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Russians Make Groundbreaking Discovery
08 Feb 2012
solid block by the more than two-mile-thick crust of ice across it that acts like a blanket, keeping in heat generated by geothermal energy underneath. Lukin said he expects the lake to contain chemotroph bacteria that feed on chemical reactions in pitch ...
Google Forms 'Solve For X' Think Tank
06 Feb 2012
and creating "5x improvements in agriculture through better decision support, synthetic biology, and carbon-negative biofuels." DeVaul also announced that the "Solve for X" YouTube page and website will be updated to include videos of the presentations ...
Oklahoma wind firm gains local investor
04 Feb 2012
BOSTON - A Massachusetts-based utility company says it has invested about $23 million of late-stage development capital to own the majority stake in a firm developing a wind power project in Oklahoma. ...
Wind energy developers sought in Mass.
03 Feb 2012
offshore wind development by dealing with potential obstacles up front. Developers who express interest in building in new wind energy area can win exclusive rights to build inside it. That could help them attract financing and ultimately speed up development ...
Consumers slow to buy green power
31 Jan 2012
900,000 customers have signed up. Experts say the reason is that fossil fuel prices have fallen, making the purchase of wind power 15 percent to 30 percent more expensive than coal and natural gas power. The Boston Globe reports that with fewer than 6 ...
28 Jan 2012
Zone , The Jetsons , The Golden Girls. The downtown of Truth or Consequences "floats" on top of a hot aquifer, so the geothermal water rushes up from 10-15 feet below the surface directly into your en-suite tub. Rainbow Pink Palace , Chicago, Ill ...
7 insider tips for visiting…
27 Jan 2012
Lehman Adventures – based in Montana. “You’ve got more geothermal features there than the rest of the world combined. You’ve
Austin said. “It doesn’t have the concentration of geothermal features of the southern region.” The southern region is
...
Lawmakers spar over path forward…
25 Jan 2012
money for the president. Would you like us to subpoena him too?" Kaiser was one of the main investors in Solyndra, the solar power company that declared bankruptcy despite receiving a massive federal loan guarantee. And the man representing the district ...
Obama Blasts GOP's 'Collective Amnesia'
25 Jan 2012
raise taxes on millionaires, and increase investments in alternative energy. The president said the economic policies of the first
Obama additionally advocated for more investments in alternative energy and asked Congress to extend a payroll tax cut due to
...
In State of the Union speech…
25 Jan 2012
financial help to support manufacturing industries or alternative energy companies. Here was Obama standing tall for the American
production and government subsidies for companies developing alternative energy. All of these proposals, if enacted into law, would
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TRANSCRIPT: Obama's 2012 State…
24 Jan 2012
positioned America to be the world's leading manufacturer of high-tech batteries. Because of federal investments, renewable energy use has nearly doubled. And thousands of Americans have jobs because of it. When Bryan Ritterby was laid off from his ...
The State of the Union 2012 --…
24 Jan 2012
It also doesn’t hurt that a Vantage Point official (and Obama fund-raiser) Sanjay Wagle left the firm to become a renewable-energy-grants adviser to you guessed it... to the U.S. Department of Energy. I guess none of this should be a surprise ...
Obama May Set Natural-Gas Goal
23 Jan 2012
the way of gas production," said a person familiar with the White House plans. Obama is also expected to talk about renewable-energy sources, such as wind and solar, and may call for extending a production tax credit to spur investment in those areas ...
Gov outlines priorities in annual speech
23 Jan 2012
middle skills" jobs that employers often have difficulty filling, such as medical device manufacturing, lab technicians and solar power installation. "We can't do that if 15 different campuses have 15 different strategies. We need do to this together ...
Australian, Japanese Shares Open Higher
23 Jan 2012
Technology Corp. Among other movers, shares of Sharp Corp. fell 1.2 percent after an NHK report that it plans to enter the solar-power market, while Toyota Motor Corp. was up 2.6 percent after a late Monday announcement it would cut 350 jobs in Australia ...
New rules could boost renewable power
22 Jan 2012
committed to using increasing amounts of renewable energy. To date, the grid managers who plan
voluntary goals to increase reliance on renewable energy sources, according to the U.S
own goals for things such as more renewable energy, White said. He thinks once that
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How Romney could use energy to…
20 Jan 2012
expensive sources like solar, biofuels and wind energy. Romney has a myriad of examples
drop-in aviation and marine biofuels to power military and commercial
the entire notion of "advanced biofuels" has been a colossal failure
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19 Jan 2012
Morgan Stanley's loss was less than forecast. Both stocks rose more than 5 percent. Investors also drove up shares of Renewable Energy Group Inc., the nation's largest producer of biodiesel, in its market debut. The stock rose 1 percent after pricing ...
Romney’s Opportunity in South Carolina
11 Jan 2012
imports to push Beijing to change. On oil, the president funded alternative energy projects while shutting down most offshore drilling. Solyndra was a fiasco, and solar and wind power will not significantly replace oil—imported or domestically ...
Boston Globe Endorses Jon Huntsman
05 Jan 2012
policies, he articulates goals and ideals. "The priorities he would set for the country, from leading the world in renewable energy to retooling education and immigration policies to help American high-tech industries, are far-sighted. He has stood ...
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Wind energy developers sought in Mass.
BOSTON - Federal regulators are looking for offshore wind developers in a redrawn area off Massachusetts they say is a prime spot for wind farms.
“…announced today that is moving forward with a neck -- consider commercial wind energy development on the outer continental shelf of offshore. …”
“…acre. We are doing this all indeed entered into intra sparring -- wind energy area often. It. …”
“…this announcement of course in a major step towards commercial out offshore wind energy leasing and the bureau of ocean energy management. Will be hosting public meetings a month to seek public comment. To call area …”
Impact of The Cape Wind Project
Jim Gordon, President, Cape Wind Associates stopped by our Beacon Hill Studio to chat with VB
“…opponents and ruled. In favor of the DPU approval. Of this important renewable energy contract now how they ruled it to you I think would have an impact do you guys -- is now. We don't have to guarantee consumer that we thought we. He's got a good to know that that the way to reading that the power purchase agreement is extremely important. But more importantly this. Harold. You know. A flood of renewable energy that could come into the commonwealth of mass at you that's because. These are the direction that -- it is that it …”
Second offshore wind farm in the works
A lease for the nation's second offshore wind farm could be just weeks away.
“…Ken -- are making the announcement yesterday in Baltimore. At the American wind energy in -- and -- all or wind power conference. Last year He approved the Cape Wind project. Clearing the way for work to Begin on the nation's first offshore wind …”
Bourne Wind Turbine Disagreement
SPECIAL REPORT: At issue, is a proposal from a development group called New Generation Wind, to build wind turbines on land between Routes 25 and 6, then sell the energy to the grid.
“…these turbines says Jim potter. He's the president of citizens for responsible wind energy and the group fighting the project because I think. And for the proposed project our industrial grade size turbines. And they are …”
Bio: Mobster James 'Whitey' Bulger
James "Whitey" Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list for his alleged role in 19 murders, has been captured near Los Angeles after living on the run for 16 years, authorities said Wednesday. Howie Carr phoner
“…Sullivan and -- Eagles with thirty faces you know Lockheed dyed yellow solar power of you didn't you couldn't fight it out. …”
Canton Using Landfill for Solar Project
SPECIAL REPORT: You’d never know by looking at it, or by the wildlife that calls it home. But the field behind the compost station in Canton, was once a landfill.
“…to change thanks to a suburb partnership -- Boston based southern sky renewable energy and town and can't a provision. You're going to hear a lot about Windmills or even wind farms to make energy after an artery or around what you may not consider as often as solar power. . -- and these acres to be relying on energy from the on to a power to -- So what we've proposed is …”
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