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Energy and Environment News Roundup – 11.20.12

By Silvio Marcacci on November 20, 2012

A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.

Category: News | Tags: arctic, Asia, barack obama, Bill McKibben, california, cap and trade, carbon tax, chicago, China, CIA, climate, Climate Change, coal, coal ash, drought, electric vehicles, emissions, Energy Efficiency, environment, EPEAT, europe, ev, Flood, Frack water recycling, fracking, global warming, green business, Grid Parity, Hurricane Sandy, Illinois, india, Iowa, Latin America, Lisa Murkowski, Nate Silver, natural gas, offshore wind, Opower, politics, renewables, Ron Wyden, science, Sea ice melt, Sea level rise, solar, South Africa, SUNY, Transportation GM, wind, Wipro, Wisconsin, WMO, World Bank | 0

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 7.11.12

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 7.11.12

By Silvio Marcacci on July 11, 2012

A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.

Category: News | Tags: A123, Air pollution, alaska, apple, Austria, battery, biofuels, Bob Ingliss, BP, california, canada, Car sharing, carbon, China, clean coal, clean tech, climate, Climate Change, coal, Demand response, diesel, drought, duke energy, E15, eia, Electric Vehicle, emissions, Enbridge, Energy Efficiency, environment, EPA, EPEAT, ethanol, europe, feed-in tariff, FIT, Fuel Economy, germany, global warming, green business, high speed rail, japan, Keystone XL, LED, michigan, navy, Nebraska, North Carolina, nuclear, offshore drilling, offshore wind, Ohio, oil, oil spill, Ottawa, Progress Energy, PV solar, Renewable fuel standard, renewables, san francisco, science, Severe weather, Smithsonian, solar, Subsidy, tar sands, tidal energy, Transportation, vestas, wind, wind turbine, Zipcar | 0

Global Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Drop 1.3%, Say International Scientists

Global Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Drop 1.3%, Say International Scientists

By The Guardian on November 22, 2010

Global Carbon Project says fall in 2009 due to economic crisis but level still second highest in human history

Category: Climate Change, Policy & Economy | Tags: business, carbon emissions, Climate Change, coal, deforestation, Economic growth (GDP), economy, environment, Forests, News, science, UK news, World news | 0

Scientists Unlock Cocoa Genome, Release to Public Domain

Scientists Unlock Cocoa Genome, Release to Public Domain

By Timothy Hurst on September 14, 2010

Mars, U.S. Department of Agriculture and IBM release preliminary cacao genome sequence to public domain.

Category: Innovation, News | Tags: agriculture, farming, food, GMO, science | 7

Scottish scientists develop whisky biofuel

Scottish scientists develop whisky biofuel

By The Guardian on August 18, 2010

By-products from distilling process could be used to power cars and even aviation, according to researchers in Edinburgh

Category: Energy | Tags: Article, biofuels, business, Energy, environment, Food & drink, Food & drink industry, Kirsty Scott, Life and style, News, science, Scotland, technology, Travel and transport, UK news, waste | 3