Clinton Says Security Tied to Diplomacy, Aid Budget
Bloomberg Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:43 PM PST
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told House lawmakers today that a Republican-proposed 16 percent cut to the agency’s budget would be “devastating†to U.S. national security and harm its U.S. efforts to compete with China for energy resources. |
Lobby group unfazed by Cougar Energy appeal
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:41 PM PST
A residents' group in southern Queensland's South Burnett region says it believes Cougar Energy has no grounds to appeal against the decision to shut down its coal seam gasification (CSG) project at Kingaroy. |
Schwarzenegger: Get real about climate change
MSNBC Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:40 PM PST
In a room full of scientists, and with a slate of Nobel Prize winners and bureaucrats scheduled to speak, it took a movie star to demand that everyone stop playing make-believe. Giving the keynote address at the APRA-E Energy Innovation Summit here Tuesday, Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a call to end the false debate over climate science, to stop assuming China will provide new green tech cheaper ... |
Switching biofuels could do a double-whammy on climate change
Ars Technica Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:37 PM PST
Biofuel crops have the potential to offset the world's reliance on fossil fuels, increasing energy security and decreasing the risk of climate change. However, the choice of crops and target fuel can radically change their impact, as issues like fertilization and ease of processing come into play. But, as a paper released by PNAS points out, these aren't the only things that change when you ... |
Thousands of poor Utahns face less help with heating bills
The Salt Lake Tribune Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:36 PM PST
Thousands of poor Utahns face less help with heating bills PATTY HENETZ The Salt Lake Tribune Published Mar 1, 2011 11:44AM MDT Utahns who receive federal help to pay their heating bills will be getting less money in the wake of national budget cuts. Beginning Wednesday, Utahns will receive lower average payments from the Home Energy Assistance Target (HEAT) program. The state benefit will drop ... |
U.S. Stocks Decline as Oil Overshadows Manufacturing
BusinessWeek Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:30 PM PST
U.S. stocks slid, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to its first drop in three days, as concern that rising energy costs will hurt the economic recovery overshadowed the fastest manufacturing growth since 2004. |
Fire leaves residents in the dark
Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:29 PM PST
LITTLETON â€" A fire in an abandoned house left Progress Energy customers in Littleton and Lake Gaston in the dark Saturday night. |
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