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Philips Agreement Boosts E.U. Incandescent Lightbulb Phaseout Plans
European light bulb makers are close to an agreement in principle to work together on phasing out energy-wasting incandescent bulbs for the consumer market, the chief executive of Royal Philips Electronics NV's lighting division said Monday. >> Read the Full Article
New Push for Conserving Electricity Starts to Show Results
Baker Hughes has added some 800 workers to its 140-acre Rankin Road campus in the last few years but barely a penny to its power bill. By replacing hundreds of old light fixtures and upgrading air-conditioning equipment, the oil-field-services giant cut its power consumption by more than 1 megawatt in 2006 alone. >> Read the Full Article
Global Warming Worries to Boost Renewables
Three decades after former U.S. President Jimmy Carter experimented with solar panels on the White House roof, grim U.N. warnings about climate change may kick-start wider global use of renewable energy. >> Read the Full Article
Lack of Water in Yangtze Creates Shortage for One Million People
Falling water levels in China's Yangtze River have left 1 million people short of drinking water, state media reported Monday. A severe drought has caused the water level in China's longest river to plunge over the last two weeks, severely cutting water-pumping capacity, Xinhua News Agency said. >> Read the Full Article
Dung Power at U.S. Ethanol Plant
The frosty-breathed cattle jostling for position at a feeding trough in rural Nebraska are not quite as typical as they appear: their manure is being captured in a new bid to quench America's thirst for ethanol. >> Read the Full Article
U.S. States with Renewable Power Standards
Twenty-three of the 50 U.S. states have established "renewable portfolio standards" that, depending on the state, are either guidelines or rules regarding the share of renewable power generation of electricity delivered to customers. >> Read the Full Article
New Zealand Demands Japan Prioritize Move of Stricken Whaler from Antarctic Coast
New Zealand demanded Friday that Japan explain why its oil-laden whaling ship has not yet been moved away from the pristine Antarctic coast eight days after being crippled by fire. >> Read the Full Article
Bush Touts Ethanol Plan on N.C. Laboratory Tour
President Bush toured a laboratory working to convert wood chips to ethanol Thursday, touting his plan to boost U.S. use of the home-grown fuel fivefold over 10 years. >> Read the Full Article
Legislation Aims at Brighter Future for Solar Power
Heather Iager, a dairy farmer in Libertytown, Maryland, wants to go green, but even in a county that's home to one of the nation's largest solar manufacturing plants, she's finding it difficult. >> Read the Full Article
Cleanups of Leaking Fuel Tanks Lag; Job Could Cost $12 Billion
It will cost at least $12 billion to clean up contamination from tens of thousands of gasoline storage tanks that are leaking underground, congressional auditors say. Some 117,000 faulty tanks await cleanups, according to the latest figures current as of September 2005. >> Read the Full Article