Reports: US' best source of carbon-free energy is efficiency
Ars Technica Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:42 PM PDT
Back in 2001, a prominent politician derided energy efficiency efforts, saying, "Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy." This week saw a pair of reports that can be viewed as a giant "au contraire." The National Academies of Science released a report that looked at the energy market as a whole, and concluded that ... |
King salmon vanishing in Alaska, smokehouses empty
INO News Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:41 PM PDT
(AP:ANCHORAGE, Alaska) Yukon River smokehouses should be filled this summer with oil-rich strips of king salmon _ long used by Alaska Natives as a high-energy food to get through the long Alaska winters. But they're mostly empty. |
World faces 'oil crunch' with five years
Business Day Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:31 PM PDT
The world faces an energy crunch with oil output likely to peak a decade earlier than expected, an oil economist says. |
The instant eco-home
InsideHousing Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:31 PM PDT
In early July’s sweltering heat, it may be easy to forget the prohibitive energy costs that many social housing tenants face in winter. |
Post-Recession Stocks Ripe for a Serious Rebound: John Dorfman
Bloomberg Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:30 PM PDT
Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Investors who share my belief that the U.S. recession is near an end should adjust their portfolios. I suggest adding to holdings of industrial, materials and energy companies while trimming defensive holdings such as health care and utility stocks. |
Sun will help power nine Portland schools
The Oregonian Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:24 PM PDT
Faith Cathcart/The Oregonian/Filiberto Olvero, (from left) Dan Dyke, Matt Little, and Alanso Amezquita will lay about 11,000 square feet of solar panels at Pioneer-Columbia School in North Portland. The panels will provide about 15 percent of the building's energy needs.... |
River immortalised by Burns faces threat from energy plan
The Herald Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:14 PM PDT
It is the artery at the heart of Burns country, immortalised in the legend of Tam O'Shanter and synonymous with Scotland's romantic past. But now the famous River Doon is under threat, from a power company intent on diverting it to generate electricity. |
Official warns of 'shrinking oil supplies'
Perth Now Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:11 PM PDT
A DISASTROUS energy crunch is looming because most of the major oil fields in the world have passed their peak production, a leading economist has warned. |
Basketball Clinic Held In DSM
WHO-TV 13 Des Moines Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:06 PM PDT
Sunday afternoon members of the Iowa Energy, the Goalsetter Company and the House of Mercy held a free basketball clinic for wanna-be basketball stars. |
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