CHOGM gets boost from climate change talks Trinidad Express Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:19 PM PST This weekâs Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) has become much bigger than anticipated with climate change assuming top priority, Energy Minister Conrad Enill said yesterday, following the Peopleâs National Movementâs general council meeting at the prime ministerâs constituency office in San Fernando. | Rio to receive $US741 million The Age Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:56 PM PST Rio Tinto says it will receive total proceeds of at least $US741 million in connection with the recent initial public offering (IPO) of Cloud Peak Energy Inc. | California grabs the remote: TVs must get more efficient The Wenatchee World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:54 PM PST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) â" Power-hungry TVs will be banned from store shelves in California after state regulators Wednesday adopted a first-in-the-nation mandate to reduce electricity demand. On a unanimous vote, the California Energy Commission required all new televisions up to 58 inches to be more energy efficient, beginning in 2011. The requirement will be tougher in 2013, with only a ... | Valero Energy shuts refining plant MalaysiaNews.net Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:27 PM PST Valero Energy has announced it will permanently shut down its oil refining plant in Delaware City. | Toward home-brewed electricity with 'personalized solar energy' Science Daily Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:21 PM PST New scientific discoveries are moving society toward the era of "personalized solar energy," in which the focus of electricity production shifts from huge central generating stations to individuals in their own homes and communities. | ALEX MILLS: Cap-and-trade proposal likely to return in spring The San Angelo Standard-Times Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:16 PM PST SAN ANGELO, Texas â"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada finally realized that he did not have the votes to pass the massive cap-and-trade bill, S. 1733, and pulled the plug on it last week. Oh, itâs not dead-dead, because Reid and the Democratic leadership plan to bring it back in the spring of 2010.A majority of the Senate simply believe that this is a bad time to raise energy prices on ... | Manmade Greenhouse Gases - Update Foreign Policy Blogs Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:15 PM PST Iâve been reading Al Goreâs new book, with a view to using it for both my MS and continuing ed classes this spring at NYUâs Center for Global Affairs. Itâs looking pretty good to me as there are excellent up-to-date perspectives on all sorts of important topics, particularly the promise of renewables, energy efficiency, green [...] | Fiji urged to save power Fijilive Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:11 PM PST Fijiâs power supplier has urged the country to conserve energy as the residing water level at is main hydro-dam nears the critical mark. | | |
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