake more work on …

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Plans for solar power park in Thailand

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

BERLIN: A German solar energy firm said yesterday it would build Southeast Asia’s largest commercial solar power plant, based around 70km north of Bangkok in Thailand. The first part of the park, in Ayutthaya, should be open by the end of July this year, providing one megawatt of energy, said Hamburg-based Conergy in a statement. When fully operational, the park will produce 4,500 megawatt hours …

Source: www.btimes.com.my

Another week of GW News, March 21, 2010 [A Few Things Ill Considered]

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week’s Global Warming news roundup Read the rest of this post… | Read the comments on this post…

Source: scienceblogs.com

Chrysler To Make Fiat 500 Electric Car For U.S.

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Chrysler To Make Fiat 500 Electric Car For U.S.

Source: feeds.foxbusiness.com

Cramer Picks Nat Gas Laggard For Buyout Speculation

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

The recent wave of natural gas merger mania got CNBC’s Jim Cramer talking about SandRidge Energy.

Source: biz.yahoo.com

Wind farm researches ways to cut bat deaths

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

The whirling turbine blades at a wind farm planned in Champaign County would almost certainly kill endangered Indiana bats.

Source: www.dispatch.com

Record Eight Gantries Work on a Single Vessel at Khorfakkan Container Terminal

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

22 March 2010 DUBAI — Gulftainer Gulftainer , said on Sunday that the Khorfakkan Container Terminal, which it operates on behalf of the Sharjah Ports Authority, achieved another milestone with eight gantries working on a single vessel.

Source: www.zawya.com

Nissan electric car to boost jobs in Sunderland

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Nissan has announced plans to build new zero emissions electric car, the Nissan Leaf, in Sunderland Nissan announced today it will build its new electric car, the Nissan Leaf, in Sunderland. Production will begin in 2013 and forms part of a £420m investment in electric cars by the Japanese firm. The manufacturer said the Leaf would be the world’s first mass-produced zero-emission car, and around …

Source: www.guardian.co.uk