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On-demand hydrogen: New fuel for a hydrogen economy?
Hydrogen economy: These are two words not often seen together any more. The concept of a hydrogen economy has stalled, but is not dead, perhaps just waiting for new ideas, new technologies, new breakthroughs - thus renewed interest - to push it forward. >> Read the Full Article
Climate, Biofuel New Challenge to Poverty Alleviation
Climate change and biofuels pose fresh challenges in the fight against poverty, which requires more than ever cooperation among scientists, the new head of an international body for agricultural research said. >> Read the Full Article
Sony Develops Sweet Little Bio Battery
Sony has developed an environmentally-friendly prototype battery that runs on sugars and that can generate enough electricity to power a music player and a pair of speakers, the Japanese company said. >> Read the Full Article
Pa. Governor Signs Law To Expand Alternative Energy Use, Solar Industries
ERIE, Pa. - The Governor of Pennsylvania signed a bill today to grow the alternative energy industry in that state. He did it while visiting an Erie County middle school that is adding a 30-kilowatt photovoltaic system as part of its renovation. The solar panels were funded with a $250,000 grant through the state's Energy Harvest program. >> Read the Full Article
Working Assets Wireless First To Offer a Solar Powered Charger
SAN FRANCISCO - Doing their part to slow global warming, a wireless phone company is offering a solar-powered charger with their phone. To sweeten the deal, the solar-powered charger is free for a limited time. This is the first solar-powered charger offered by a mobile phone company in the United States. The hybrid charger by Better Energy Systems accepts power from the sun or a wall socket, and is part of Working Assets' effort to help people make a difference for the environment and reduce climate change. >> Read the Full Article
Costs Make LIPA Reconsider Offshore NY Wind Farm
The Long Island Power Authority is reconsidering an offshore wind project after a study it commissioned showed it could add $2.50 to the average monthly consumer power bill. >> Read the Full Article
Great Lakes Waste Issues May Kill BP Refinery Plan
British oil giant BP Plc may scrap a $3.8 billion expansion plan for its Whiting, Indiana, refinery if it cannot develop technology to limit the level of pollution the plant releases into Lake Michigan. >> Read the Full Article
Scientist says tests back Russia Arctic claim
A Russian scientist said on Thursday that fresh test results back his country's legal bid to take control of the Arctic, just weeks after a submarine planted the Russian national flag on the North Pole's seabed. The race to claim ownership of the Arctic, home to vast untapped gas and oil reserves, has intensified with Canada, Denmark, Norway and the U.S. all vying with Russia to build their political and legal case to claim jurisdiction. >> Read the Full Article
Hot compost bugs promise greener car fuel
A laboratory of hot, bubbling jars of bacteria near London holds the key to curbing CO2 pollution from cars, says Hamish Curran, Chief Executive of Britain's TMO Renewables. "We believe what we've found is not far from the silver bullet, and our demonstration plant will be about showing that," Curran told Reuters during a visit to the group's laboratories in Guildford on Wednesday. >> Read the Full Article
Got an addiction? Milk and oil prices rise, but demand remains strong
They're items nearly every American can't live without, and they've been in the news a lot this summer. As prices for gasoline and milk rise, consumers have balked atâ€”but still paid forâ€”gas that hovers at around $3 a gallon and milk that costs anywhere from $3 to $5 a carton. But the question isn't whether these prices are too highâ€”it's whether we're paying enough for our penchant for cheap dairy and fossil fuels. >> Read the Full Article