First Solar, Pioneer Natural lift energy stocks Market Watch Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:42 AM PDT NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- First Solar Inc. rose 2.5% and Pioneer Natural Resources advanced by 1.3% as energy stocks moved up with crude-oil prices and the overall equities market on Tuesday. Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. both added 0.3%. The two oil majors are components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average , which jumped 26 points. The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund rose 0.2%. Crude oil ... | Russia to slash oil export taxes in East Siberia by 50% MENAFN Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:38 AM PDT (MENAFN) Russian Energy Minister, Alexander Novak, announced that the government would reduce oil exports taxes in East Siberia by half, reported Xinhua News. Novak said that the new system would ... | Biofuel company to shutter Minnesota plant Colorado Springs Business Journal Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:38 AM PDT Denver-based Biofuel Energy Corp. will shut down a plant in Minnesota, said the Denver Business Journal. The company cites weakening profit margins for the move, saying the company will remain idle until corn prices are better. A drought in the Midwest let to lower-than-expected corn yields this fall. A plant in Nebraska will continue to [...] | Solar in Electricity's Birthplace Scientific American Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:38 AM PDT New York City has been called the birthplace of electricity itself. In 1962, Edison s Pearl Street Station in lower Manhattan became the country s first central power plant, bringing 800 incandescent light bulbs to life. Today, New York City draws its power from a mix of far-flung fossil fuel, nuclear, and renewable (primarily hydroelectric) energy resources. But, this could change as the state ... | Guerrilla Marketing to Save Mountain Gorillas: Renewable Energy to the Rescue Scientific American Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:38 AM PDT How does dressing up in a really bad gorilla costume help to save endangered mountain gorillas? Well, itâs not actually the costume itself thatâs important; itâs what the man inside the costume is also carrying. Take a look at the photo to the left. In one hand, the costumed gorilla holds an energy-efficient stove. In the other, he carries a bag of biomass briquettes. Put together (without the ... | | |
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