Fossil fuels are a relatively cheap and abundant source of energy for us. We sometimes can feel hopeless, and justifiably so, when gas prices skyrocket for seemingly no reason at all. At the stroke of a finger, the price of oil can be manipulated by a few powerful people, playing with us consumers like puppets. [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 /PRNewswire/ — As the state grapples with a multibillion dollar deficit, a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, to be released today examines the economic impacts of different energy pathways for California and finds that continuing on a business-as-usual energy path risks greater economic insecurity, while aggressive [...]
The National Corn Growers Association today thanked President Obama for his statement that advanced renewable transportation fuels will be one of the nation’s most important industries of the 21st Century, and that corn-based ethanol must remain viable to achieve this vision.
St. Louis, MO (Vocus) May 29, 2009 — The National Corn Growers Association today thanked [...]
By Richard Douse
I’ll admit it. To some people I sound a tad biased, believing as I do that photo voltaic solar panels are the greatest thing to bless humanity since the Scots discovered whiskey. But think about it, they actually are! These things have no moving parts, save the little electrons that get knocked off [...]
Stating that Nevada could lead the nation in linking job creation to energy efficiency, state Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford detailed his “green jobs” initiative to a legislative panel Friday.
SB152 would use federal stimulus funds to train an estimated 3,200 workers at a cost of about $3,500 each, and cover costs of weatherizing about 6,500 [...]
A Nevada company is proposing to build a 20-acre algae farm near the Houston Ship Channel to produce biodiesel.
Russell Industries Inc., a publicly traded holding company listed on the Pink Sheets under the ticker RUSL, says the proposal is currently under financing review by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Financial [...]
The continued fluctuating dollar value of petroleum and the need for sustainable energy has made agricultural crops such sugarcane, corn and others, realistic and targeted commodities to be used to supply sustainable energy in the future. This makes agriculture a key player in the search for renewable energy supplies.
The Caribbean and indeed the world is [...]
Local companies will use new, recycled oil
Pia Hallenberg Christensen
Staff writer
November 13, 2008
A biodiesel plant under construction for the past couple of years in Odessa, west of Spokane, is up and running.
Inland Empire Oilseeds produced its first 15,000-gallon batch of biodiesel last weekend.
“Hopefully by the end of this run we’ll have 30,000 gallons of oil,” said [...]
A report released in 2007 by the American Solar Energy Society reveals the truth about the renewable energy industry’s ability to stimulate job growth.
According to the study titled “Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st Century,” the U.S. renewable energy industry generated $36.2 billion in revenue and created 196,000 direct and 452,000 [...]
By Emma Graham-Harrison
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s dirty and dangerous coal mining industry cost the country a hidden $250 billion last year in lost and damaged lives, wasted energy and environmental devastation, according to a survey launched on Monday.
Pollution affected water, land and air around mines, thousands died and many more were hurt in mining accidents, [...]
