Times & Star West Cumberland Times & Star Wed, 13 May 2009 10:39 AM PDT PLANS are being made for a new Solway Firth wind farm which would cover an area almost twice the size of the Robin Rigg offshore turbines site. Energy company E.on wants to build up to 100 turbines off the West Cumbrian coast to generate enough energy to power 195,000 homes. | Cell phones and TVs undo efficiency gains Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Wed, 13 May 2009 10:39 AM PDT Demand for energy-thirsty gadgets such as cell phones, iPods, PCs and plasma TVs is undoing efficiency gains elsewhere, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday. | Environmental alarms raised over home electronics INO News Wed, 13 May 2009 10:34 AM PDT (AP:PARIS) Charge your iPod, kill a polar bear? The choice might not be quite that stark, but an energy watchdog is alarmed about the threat to the environment from the soaring electricity needs of gadgets like MP3 players, mobile phones and flat screen TVs. | Green groups want Gordon Gee off Massey Energy board Charleston Daily Mail Wed, 13 May 2009 10:34 AM PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Environmentalists are intensifying their calls for Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee to step down from the board of a Richmond, Va.-based coal mining company in advance of the companys shareholder meeting Tuesday.The 65-y... | CA-BUSINESS Summary The Globe and Mail Wed, 13 May 2009 10:33 AM PDT TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index slumped 3 percent on Wednesday with losses accelerating in the energy and financial groups as soft U.S. retail sales hurt investor sentiment. | Geothermal Power Experts to Convene in Seattle PR Newswire via Yahoo! News Wed, 13 May 2009 10:33 AM PDT Geothermal power is poised for dramatic growth, and the companies that will bring new renewable power to the West will be converging on Seattle for the next Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) "Technology, Finance, and Development Workshop" on June 3. | Orders to energy and mining suppliers hold up Financial Times Wed, 13 May 2009 10:31 AM PDT Anticipated falls in capital spending by mining and oil and gas companies have yet to dent order books substantially, three of BritainĂ¢s leading suppliers to the sectors told investors on Wednesday. | New Study Shows Chips Can Substantially Reduce Electricity Consumption Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 13 May 2009 10:30 AM PDT SAN JOSE, Calif.----Aggressive adoption of new technologies for the production, distribution and use of electricity could lower total U.S. energy consumption by 2030, according to a study released today by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy . | Sistema Appoints Alexander Korsik as Head of Oil and Energy Business Unit Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 13 May 2009 10:30 AM PDT MOSCOW----Sistema , the largest diversified public financial corporation in Russia and the CIS, which manages large companies operating in different industries, today announced the appointment of Alexander Korsik as Head of Oil and Energy business unit, established in April 2009 by the decision of the Board of Directors. | | |
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